Mains Practice Questions

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Where there is love there is life-(Mahatma Gandhi)

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“Raising awareness versus raising alarm; the public can't be better informed if the information isn't better.”

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1. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
2. Truth never damages a cause that is just.

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1. Transparency is critical in public health and epidemics.
2. Education is the premise of progress.

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1. Good governance depends on the ability to take responsibility by both, administration as well as people
2. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

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1. "Transparency in public health is critical to deal with epidemics".
2. “Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling; aim to shatter it.”

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1. Agriculture should mediate between nature and the human community.
2. What we need is a generation of peace.

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1. “Science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
2. There is no tool more effective than the empowerment of women for the development of a country.

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1. The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
2. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

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One can win the election by a majority but you need consensus to rule.

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Social media can reduce social barriers and bring an inclusive democracy.

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Religion and Morality

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“Let him who would move the world first move himself.” - Socrates

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a. Geo-economics is the new geopolitics.
b. Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

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a. Space diplomacy for India
b. Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

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a. Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
b. Mobocracy is autocracy multiplied a million times.

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1. Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
2. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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1. He who can listen to music in the midst of noise can achieve great things.
2. A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.

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1. Shared interests more than shared values are increasingly what drive international relations today.
2. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

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a. India is not simply emerging: India has already emerged.

b. There are no failures in science.

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1. “Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
2. "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance" – Socrates.

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A. Justice, in its true sense, carries with it the essence of liberty, equality and fraternity.

B. Sanitation is inseparably linked to human dignity.

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A. Sustainability, more than anything else, is agriculture's biggest problem.

B. Education in India has not been able to empower all the sections of society. 

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A. Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

B. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

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A. Parliamentary accountability is as important as parliamentary debate.

B. Somewhere inside of all of us is the power to change the world.

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A. Compassion is the basis of morality.

B. Disadvantaged communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change.

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A. A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.

B. You cannot get rid of poverty by giving people money.

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A. The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

B. Man makes religion, religion does not make man.

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A. Hero worship of politicians breeds polarisation of the masses.

B. Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

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A. True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.

B. He who can listen to music in the midst of noise can achieve great things.