UPSC-IAS : ESSAY – 2008 ( 18 Oct )

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NEW : (Distance Learning) ALL INDIA IAS MAIN TEST SERIES PROGRAMME 2011

ESSAY (Compulsory) : 2008

Time Allowed: Three Hours                                               Max. Marks: 200

Instruction: The Essay must be written in the medium specified in the admission certificate issue to you. The name of medium must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No credit will be given to the essay written in a medium other than that specified in the admission certificate.

(Examiner will pay special attention to the candidate’s grasp of his material, it’s relevant to the subject chosen and to his ability to think constructed and present his ideas concisely, logically and effectively.

Write an Essay on any one of the following topics:

1. Role of Media in good governance

2. National Identity and Patritism

3. Special Economic Zone : Boon or Bane

4. Descipline means success , anarchy means ruin

5. Urbanisation and Its Hazards

6. Is an Egalitarian society possible by educating the masses ?