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Model Essays – UPSC ESSAY

This module of the Essay Paper: Structure, Brainstorming & Practice course covers three complete model essays with notes on why they work. It has 3 study lessons and a 9-question practice quiz. Free lessons can be read in full; premium lessons show a preview.

Lessons in this module

1. Model Essay: Technology as a Servant and a Master

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"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master." In a village in Jharkhand, an elderly woman walks to a small shop where a business correspondent places her thumb on a scanner. A few seconds…

2. Model Essay: Cities as Engines of Opportunity

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"Cities are engines of opportunity – if we build them for everyone." Every morning, trains arriving in Mumbai carry people who left villages in Bihar, Odisha or Maharashtra's own drought districts. They come with little…

3. Model Essay: Women's Empowerment as National Empowerment

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"Women's empowerment is national empowerment." When a women's self-help group in a Kerala village began running a canteen at the local government office, the change was not only in the members' incomes. Women who had…

 Module quiz: Model Essays (9 questions)

Maps & infographics in this module

Essay structure: Story, Servant, Four dangers, Counter-view, Principles
The skeleton behind the essay.
Essay structure: Story, Opportunity, Problems, Counter-view, Way forward
The skeleton behind the essay.
Essay structure: Story, Definition, Four dimensions, Counter-view, Way forward
The skeleton behind the essay.

Frequently asked questions

Lessons: Model Essay: Technology as a Servant and a Master; Model Essay: Cities as Engines of Opportunity; Model Essay: Women's Empowerment as National Empowerment.

Answer: Serves people when guided by institutions and values. The essay argues that institutions, rules and values decide whether technology serves or dominates.

Answer: Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 sets rules for processing personal data.

Answer: An assisted, non-digital route for citizens who cannot use digital services. Keeping an assisted route ensures no one is excluded.

Answer: Urban local bodies. The 74th Amendment gave constitutional status to municipalities.

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