Daily answer writing

One questiona day, markedfree.

Every day there is one real UPSC Mains question to write, the same for everyone. Read a model answer first if you like, then write yours in about the time the exam gives it. It is marked free, every day.

Marked free, every day. No card needed.

Today's question card with a Free today badge: a UPSC Mains 2017 GS II question on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 10 marks, 150 words, about 7 minutes, with Write it now and See the model answer first.

Model answer

See a model answer,part by part.

Each day’s question has a model answer, written from toppers’ answers to the same or close questions. Its opening, body and close are labelled with the approach each takes; tap a point to see how a topper wrote it.

  • Opening, body and close, each named.
  • Every point linked to a topper’s line.
  • In about the words the question asks for.
The model answer to today's question: an opening with a figure, a body of promises, gaps and a verdict, and a balanced conclusion, with Write your own answer beside it.

Build an answer

Choose how you’llopen, build and close.

Before you write, build an outline: how to open, which framework to build the body on, and how to close. For each choice you see when it works and how many toppers took it on a similar question.

  • Ways to open, frameworks for the body, ways to close.
  • The angles each framework covers.
  • Your outline beside you as you choose, with its word count.
Build an answer: choices for the opening, a framework for the body and the angles it covers, with the answer taking shape on the right at 153 of 150 words.

Every day

A habit,not a test.

One question a day, so writing becomes part of the day. If you wrote it before, the card says when, and your mark.

  • One a day

    The same question for everyone, new each day.

  • Marked free

    Today’s question never uses a free answer or a copy.

  • About exam time

    Its marks, word limit and the minutes UPSC’s pace gives it.

  • A model answer

    Every day’s question has one, to read first or after.

Want more than one?

Practise a few, or a whole paper.

Write UPSC’s own Mains questions from where you lose marks, or sit a whole past paper on a 3-hour clock.

Today’s question

One question.Write it today.

It is marked free, and tomorrow there is another.

Marked free, every day. No card needed.