2017 Mock Test 8: GS-IV: Ethics Case Study -4

What are the options available to the government in your opinion? The following are options available to me: Since this is a serious threat with huge risk, India should accept the demand of the terrorists with a clear intimation that ..

2018-Case Study – 6

The poor quality of the public service delivery has led to deteriorating standards of governance. Information asymmetry, lack of awareness, apathy of bureaucracy, lack of accountability has led to the inability on part of the government to deliver quality service ..

2018 – Case Study – 5

India is a land of diversities clubbed with disparities. Often the disparities take the communal color to flare up the differences between the communities based on lines of religion, culture, language, caste etc. The differences threaten the peace by creating ..

“Social justice for economically weaker sections, irrespective of caste and religion, is the need of the hour.” In this context, critically examine the steps taken by government over last few years to achieve social justice. (250 words, 15 Marks)

Social justice stands for justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. The Oxfam report suggests that about 1% of Indians hold about 58% of wealth. The preamble explicitly offers social justice to the ..

Draw connections between the ethical challenges of biotechnology and ethical issues related to abortion, animal welfare, and personal privacy.

There are a variety of ethical challenges of biotechnology and the premise for these challenges is a tension between valuing our freedom to pursue these technologies for their immediate utility or potential negative impacts of these technologies in long term ..

Importance of Implicit attitude in Civil Services

Implicit attitude consists of thoughts or feelings that are generated outside the persons conscious. It measures positive and negative thoughts, which are generated unintentionally and are uncontrollable. The seven principles of the civil service are accountability, honesty, integrity, selflessness, leadership, ..

Differentiate between aptitude and intelligence. Examine their role in the life of a civil servant.

Difference between Intelligence and Aptitude While intelligence is the ability of an individual to gain knowledge and understand cumbersome situations, aptitude can be defined as the capacity to apply the same knowledge. For example, a person may be intelligent enough ..

The value of empathy comes not from understanding the other person's feelings, but what you do as a result of this. (a)Describe empathy as a value. (b)Narrate an event when you actually felt empathy. How was it helpful for the other person?

Empathy is an ability to put one self at other person’s place to understand his pain, suffering and condition. It is different from sympathy which a instinctive reaction of kindness. A person who is empathetic not only shows kindness towards ..