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Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude → GS-IV
9 questions • 3 model answers • Years 2013–2023
9
Questions
3
Model Answers
9
Years
Number of questions asked each year
"What really matters for success, character, happiness and lifelong achievements is a definite set of emotional skills — your EQ — not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests." Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer. (Answer in 150 words)
In case of crisis of conscience does emotional intelligence help to overcome the same without compromising the ethical or moral stand that you are likely to follow? Critically examine. (Answer in 150 words)
What are the main components of emotional intelligence (EI)? Can they be learned? Discuss. (150 words)
"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)
What do each of the following quotations mean to you in the present context? "Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding." — Mahatma Gandhi (150 words)
(a) “The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it has any evil in it; but whether it has more evil than good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good; especially of governmental policy, it is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.” — Abraham Lincoln [10M]
(b) “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” — Mahatma Gandhi [10M]
(c) “Falsehood takes the place of truth when it results in unblemished common good.” — Tirukkural [10M]
How will you apply emotional intelligence in administrative practices? (150 words)
Anger is a harmful negative emotion. It is injurious to both personal life and work life. (a) Discuss how it leads to negative emotions and undesirable behaviours. (b) How can it be managed and controlled? (150 words)
All human beings aspire for happiness. Do you agree? What does happiness mean to you? Explain with examples. (150 words)
(a) All human beings aspire for happiness. Do you agree? What does happiness mean to you? Explain with examples. [10M]
(b) What does ethics seek to promote in human life? Why is it all the more important in public administration? [10M]
What is 'emotional intelligence' and how can it be developed in people? How does it help an individual in taking ethical decisions? (150 words)
9 questions on this subtopic have appeared from 2013 to 2023. 3 have model answers.
Questions appeared in: 2023 (1), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1).
