UPSC CISF AC(EXE) LDCE 2026 - Paper II: Essay, Precis Writing and Comprehension — question paper
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UPSC CISF AC(EXE) LDCE 2026 - Paper II: Essay, Precis Writing and Comprehension
Paper #3182 · 03-2026 · Essay, Precis Writing and Comprehension · 4 reviewed questions
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Official UPSC CISF AC(EXE) LDCE 2026 Paper II, presented as four reviewed English question groups with published non-scoring KSLC guidance covering the essay, precis-writing and comprehension tasks. The complete eight-page official question-paper scan remains available for exact wording and shared passages.
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Q1 - ESSAY (40 marks)
Write an essay in about 500 words on any one English topic: (a) Aging is a process, not loss; (b) Culture of food; (c) Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment; (d) Fashion is the science of appearance; (e) Financial fraud in the digital world. -
Q2 - PRECIS WRITING (20 marks)
Write a precis of the supplied 703-word passage by reducing it to one-third of its length. Failure to adhere to the word limit may result in deduction of marks. Do not suggest any title. The passage compares environmental effects of industrial feedlots and traditional herding; animal introductions, competition and disease; forest conversion to rangeland; rising meat demand; carrying capacity; and the consequences of overgrazing. -
Q3 - COMPREHENSION (20 marks)
Read the supplied passage on childhood awareness of development, adult professional and emotional growth, unmarked emotional milestones, and assumptions underlying contemporary and emotional education. Answer in your own words: (a) Why do children solemnly specify their exact age? (b) How is progress monitored once we are past eighteen? (c) What milestones do not get marked as we grow older? (d) What are the two general assumptions about learning in contemporary education? (e) Make sentences bringing out the meanings of: inordinately, momentous, metamorphoses, ingrained. -
Q4 - COMPREHENSION (20 marks)
Read the supplied passage on how lay and professional readers approach history, the continuing influence and universality of Thucydides, recurring human errors, and history's relevance to present and future. Answer in your own words: (a) How does the lay reader differ from the professional historian? (b) Why do past victories and defeats become meaningless to us? (c) Why read Thucydides despite his unverifiable Greek account? (d) In what sense does history come close to poetry? (e) How does history remain relevant to contemporary times?