Essay

MAIN EXAMINATION

Essay- 250 Marks
Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given
for effective and exact expression.

The Essay Paper is one of the nine papers in the UPSC civil services mains exam. In this paper, you will have to write two essays each with a word count of 1000 – 1200. One topic can be selected from a choice of four topics. The Essay Paper is for a total
of 250 marks with one essay for 125 marks. To Prepare the essay paper daily read newspaper articles so that you could have broad idea of concepts.