Mains Marathon

Day 49: Full-Length Test 1

Write two essays, choosing one topic from each of the following sections A and B, in about 1000-1200 words each :

Section A

1. Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.

2. The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.

3. Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

4. The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Section B

5. When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves, and the nation moves.

6. In every walk with nature, one receives far more than one seeks.

7. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

8. The balance of power is the guardian of sovereignty in an anarchic world.