Total time: 3 Hours                                                                          Total Marks: 250 marks

Write an essay by choosing one topics from each section. Word limit: 1000 – 1200 words. [125 X 2=250]

SECTION – A

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

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