Ashmil Shah
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- a) Rising influence of money power in Indian elections poses a serious challenge to transparency, fairness, and democratic accountability. How can ethical electoral funding be ensured to maintain the integrity of democracy? GS2
- b) Explain the key dimensions of ethics that influence human behaviour. How do these dimensions shape ethical decision-making in private life? GS2
- a) "Academic freedom is the bedrock of scholarly inquiry and intellectual progress." Examine the ethical issues that arise when educational institutions yield to political, social, or economic pressures and compromises academic freedom. GS2
- b) Fortitude enables a civil servant to make difficult yet morally right decisions. Explain with reference to real-life examples GS2
- Given below are the three quotations of great thinkers. What do each of these quotations convey to you in the present context?
a) "When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, the economy flourishes." - Abdul Kalam (10 marks, 150 words) GS2
- b) "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems." - Mahatma Gandhi GS2
- Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Discuss. GS2
- a) What do you understand by the term 'probity in governance'? Explain how probity acts as the foundation of ethical public administration. GS2
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