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2020 · GS 4 · 20 marks
Ethical dilemmas and stakeholder reasoning
Rajesh Kumar is a senior public servant, with a reputation of honesty and forthrightness, currently posted in the Finance Ministry as the Head of the Budget Division. His department is presently busy in organizing the budgetary support to the states, four of which are due to the polls within the financial year. This year’s annual budget had allotted Rs 8300 crores for the National Housing Scheme (NHS), a centrally sponsored social housing scheme for the weaker sections of society. Rs 775 crores have been drawn for NHS till June. The Ministry of…
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Teachings of Great Leaders
What teachings of Buddha are most relevant today and why? Discuss.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 20 marks
Ethical dilemmas and stakeholder reasoning
Rampura, a remote district inhabited by a tribal population, is marked by extreme backwardness and abject poverty. Agriculture is the mainstay of the local population, though it is subsistence due to the very small landholdings. There is insignificant industrial or mining activity. Even the targeted welfare programs have inadequately benefited the tribal population. In this restrictive scenario, the youth has begun to migrate to other states to supplement the family income. Plight of minor girls is that their parents are persuaded by labour con…
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Attitude for Individuals
‘Hatred is destructive of a person‘s wisdom and conscience that can poison a nation’s spirit. Do you agree with this view? Justify your answer.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Ethical Issues in International Relations and funding
‘The will to power exits, but it can be tamed and be guided by rationality and principles of moral duty.’ Examine this statement in the context of international relations.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Consequences of Ethics
Discuss the role of ethics and values in enhancing the following three major components of Comprehensive National Power (CNP) viz. human capital, soft power (culture and policies), and social harmony.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Essence of Ethics
Distinguish between laws and rules. Discuss the role of ethics in formulating them.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 20 marks
Ethical dilemmas and stakeholder reasoning
Migrant workers have always remained at the socio-economic margins of our society, silently serving as the instrumental labour force of urban economics. The pandemic has brought them into national focus. On announcement of a countrywide lockdown, a very large number of migrant workers decided to move back from their places of employment to their native villages. The non-availability of transport created its own problems. Added to this was the fear of starvation and inconvenience to their families. This caused, the migrant workers to demand wage…
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Applied Ethics x Technology
The current internet expansion has instilled a different set of cultural values which are in conflict with traditional values. Discuss.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 20 marks
Ethical dilemmas and stakeholder reasoning
The Chairman of Bharat Missiles Ltd (BML) was watching a program on TV wherein the Prime Minister was addressing the nation on the necessity of developing a self-reliant India. He subconsciously nodded in agreement and smiled to himself as he mentally reviewed BML’s journey in the past two decades. BML had admirably progressed from producing first-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to designing and producing state of the art ATGM weapon systems that would be the envy of any army. He sighed in reconciliation with his assumptions that t…
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Swami Vivekananda
”Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand do so. If not fold your hands, bless your brothers and let them go their own way.” – Swami Vivekanand
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Attitude for Civil Servants
A positive attitude is considered to be an essential characteristic of a civil servant who is often required to function under extreme stress. What contributes a positive attitude in person.?
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 20 marks
Ethical dilemmas and stakeholder reasoning
Parmal is a small but underdeveloped district. It has a rocky terrain that is not suitable for agriculture, though some subsistence agriculture is being done on small plots of land. The area receives adequate rainfall and has an irrigation canal flowing through it. Amaria, its administrative centre, is a medium-sized town. It houses a large district hospital, an Industrial Training Institute and some privately owned skill training centres. It has all the facilities of a district headquarters. A trunk railway line passes approximately 50 kilomet…
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Socrates
”A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.” – Socrates.
Read question →2020 · GS 4 · 10 marks
Teachings of Great Leaders
What are the main factors responsible for gender inequality in India ? Discuss the contribution of Savitribai Phule in this regard.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 15 marks
Diversity and pluralism
Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 15 marks
Flora and Fauna
Assess the impact of global warming on coral life system with examples.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 15 marks
Various stages of Freedom struggle
Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 15 marks
Urban Planning
How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India?
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 10 marks
Revolt and Mutiny
The 1857 Uprising was the culmination the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 10 marks
Secondary sector
Can the strategy of regional-resource based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 10 marks
Uniqueness of Indian society
What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 15 marks
Globalisation
Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss. (15m,250 words)
Read question →2019 · GS 1 · 10 marks
Secondary sector
Discuss the factors for localization of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.
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