Under the essay paper of the UPSC mains examination, candidates have to write two essays each with a word count of 1000-1200 words in 3 hours. Themes range greatly from social, economic, and political issues to philosophical and ethical topics. Candidates usually ignore essay writing practice thinking that they have already studied enough for General studies and thus will be able to write a good essay in the final exam itself. However, having knowledge is different from actually writing a structured and coherent essay. It requires hard work and lots of practice. GS SCORE essay workbook is meant to give you an understanding of the art and craft of essay writing as well as a range of diverse topics for practice.

How will the workbook help students?

It aims to give you a holistic understanding of writing an essay. Key approaches, features, how to develop critical thinking, analysis in your essay, and structuring of essay writing all have been explained in detail. Practice sets would help students to cater to the demand of the topic skillfully. In order to gain the maximum out of it, student must first attempt topics themselves and then compare them with hints given. This exercise would help in improvement in quality of essay writing skills and also boost confidence level after attempting such a wide range of topics.

GS SCORE Essay workbook consists of the following:

1. Art and Craft of Essay Writing
2. Rough work ideas
3. 26 practice sets
4. Essay topics asked in Previous year's examinations (2015-2019)