Mains answer writing · free
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Write an answer by hand, scan it into a PDF, and your mentor evaluates it personally: a score, and remarks on what the question demanded, your structure, content and presentation — and the one change that will lift your marks most.
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UPSC Mains 2022 · GS Paper IV · Q4
(a) What do you understand by the term ‘good governance’? How far recent initiatives in terms of e-Governance steps taken by the State have helped the beneficiaries? Discuss with suitable examples. (b) Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for teaching and learning in education sector to the extent telemedicine in the health sector is getting popular with the approvals of the competent authority. No doubt, it has advantages and disadvantages for both the beneficiaries and the system at large. Describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online method particularly to the vulnerable section of the society.
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Step 1
Pick a question
Any Mains question — every Mains PYQ page has a link that brings it here.
Step 2
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About 7 minutes for 150 words, 11 for 250 — as in the exam. Then scan the pages into one PDF (Adobe Scan or the Google Drive scanner).
Step 3
Get it back, evaluated
A score and written remarks within 72 hours, here and by email.
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What the evaluation covers
- The demand of the question
- Did you answer what was asked — every part, in the directive's terms (discuss, examine, critically analyse)?
- Structure
- An introduction that sets up the answer, a body that moves in a clear order, a conclusion that adds something.
- Content
- Facts, examples, data, committees, reports and judgments — accurate, relevant and enough for the marks.
- Presentation
- Flow, headings, diagrams and flowcharts, use of space — what an examiner sees in the first ten seconds.
- The one change
- The single thing that will lift your marks most in the next answer.
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About the free evaluation
Is the answer evaluation really free?
Yes, to begin with. Sign up free and 3 answer evaluations are on us — no payment, no card — one each week, so they take three weeks, and a week you skip is not carried over. That is how you see how I evaluate before you spend anything. After those three, or to have more read in the same week, an evaluation costs ₹99 an answer, with packs of 5, 11, 22, 40 and 100 answers from ₹399 to ₹4,999 — the bigger the pack, the less each answer costs. In the mentorship you get weekly evaluation of all the assigned Mains questions.
Who evaluates my answer?
Your mentor does — the same person who mentors the paid plans, someone who has been through every stage of the exam. Free or paid, answers aren't outsourced, marked by a checker pool or run through software: every line is read by a person.
What does the evaluation cover?
A score against the question's marks, and written remarks on whether you answered what the question actually demanded, your structure, your content (facts, examples, data, committees, reports), presentation (flow, diagrams, headings), and the one change that will lift your marks most.
Should I write by hand or type?
By hand, as in the exam — speed, legibility and space are part of what's being evaluated. Then scan every page, in order, into one PDF — Adobe Scan or the Google Drive scanner on your phone does it in a minute.
Which questions can I answer?
Any UPSC Mains question: a previous year question (every Mains PYQ page in the Vault has a 'Get this answer evaluated' link), a test-series question, or one you've set yourself. GS Papers I–IV, Essay and Public Administration (the only optional subject evaluated) answers are accepted.
Who sees my answer?
Only me. It's never shown to anyone else unless you tick the box allowing an anonymised version to be used as an example — and even then, without your name.
