CSE Mains Essay previous 25 years topic-wise list

Essay being the first paper in the series of papers written during mains, deserves due diligence as much as GS papers. But it is quite tricky as the topic could be anything, which makes specific preparation difficult. So, one can focus on: - learning how to understand demand of the Essay topic, identify the theme and create 2-3 dimensions, under each one generates frameworks with points in it with references/examples - gathering right fodder material, frameworks, vocabulary for various general themes/topics like education, woman empowerment, ethics etc I had previously written a blog post on how to write essay for CSE mains examination. It is available here: Post on how to write an essay
The above post tells how make a plan but one needs to practice and have a strategy for the preparation itself. A good strategy would be as follows: - go through the category wise topics, dig up material from the internet, news notes, from Yojana magazine, Economic surveys, PIB so on. - create frameworks, templates, terminology for each category using above material(ex. accessibility+affordability+quality for education, 3Fs for panchayati raj, the all encompassing -historical+philosophical+political+economic+social framework) In the current pattern one has 1.5 hours, of which 0.5 hours should be spent on creating complete framework with points. So, that in 1 hour one can write down essay effortlessly by expanding the points and focusing on creating flow. Table below is aimed at reducing the effort to look for essays on particular category. One can filter as per year of exam/major themes, or search in essay topic text/keywords by typing in. Hindi transliteration was not available for all topics, so I could not add it. असुविधा के लिए खेद हैं. Categories are subjective and you are welcome to download a copy of the sheet and recategorize as you like. Umbrella category means one can cover multiple thematic dimensions in it.

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