Instructions

Total Marks: 250 marks, Time duration: 3 hours.

The essay must be written in the medium authorized in the admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this question-cum-answer (QCA) booklet in the space provided.

No marks will be given for answers written in the medium other than authorized one.

Word limit, as specified, should be adhered to.

Any page or portion of the page left blank, must be struck off clearly.



SECTION – A



Write any one of the following essays in 1000-1200 words (125 marks)



1. Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India

2. A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge

3. Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere

4. Management of Indian border disputes – a complex task



SECTION – B



Write any one of the following essays in 1000-1200 words (125 marks)



1. Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life

2. ‘The past’ is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values

3. A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both

4. Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it