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Essay Paper 1 Question Paper 2025 with Detailed Solution; Download PDF

Sakshi Negi

Sep 15, 2025

UPSC Mains 2025 Question Paper for Essay (Paper 1) is available here to download in PDF Format. The exam has been conducted on August 22, 2025 by UPSC at Forenoon Session: 09:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Check UPSC IAS 2025 Question Papers. This Paper comprises of 8 questions which is of 250 marks.The duration of the exam is 3 hours.

SECTION-A / खण्ड-A

1. Truth knows no color

सत्य कोई रंग नहीं जानता है।

2. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

धनी लड़े ही दुश्मन को परास्त करना युद्ध की सर्वोच्च कला है।

3. Thought finds a world and creates one also.

विचार एक दुनिया खोजता भी है और एक बनाता भी है।

4. Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.

सबसे अच्छे सबक कड़वे अनुभवों से सीखे जाते हैं।

SECTION-B / खण्ड-B

5. Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

मैले पानी को अकेला छोड़ने से ही उसे सबसे अच्छा साफ किया जा सकता है।

6. The years teach much which the days never know.

वर्ष बहुत कुछ सिखाते हैं, जो दिन कभी नहीं जानते।

7. It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.

जीवन को एक यात्रा के रूप में देखना सर्वोत्तम है, न कि एक गंतव्य के रूप में।

8. Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.

संतोष स्वाभाविक संपत्ति है; विलासिता कृत्रिम निर्धनता है।

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