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upsc essay previous year question 2025 contentment, luxury, poverty

UPSC Essays Simplified : ‘Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty’ — Why this UPSC CSE 2025 topic isn’t just looking for answers, but for your perspective

September 24, 2025 10:09 am

UPSC CSE 2025 Essay Paper: What does UPSC really want from you in the topic on contentment and luxury? It challenges aspirants to go beyond surface interpretation and engage with deeper moral and ethical reasoning. But it doesn’t stop there. Check out our expert's model essay.

Any museum created in North Block would be untrue to history if it didn’t depict the creatures who were an integral part of the North Block way of life

As North Block becomes a museum, remembering years of encounters with unmoving monkeys — and files

September 06, 2025 12:45 pm

Nobody could satisfactorily explain the presence of the monkeys in the building, nor of the countless files. The sun will soon set on these buildings as they move deeper into the recesses of history

UPSC Mains 2025 Essay Paper Analysis: Aspirants quizzed on generic quotes they know by heart but find hard to elaborate in exam pressure

August 23, 2025 12:06 pm

War, wealth and wisdom: UPSC Mains 2025 Essay paper continued previous trends of featuring philosophical and abstract quotes. While most of the quotes were familiar, the real challenge was to elaborate on these simple ideas effectively, especially without AI support in the exam hall. Here's our analysis.

RRB Group D City Slips & Admit Cards: When will Board release them?

Free civil services coaching in Odisha; registration starts on Aug 22

August 18, 2025 8:12 am

Registrations will start from August 22, and the examination will be conducted on September 21. The selected students will be provided coaching by experts in Bhawanipatna from the first week of October

Exterior view of the Rau’s IAS Study Circle building in Old Rajinder Nagar, a year after the 2024 basement flood tragedy.

A year on, how library flooding reshaped UPSC coaching landscape in Old Rajinder Nagar

July 27, 2025 8:40 am

A year after a tragic flood claimed the lives of three civil services aspirants in a basement library run by Rau’s IAS Study Circle, Old Rajinder Nagar — Delhi’s UPSC hub — finds itself at a crossroads.

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UPSC Ethics Simplified | What makes a civil servant ethical?

July 22, 2025 11:00 am

UPSC Mains Ethics GS 4 : What are the foundational values of civil services? Which cardinal values act as 'Kavach-Kundal' (protective armor), and how do they help fulfill the true purpose of public service? Nanditesh Nilay, our ethicist, discusses.

UPSC Prelims 2025 Daily History and Culture Quiz week 117 Gandhi and frontier gandhi

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise static quiz : History and Culture MCQs on 'Frontier Gandhi', speeches by freedom fighters and more (Week 117)

July 14, 2025 4:56 pm

Attempt today’s UPSC CSE Prelims quiz on History and Culture. Curated questions, detailed explanations, and key facts help you master the static syllabus fast.

upsc ethics gs 4 Universal Human Values, foundational values in Civil Services

UPSC Ethics Simplified | What are the foundational values of civil services? (Part 1)

July 15, 2025 10:54 am

UPSC Mains Ethics GS 4 : The private, professional, and public image of a person — or a civil servant — generally depends on their ethical alignment. So, can universal human values also be considered the cardinal values of civil services? If yes, which ones?

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Knowledge Nugget | National Civil Services Day 2025: Key historical moments in the evolution of India’s Civil Services that UPSC aspirants must know

April 22, 2025 1:45 pm

On National Civil Services Day, knowing the history of the services goes beyond academics—it’s about connecting with your future role. In today’s ‘Knowledge Nugget,’ explore key milestones in the evolution of India’s civil services.

National Civil Services Day 2025 India: This year (2025) marks the 17th Civil Services Day. Here's all you need to know

National Civil Services Day 2025: History, significance, celebrations — all you need to know

April 21, 2025 9:32 am

National Civil Services Day in India 2025: This national observance was first marked on April 21, 2006; this year, it's being observed today, on Monday, April 21, 2025.