GS4 · UPSC Mains

There have been reports of repeat instances of mob lynching in different states of India. It has been pointed out that these presumably faceless mobs gather impromptu on the basis of unverified information on issues that affect the collective conscience of the society such as child trafficking, sexual harassment, cow slaughter etc. Most of the people don't even regret their action of violating the law and even get away with committing such a heinous crime. (a) What are the socio-psychological factors that motivate people to join the mob and kill fellow human beings? (b) Identify the implications of increasing crime of lynching on society. (c) Examine the role of social media in recent instances of mob lynching. As a law enforcement officer, how will you prevent such incidents from happening in your district?

20 marks · 250 words · 26 toppers answered this

GS4 · Public/civil service values & ethics in public administration — status & problems; ethical concerns & dilemmas; conflict of interest

Topper	Rank	Source	Copy
Vikram Grewal	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Shubhank Mishra	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Chitra Mishra	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Anurag Dwivedi	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Nihal Randhawa	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Nikhil Agarwal	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Himadree Kaushik	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Punit Dwivedi	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Vaibhav Gondane	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Khushboo Gupta	—	VisionIAS	p.33
Girdhar	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Pratibha Verma	—	VisionIAS	p.35
Moomal Rajpurohit	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Trupti Ankush Dhodmise	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Nihal Randhwa	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Ravi Kumar	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Amritpal Kaur	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Pari Bishnoi	—	VisionIAS	p.31
Kanishak Kataria	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Chahat Bajpai	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Vidyanshu Shekhar Jha	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Sambhav Jain	—	VisionIAS	p.34
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.34
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.34
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.34