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)