"ESSAY KAISE? " by Vikram Grewal AIR 51 UPSC CSE 2018
'Brevity is the soul of wit,' they say. UPSC loves brevity. And if you can pour a little wit in it, their day is made. Before we delve into the ESSAY paper for Civil Services Exam, I would just like to point out that this article is going to be brief. I won't really instruct or implore you to follow any guidelines or apply any 'tips and tricks', my dear friend. *Because essay is a matter of the heart and mind. And every pair is as beautiful and insightful. So we'll talk about the 'soul' instead. (*Note: never start a sentence with 'because'- a teacher once told me.) (**Also note: question all advice- nothing is sacred. THIS PAPER gives you room to experiment.) I scored 161 Marks in Essay this year. Although I respect the fact that without these marks my rank would've been 'not-so-good', yet I view it as a considerably minor issue when compared to the amount of fun I had while writing those 2 essays. (Or in fact most o...
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And that one line - " Please don't laugh " and Kitab el Jhand
I just gave UPSC prelims 2020, but like the past few years Science, Agriculture, Environment sections have been unpredictable and are difficult to handle. Can you please guide from which all sources did u cover them and how to tackle them?