Uttarakhand: UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2025 Essay Paper, held on 27th April 2026.

Paper requires candidates to write three essays—one from each section—within a 700-800 word limit per topic.

Below are the specific topics categorized by section:

UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2025 Essay Paper

Section A (खण्ड – अ)

These topics focus on culture, social media, global systems, and digital infrastructure:

Literature: Literature as a significant module of the Culture.
Social Media: Social Media as an effective means of social change.
Indian Knowledge System: India’s global outlook and the Indian Knowledge System.
Agriculture: The impact of Digital Public Infrastructure on the Agriculture Market.

These topics cover environmental technology, national vision, and policy evolution:

Climate Technology: Beyond net zero: Why carbon-negative technologies are essential in a warming world?
National Vision: Viksit Bharat @2047: Prospects and Challenges.
Uttarakhand Environment: Intensified Disaster Vulnerability in Uttarakhand, focusing on climate change, hydropower development, and unregulated urbanization.
Governance: The evolution of India’s development strategy from the Planning Commission to NITI Aayog.

This section is specifically focused on the regional context of Uttarakhand:

Social Structure: The social structure of Uttarakhand in the context of modernization and globalization, including perspectives, problems, and prospects.
Art History: Various dimensions of the origin and development of Garhwal Painting.
Economy: Pilgrimage Tourism in Uttarakhand as the basis of the state’s economic prosperity.
Disaster Management: The role of various agencies in disaster management and development, with special reference to recent disasters in Uttarakhand.
Women Empowerment: The legacy of women activism in Uttarakhand, tracing the movement from activism to mainstream politics and the economy.

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