UPSC Solved Essays since 2014-2025 (all)

S.No.Essay TitleYearPage No.
1Truth knows no color.2025 (A)14
2The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.2025 (A)19
3Thought finds a world and creates one also.2025 (A)24
4Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.2025 (A)28
5Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.2025 (B)33
6The years teach much which the days never know.2025 (B)38
7It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.2025 (B)41
8Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.2025 (B)44
9Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.2024 (A)47
10The Empires of the future will be the empires of the mind.2024 (A)51
11There is no path to happiness; Happiness is the path.2024 (A)55
12The doubter is a true man of Science.2024 (A)59
13Social media is Triggering ‘Fear of Missing Out’ amongst the youth, precipitating depression and loneliness.2024 (B)63
14Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test the character, give him power.2024 (B)68
15All ideas having large consequences are always simple.2024 (B)73
16The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.2024 (B)78
17Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.2023 (A)83
18Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.2023 (A)88
19Not all who wander are lost.2023 (A)93
20Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.2023 (A)98
21Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.2023 (B)103
22Mathematics is the music of reason.2023 (B)109
23A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.2023 (B)114
24Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.2023 (B)120
25Forests are the best case studies for economic excellence.2022 (A)126
26Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.2022 (A)131
27History is a series of victories won by the scientific man over the romantic man.2022 (A)136
28A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ship is for.2022 (A)141
29The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.2022 (B)146
30You cannot step twice in the same river.2022 (B)152
31A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.2022 (B)158
32Just because you have a choice, it does not mean that any of them has to be right.2022 (B)164
33The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.2021 (A)169
34Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you in an awareness of me.2021 (A)170
35Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.2021 (A)____
36The real is rational and the rational is real.2021 (A)____
37Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.2021 (B)____
38What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!2021 (B)____
39History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.2021 (B)____
40There are better practices to “best practices”.2021 (B)____
41Life is a long journey between human being and being humane.2020 (A)____
42Mindful manifesto is the catalyst to a tranquil self.2020 (A)____
43Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that gets into them.2020 (A)____
44Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.2020 (A)____
45Culture is what we are, civilization is what we have.2020 (B)____
46There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless.2020 (B)____
47Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality.2020 (B)____
48Technology as the silent factor in international relations.2020 (B)____
49Wisdom finds truth.2019 (A)____
50Values are not what humanity is, but what humanity ought to be.2019 (A)____
51Best for an individual is not necessarily best for the society.2019 (A)____
52Courage to accept and dedication to improve are two keys to success.2019 (A)____
53South-Asian societies are woven not around the state, but around their plural cultures and plural identities.2019 (B)____
54Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness.2019 (B)____
55Biased media is a real threat to Indian democracy.2019 (B)____
56Rise of Artificial Intelligence: the threat of jobless future or better job opportunities through reskilling and upskilling.2019 (B)____
57Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India.2018 (A)____
58A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.2018 (A)____
59Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere.2018 (A)____
60Management of Indian border disputes – a complex task.2018 (A)____
61Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life.2018 (B)____
62“The past” is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values.2018 (B)____
63A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both.2018 (B)____
64Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.2018 (B)____
65Farming has lost the ability to be a source of substance for majority of farmers in India.2017 (A)____
66Impact of new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India.2017 (A)____
67Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms.2017 (A)____
68Has the non alignment movement lost its relevance in a multi-polar world?2017 (A)____
69Joy is simplest form of gratitude.2017 (B)____
70Fulfillment of new woman in India is a myth.2017 (B)____
71We may brave human laws but can not resist natural laws.2017 (B)____
72Social media is inherently a selfish medium.2017 (B)____
73If development is not engendered, it is engendered.2016 (A)____
74Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils bread.2016 (A)____
75Water disputes between State in federal India.2016 (A)____
76Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare.2016 (A)____
77Cooperative federalism: Myth or reality.2016 (B)____
78Cyberspace and Internet: Blessing or curse to the human civilization in the long run.2016 (B)____
79Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms.2016 (B)____
80Digital Economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality.2016 (B)____
81Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.2015 (A)____
82Quick but steady wins the race.2015 (A)____
83Character of an institution is reflected in its leader.2015 (A)____
84Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil.2015 (A)____
85Technology cannot replace manpower.2015 (B)____
86Crisis faced in India – moral or economic.2015 (B)____
87Dreams which should not let India sleep.2015 (B)____
88Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?2015 (B)____
89With greater power comes greater responsibility.2014 (A)____
90Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?2014 (A)____
91Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or progress?2014 (A)____
92Words are sharper than the two-edged sword.2014 (A)____
93Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the growth of our country?2014 (B)____
94Is sting operation an invasion on privacy?2014 (B)____
95Fifty Golds in Olympics: Can this be a reality for India?2014 (B)____
96Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India?2014 (B)____