Civil Services Prep

What are the basic principles of public life? Illustrate any three of these with suitable examples.

Model answer

  1. “Emotional Intelligence is the ability to make your emotions work for you instead of against you.” Do you agree with this view? Discuss. (150 words) 10 marks
  2. There is a view that the Official Secrets Act is an obstacle to the implementation of the Rights to Information Act. Do you agree with the view? Discuss (150 words) 10 marks
  3. What is meant by 'crisis of conscience'? How does it manifest itself in the public domain? 10 marks
  4. What does this quotation mean to you “Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 10 marks
  5. What does this quotation mean to you “An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates 10 marks
  6. What does this quotation mean to you “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” – M.K.Gandhi 10 marks