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Total Questions8Official paper requirements
Total Marks1000 MAggregate syllabus score
Allowed Duration180 minStrict exam duration limit
Answer EvalReadyEvaluation flow framework
Essay — 2023
8 questionsSection A
4 questionsQ. 1
Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - Loss of childhood.
125 M
Q. 2
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
125 M
Q. 3
Mathematics is the music of reason.
125 M
Q. 4
Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.
125 M
Section B
4 questionsQ. 1
Not all who wander are lost.
125 M
Q. 2
Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
125 M
Q. 3
Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.
125 M
Q. 4
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
125 M