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Importance of UPSC Main Essay Paper
In the UPSC Main exam, the first credited paper is the Essay Paper.
Hardworking aspirants get approximately the same range of scores in GS Papers 1, 2, 3, and 4. The edge needed to clear the Main Written exam is provided by higher scores in Essay paper and Optional papers.
Moreover, Essay paper has the greatest range and UPSC aspirants who end up getting very low to the highest possible scores. The reason is that most students avoid working on Essays in the beginning as they think that they do not have the necessary GS subject knowledge to write essays. GS has a huge syllabus, which can never be satisfactorily understood, noted, revised and assessed. So, students wake up to the idea of preparation of Essay Paper a month before the Main exam. They hurriedly take some Essay Test Series. By this time, it is too late to develop the skills needed to score high in Essay paper.
This table gives you a comparison of the average scores recieved by aspirants and the average scores received by UPSC toppers in the last 12 years. Observe how UPSC toppers get an edge above others by scoring high on Essay Paper and Optionals
