Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2017 (English and Hindi). Source

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Essay · Science & Technology

Science and society, computers, the internet and social media, artificial intelligence and technology's promise and risks.

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