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# UPSC Mains 2025 - Essay (Paper 1)
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- Published: 2025-08-22T07:23:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T10:41:50.000Z
- Description: The Essay Paper contains two sections — A and B. Each section has four topics, and the candidate must choose one from each. That’s two essays in three hours, each worth 125 marks, for a total of 250.
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- Tags: Essay, UPSC Mains

**Exam date:** 22 August 2025

**Write two essays, choosing one topic from each of the following Sections A and B, in about 1000–1200 words each :** 
**125×2=250**

### खण्ड–A / SECTION–A

1. **सत्य कोई रंग नहीं जानता है।**  
*Truth knows no color.*
2. **बिना लड़े ही शत्रु को परास्त करना युद्ध की सर्वोच्च कला है।**  
*The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.*
3. **विचार एक दुनिया खोजता भी है और एक बनाता भी है।**  
*Thought finds a world and creates one also.*
4. **सबसे अच्छी सख़्त कड़े अनुभवों से सीखी जाती है।**  
*Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.*

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### खण्ड–B / SECTION–B

1. **मैले पानी को अकेला छोड़ने से ही उसे सबसे अच्छा साफ किया जा सकता है।**  
*Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.*
2. **वर्ष बहुत कुछ सिखाते हैं, जो दिन कभी नहीं जानते।**  
*The years teach much which the days never know.*
3. **जीवन को एक यात्रा के रूप में देखना समर्पण है, न कि एक गंतव्य के रूप में।**  
*It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.*
4. **संतोष प्राकृतिक संपत्ति है; विलासिता कृत्रिम निर्धनता है।**  
*Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.*

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