Previous year UPSC essay topics (Category wise)-1

As per our observation questions asked in essay paper of Civil Services Mains Examination can be categorized into following heads  :

India Related :

  • My vision of India in 2001 AD (1993)
  • Indian society at the crossroads (1994)
  • Whither Indian democracy (1995)
  • The VIP cult is a bane of Indian democracy (1996)
  • What we have not learnt during fifty years  of Independence (1997)
  • India’s contribution to world wisdom (1998)
  • Why should we be proud of being Indians? (2000)
  • What have we gained from our democratic  set-up ? (2001)
  • Privatisation of Higher Education in India (2002)
  • How far has democracy in India delivered  the goods ? (2003)
  • India’s Role in Promoting ASEAN co-operation (2004)
  • Judicial Activism and Indian Democracy (2004)
  • BPO boom in India (2007)

Society & Culture related : 

  • Men have failed; let women take over (1993)
  • The new emerging women power : the ground realities (1995)
  • Greater political power alone will not improve woman’s plight (1997)
  • Women is God’s best creation (1998)
  • Women empowerment: Challenges and Prospects (1999)
  • Empowerment alone cannot help our women (2001)
  • Whither Women’s Emancipation ? (2004)
  • If women ruled the world (2005)
  • Women’s Reservation Bill Would Usher in Empowerment for Women in India (2006)
  • The emerging global order,political and economic (1993)
  • Modernisation and Westernisation  are not identical concepts (1994)
  • Urbanisation is a blessing in disguise (1997)
  • The composite culture of India (1998)
  • Youth culture today (1999)
  • Mass media and culture invasion (1999)
  • Indian culture today; a myth or a reality (2000)
  • Irrelevance of the classroom (2001)
  • Responsibility of media in a democracy (2002)
  • As civilization advances culture declines. (2003)
  • Globalisation and Its Impact on Indian Culture (2004)
  • Increasing Computerization Would lead to  the Creation of a Dehumanized Society(2006)
  • How has satellite television brought about  cultural change in the Indian mindset? (2007)
  • Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses ? (2008)
  • The focus of health care is increasingly  getting skewed towards the haves of our society (2009)