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The programme has been designed to develop, improve and fine tune the Essay Writing Skills of the

students and help them in writing Quality Enriched Essay in the examination.

This exercise will equip the students with necessary expertise to write good essays on any type of

topic/issue and score 150 – 170 marks easily.

To achieve this objective 14 Self-Assessment Essay Tests will be conducted.

The Test Series follows Three Tier Approach comprising Sectional Level, Revision Level and Full

Comprehensive Mock Tests.

All the test papers will be strictly in accordance with the new pattern of IAS Mains Examination.

Individual time slots will be allotted to each student for one to one discussion with Faculty.

Students would be tested comprehensively in all the topics and improvements would be done

tailored to their strengths and weaknesses.

Evaluated Answer Sheets would be provided within ten days of writing the test.

Students will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in

orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

Essay would be evaluated in more than 25 dimensions which are strictly in line with the parameters

provided by UPSC.

Fees: Rs. 6,500/- (For New Students); 4,500 (For Old Students)

ESSAYTEST SERIES – 2018

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Thursday

Everyday

I

II

BatchNo.

BatchNo. Mukherjee NagarMukherjee NagarRajinder NagarRajinder Nagar

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

TEST SERIES SCHEDULE

ETS - 1

ETS - 2

ETS - 3

ETS - 4

st21 Nov. 2017

Indicative Topics

• Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed.

• With greater power comes greater responsibility.

• Character of an institution is reflected in its leader.

• Words are sharper than the two-edged sword.

• Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.

• Be the change you want to see in others (Gandhi).

• Quick but steady wins the race.

th12 Dec. 2017

Indicative Topics

• Indian culture today: a myth or a reality?

• Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.

• Is the Colonial mentality hindering India's Success?

• What we have not learnt during seventy years of independence.

• If development is not engendered, it is endangered.

• Managing work and home – is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal?

• Reservation, politics and empowerment.

nd2 Jan. 2018

Indicative Topics

• Water disputes between States in federal India.

• Cooperative Federalism: Myth or reality.

• Politics, bureaucracy and business – fatal triangle.

• Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative, economic and developmental implication.

• Judicial activism and Indian democracy.

• Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect it?

• Mass media and cultural invasion.

• Dreams which should not let India sleep.

rd23 Jan. 2018

Indicative Topics

• Geography may remain the same; history need not.

• 'Globalization' vs 'Nationalism'.

• National identity and Patriotism.

• Terrorism and world peace.

• Are we a 'soft' state?

ISSUES RELATED TO MORAL-ETHICAL-PHILOSOPHICALDIMENSIONS

ISSUES RELATED TO HISTORY, CULTURE AND INDIAN SOCIETY

ISSUES RELATED TO POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE-JUDICIAL SYSTEM

ISSUES RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND INTERNAL SECURITY

TEST No. TEST LEVEL SYLLABUS along with some Indicative Topics*S

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th13 Feb. 2018

Indicative Topics

• Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic

inequality.

• Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of

economic reforms.

• Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India?

• Crisis faced in India – moral or economic.

• Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of

implementation which slowed the growth of our country?

• Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?

• Economic growth without distributive justice is bound to

breed violence.

• Is the criticism that the 'Public-Private-Partnership' (PPP)

model for development is more of a bane than a boon in

the Indian context, justified?

• Protection of ecology and environment is essential for

sustained economic development.

• GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross

Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging

the wellbeing of a country.

th6 Mar. 2018

Indicative Topics

• Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and

social welfare.

• Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to

make a man more clever devil.

• Are the standardized tests good measure of academic

ability or progress?

• Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?

• Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses?

• Science and Mysticism: Are they compatible?

• Cyberspace and Internet: Blessing or curse to the human

civilization in the long run.

• Increasing computerization would lead to the creation of a

dehumanized society.

• Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and

security of the nation.

ISSUES RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATION AND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

TEST No. TEST LEVEL SYLLABUS along with some Indicative Topics*

IMPORTANTIMPORTANT

• The list of the topics given above is only indicative. These Essays have been asked by UPSC repeatedly during the last 30 years.

• The Essay topics in the test could be based on above themes but the topics in the test will be new.

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POST-PRELIMSMAINS TEST SERIES SCHEDULE

POST-PRELIMS TEST SCHEDULE

ETS

ETS - 8

ETS - 9

ETS - 10

ETS - 11

ETS - 12

ETS - 13

ETS - 14

- 7 th17 Jun. 2018

st1 Jul. 2018

th15 Jul. 2018

th29 Jul. 2018

th12 Aug. 2018

th26 Aug. 2018

nd2 Sept. 2018

th9 Sept. 2018

ISSUES RELATED TO HISTORY, CULTURE AND INDIAN SOCIETY

ISSUES RELATED TO POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE-JUDICIAL

SYSTEM

ISSUES RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ISSUES RELATED TO MORAL-ETHICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL

DIMENSIONS

ISSUES RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND

INTERNAL SECURITY

ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATION AND SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY

ESSAY MOCK TEST - 1

ESSAY MOCK TEST - 2

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PROGRAMME DETAILSDiscussion TimingDiscussion Timing

Sunday

Any day

I

II

BatchBatchNo.No. Mukherjee NagarMukherjee NagarRajinder NagarRajinder Nagar

8:00 am to 11:00 am

5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Rajinder NagarRajinder Nagar Mukherjee NagarMukherjee Nagar

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

on Friday

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

on Saturday