UPSC Mains · Essay · Topic

Society and culture

9 UPSC Mains Essay questions on Society and culture, 2013 to 2023, newest first, as UPSC set them.

  1. 2023 Topic B5Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands — two equally harmful disciplines.125 marks · 1200 words
  2. 2022 Topic A2Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world125 marks · 1200 words
  3. 2020 Topic B5Culture is what we are, civilization is what we have125 marks · 1200 words
  4. 2020 Topic B6There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless125 marks · 1200 words
  5. 2020 Topic B7Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality125 marks · 1200 words
  6. 2019 Topic B5South Asian societies are woven not around the state, but around their plural cultures and plural identities125 marks · 1200 words
  7. 2018 Topic B5Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life125 marks · 1200 words
  8. 2017 Topic B4‘Social media’ is inherently a selfish medium.125 marks · 1200 words
  9. 2013 Q2Is the Colonial mentality hindering India’s success ?250 marks · 2500 words

Other Essay topics

Art, literature and mediaEconomy, development and workEducation and youthEnvironment and sustainabilityEthics and valuesHealth and wellbeingHistory and civilisationIndia and the worldLeadership and characterPhilosophy and the human conditionPolity, democracy and governanceScience, technology and the futureWomen and gender

Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination question papers, upsc.gov.in. Topics are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.