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Total Questions8Official paper requirements
Total Marks1000 MAggregate syllabus score
Allowed Duration180 minStrict exam duration limit
Answer EvalReadyEvaluation flow framework
Essay — 2021
8 questionsSection A
4 questionsQ. 1
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.
125 M
Q. 2
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!
125 M
Q. 3
There are better practices to 'best practices'.
125 M
Q. 4
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
125 M
Section B
4 questionsQ. 1
The real is rational and the rational is real.
125 M
Q. 2
Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.
125 M
Q. 3
Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.
125 M
Q. 4
Technology as the silent factor in international relations.
125 M