Drishti Mains Marathon at a glance
| Drishti Mains Marathon | writeupsc | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | Four questions a day, two essay questions a week | A question of the day from real Mains past papers, plus every GS and Essay question from 2013 to 2025 (1,066) to pick from, with an exam-pace timer |
| How answers are checked | Upload in the comments for the team’s feedback; peer review encouraged | You photograph your handwritten answer; it is compared with real topper answers in about a minute (1 free evaluation, then paid) |
| Model answer | “Detailed model answers” | A model answer in topper style comes with each evaluation |
| Hindi | Yes, a Hindi edition | Hindi answers are read and evaluated |
| State on 18 October 2026 | The 2026 run ended with full-length tests on 10–14 August 2026; a separate free feed posts 1–2 questions a day | Running every day |
From its own pages on 18 October 2026; writeupsc is this site.
What Drishti Mains Marathon does well
A steady supply of questions and a place to post answers. Afterwards: “Detailed model answers”. For the habit of writing every day, that is most of what an aspirant needs.
Where it leaves you on your own
Upload in the comments for the team’s feedback; peer review encouraged. Most answers posted to a free programme are never read by anyone who could mark them, and comparing your answer with a synopsis tells you what you missed in content, not how a scoring answer was built.
Use it with writeupsc
- Take the day’s question from Drishti Mains Marathon, or a real past question from the practice bank.
- Write it by hand, timed.
- Photograph it for writeupsc: it compares your answer with the closest real topper answers and names what yours is missing, in about a minute. Or send the photo to @WriteUPSCbot in Telegram.
Questions
Is Drishti Mains Marathon free?
Yes. Drishti calls it “a free of cost initiative”: four questions a day, with answers uploaded in the comments for its team’s feedback. The 2026 run ended in August.
Does Drishti Mains Marathon evaluate my answer?
Upload in the comments for the team’s feedback; peer review encouraged. writeupsc evaluates every answer you send, against real topper answers, from 1 free evaluation.
Is Drishti Mains Marathon running now?
On 18 October 2026: The 2026 run ended with full-length tests on 10–14 August 2026; a separate free feed posts 1–2 questions a day.
See how your own answer compares.
Photograph the sheet the way you wrote it. 1 free evaluation with a Google account, no card.