UPSC Essay Topper Answer Copies

"Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers"

"The world is a stage where every man must play his part." What would your part be?

"What resists initiative" "What should we do make impossible possible"

(1) and (2) Through elaboration on two facets - (1) What are the benefits of giving due attention to this philosophy? (2) What are the perils of ignoring this philosophy?

(1) TRUE LEADERSHIP LIES IN SERVING NOT RULING

(b) Why International Community should come together?

05 "Geopolitics affects every country whether at war or peace"

1 Favour the CM's son and grant tender to company X

1 Only in the depths of winter can we truly appreciate the warmth of spring.

1 Philosophical underpinnings - Locke - S.C. Theories 2 Why? It has approval of majority 3 Why not? J.S. Mill's quote 3A Challenge to first common carrier concept 4 Balancing individual vs. community rights?

1 Science applied is the engine of humanity. 2 Eyes cannot see what the mind does not know. 3 Doubt is the origin of wisdom. 4 The relation between environment, resources and conflict is same as the connection between Democracy, human rights and peace.

1 THE GREAT AIM OF EDUCATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGE BUT ACTION

1 Why serve?

1 YOU ARE THE MASTER OF YOUR CONSCIENCE AND YOU ARE THE RULER OF YOUR DESTINY

1 You are the master of your conscience and you are the ruler of your destiny. 2 The inability to see potential in others is the greatest disability 3 Men are governed only by serving them. 4 Desires cannot be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself

1. (a) Man is not only a product of his environment but can also modify the environment. Do you agree with this view? Justify your answer with suitable examples.

1. (b) Though it may seem that accountability and efficiency are antithetical to each other, accountability is a sine qua non for good governance. Discuss.

1. A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. 2. One health approach: a call for ecological equity. 3. Culture can unite what history and geography has divided. 4. Social evils have not completely left the ground, instead are changing their form.

1. A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. 2. The best way to predict the future is to create it. 3. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. 4. The imagination is not a state; it is the human existence itself.

1. A quiet conscience makes one strong.

1. Achieving Balanced Regional Development in India: Challenges and Strategies

1. Agricultural Revolution: Road to progress and prosperity OR to perdition

1. ARE RELIGION AND SCIENCE ALWAYS AT ODDS?

1. Before the borders are broken the minds are invaded. 2. Talent and passion are only useful tools if one has the work ethic to back them up. 3. The opportunity of interfaith dialogue: modern solution for globalised world. 4. The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

1. Behavior is a function of its consequences. 2 The age of smart devices and the decline of wise choices. 3 Judge a man by his question, rather than his answer. 4 Knowledge without compassion is tyranny of the intellect.

1. Behavior is a function of its consequences. 2. The age of smart devices and the decline of wise choices. 3. Judge a man by his question, rather than his answer. 4. Knowledge without compassion is tyranny of the intellect.

1. Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. 2. The purpose of life is a life of purpose. 3. Ignorance is the root and stem of every evil. 4. The pen is mightier than the sword.

1. Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. 2. Creativity is the art of turning ideas into reality. 3. Being an ethical power is one aspect of the India Way. 4. Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

1. Family is the first school of citizenship. 2. There are better practices to "best practices". 3. Distorting history leads to indoctrination and not education. 4. Tradition is a guide, not a jailor.

1. Gender related movements and their manifestations vary across time and space.

1. Glaciers are the canaries in the coal mine of climate change.

1. Glaciers are the canaries in the coal mine of climate change. 2. To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible. 3. The true cost of economic and leadership gaps is deferred growth and skewed transitions. 4. An India that is not pluralist is not India at all.

1. Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

1. In everything, there is a share of everything

1. Institutions reflect the cultural values of the societies in which they are established.

1. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. 2. A mind all logic is like a knife all blade, it makes the hand bleed that uses it. 3. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. 4. History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

1. Life is a painting and you are the artist. 2. The future belongs to the nation with grains and not guns. 3. Social media is the ultimate equalizer, it gives voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage. 4. The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.

1. Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. 2. Power is not about dominating others; it's about empowering others. 3. Dissent is the foundation of democracy. 4. AI is the new electricity.

1. Modern day charity is not mere donation. 2. No man is good enough to govern another man without that man's consent. 3. The philosophy that all creatures have a purpose needs due attention. 4. An administrator does the thing right, while a leader does the right thing.

1. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. 2. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. 3. The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. 4. To attain knowledge, add things everyday; to attain wisdom, remove things everyday.

1. Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

1. Poetry is the voice of the unvoiced. 2. We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. 3. We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn. 4. If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

1. Reality is ultimately a selective act of perception and interpretation.

1. Science applied is the engine of humanity. 2. Eyes cannot see what the mind does not know. 3. Doubt is the origin of wisdom. 4. The relation between environment, resources and conflict is same as the connection between Democracy, human rights and peace.

1. Technology and inclusion go hand in hand in eliminating barriers

1. The climate crisis is only a symptom of a much larger crisis looming over humanity.

1. The development of artificial intelligence and biotechnology has raised significant moral and ethical issues for humankind.

1. The empires of the future will be the empires of the mind.