Mains Practice Questions

Q. Do you see a shift in India’s international ethics in light of its non-alignment policy? Give reasons in support of your answer. (150 words)

Q. What do you understand by medical ethics? Examine its relevance in the context of deteriorating patient-physician relationship in India. (150 words)

Q. What do you understand by ethical governance and examine how is it different from good governance? (150 words)

Q. Examine the reasons and situations that lead to a conflict of interest for a public servant and ways to resolve them. (150 words)

Q. Discuss the similarities and differences between the code of ethics and code of conduct. (250 words)

Q. The needs of development must be balanced with that of climate justice. In this context, explain the relevance of climate justice in the present times. (250 words)

Q. Some people feel that values keep changing with time and situation, while others strongly believe that there are certain universal and eternal human values. Discuss with examples. (250 words)

Q. Explain with examples, how emotional intelligence can be used by the civil servants for better governance. (250 words)

Q. “Businesses cannot be successful when the society around them fails.” Analyse the need for Corporate Social Responsibility in light of the above statement. (250 words)

Q. Examine the following quote:

“ I'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.” (250 words)

Q. What is empathy? Is it an important trait for the present-day civil servants? Explain with examples.

Q. Examine the contribution of Bhakti movement to ethics along with its impact on society. (250 words)

Q. Ambedkar warned that Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul, but in politics, Bhakti or hero worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. Comment. (150 words)

Q. Discuss Kautilya’s philosophy of “Yatha Raja Tatha Praja” (As the king is, so will be the people) in the context of today’s political leadership in India. (250 words)

Q. What do you understand by conscience? Discuss the different conceptions of conscience given by moral thinkers. (250 words)

Q. Examine Kautilya’s ideas on governance and corruption. How far are these ideas relevant in today’s Indian society. (250 words)

Q. A free media has a crucial role in the prevention, monitoring and control of corruption. Analyse. (250 words)

Q. What do you understand by feminist ethics? How is “ethic of care” different from “ethic of justice”? (150 words)

Q. What do you understand by bioethics? Discuss issues related to bioethics in India. (250 words)

Q. What do you understand by cognitive dissonance? Give some instances where a civil servant may experience cognitive dissonance. (250 words)

Q. Define and differentiate between the following terms:- (150 words)

(a)Sympathy

(b)Empathy

(c)Compassion

Q. Discuss how ‘Right to Information’ has helped in furthering the goals of democracy and impediments still remaining in its implementation. (250 words)

Q. Which are the institutions in India that promote ethical accountability in public service and what are the challenges in ensuring it? (250 words)

Q. What do you understand by emotional intelligence? Substantiate its significance in civil services. (150 words)

Q. Differentiate between the following terms:  

1.Meta ethics and normative ethics.

2.Deontology and consequentialism

(250 words)

Q. Examine the relevance of ‘honesty’ and ‘courage of conviction’ in the context of civil service.

Q. Which are the seven essential principles of public service that serve as guide for civil servants. (150 words)

Q. What do you understand by ethical egoism and how does it impact ethics? (150 words)

Q. Non-violence, in its active sense, includes truth and fearlessness. Discuss. (150 words)

Q. Gandhi believed that even for attaining noble objectives, men have to only adopt good means. Examine. (150 words)