upsc essay topics with answers

There is a famous fairy tale that begins like this: once upon a time, there was a rabbit and a tortoise. The contest continued. A tortoise, which is slow, began to chase the rabbit in a slow manner. However, the rabbit, who is fast, had run for some distance and then slept in the middle. Due to its lazy nature, the rabbit considered itself to be the most intelligent. However, it ultimately lost to a tortoise who viewed her as better and it pursued the race consistently until it won. Consequently, the question is whether or not best practices are more valuable and significant than better practices at any given time. Is it possible to achieve best practices without being a perfectionist at first? Is it possible to have consistency in our daily life to do best practices? What is the reason to go on for improvement? Why are best practices required? What are the implications if we only sit with being the best? How can best practices be?  Better pr actices refer to any practice which consis

 The word "Research" appears to be different for different people, some regard it to be innovation,other regard it to be discovery,for a few it to be observation,scientific analysis,logical interpretation  and so on.Discovery refers to finding the existing phenomena  which is already  present  on the earth  through observation.Whereas innovation regards creating a new product based on our knowledge.For doing research science acts as  a medium.Acquiring knowledge refers to the logical understanding of the natural phenomena.  Is it possible to perform a research without knowledge?Is it possible to perform research with knowledge without date?What if a country stops promoting research?What would be their implications?What happens if science is not taken into account while doing research?Is the research progressing in the right direction? These questions would be answered in the following essay.                    Research refers to the phenomena of discovering the existing pheno

There were 2 pots which were daily carried through a field by a farmer.One pot was attractive,it did not have any hole.So,farmer could able to carry without any leakage whereas the other pot had a hole due to which there was leakage.The 2nd pot used to feel low,as it is wasting water.Once it asks farmer,"Was he anger about the pot's disability of leaking water".Then farmer replies with  a smily face,"Look  on the ground,there he says the side which I carried you it had turned into bed of roses with attractive layer.On the other side, the  ground was dry sand where I carried 1st pot".                    The above short story indicates that the perception of farmer about the 2nd pot has reflected his own self of being positive,kind,thinking out of box.The farmer also had the choice to replace the 2nd pot with a new one but he did not.It reflects his creativity,innovative thoughts.The reaction of the farmer about the situation was handling difficult situations.It w

Swarna father is a government employee. She  has been provided with many facilities like wifi,medical expenses,maintenance expenses, besides this she has been provided with best education and best training courses. On the other hand, Swapna’s father is a factory worker. Her family is large and she is  youngest .She was given opportunity to go to government school. She has only been provided with textbooks. She does not have wifi , other facilities .If their is health problem in her family she has to take leave to school.      This story  raises a question whether technology is accessible to only rich? Is it improves the productivity, choices, lifestyle of the rich? It is correct that technology is accessible to only few. But it can be made accessible by taking few efforts by government. Besides this,technology improves the choice of the people, makes them to lead a comfortable and joyful life. It makes their life simple. It cannot be ignored as there is saying," If you are not upd

The popular leader Hitler of Germany during world war-2 gave speech mobilizing troops to fight for the country, to save the country from humiliations of allied powers, to bring out their internal energies for a common cause. This perpetuated in the minds of soldiers very well that it created devastating impact on the lives of their people as well as across the world. On the other hand, Lee Kuan Yew who was regarded as the philosopher king of Singapore had dreamt of great nation, had the feeling of common ness, identified common problems, regarded other’s problems as if it is his own, raised the country in devastating mode to top among least corruption country in the world. Singapore most affected due to British colonial policies, did not have sufficient water, natural resources to sustain, but a national leader with his patriotic mindset changed the landscape, history, roots of the country from poor to world class and most visited destination in the world.    This raises fundamenta

  Life is a colourful journey   of a human taking as a virtue of birth. Being human refers to the periphery nature of man projected as negative whereas being humane refers to the inherent nature of human being with calmness, composure, peace and good will for all. Humans have to take the journey between being human and being humane to achieve greater heights of success. Also to see themselves as a changed individual. As a saying goes, ”Be the change you wish to see in the world”, to make earth better place to live. Humans can be referred from their evolution. They have been constantly involved in innovation, from generating   fire out of stones to language and so on. The human civilization changed after Industrial Revolution in a flywheel pace. The reason behind human renaissance, can be best explained with a saying that goes as ,"Necessity is mother of innovation”. On one hand profits were enjoyed by capitalists. On the other hand ,there was suppression of labours, inequali