Our attitudes towards life, work, other people and society are generally shaped unconsciously by the family and the social surroundings in which we grow up. Some of these unconsciously acquired attitudes and values are often undesirable in the citizens of a modern democratic and egalitarian society. (a) Discuss such undesirable values prevalent in today's educated Indians. (b) How can such undesirable attitudes be changed and socio-ethical values considered necessary in public services be cultivated in the aspiring and serving civil servants?

Key learnings from their answer

• ›He anchors nearly every numbered point with a concrete 'eg:' case rather than a generic claim - e.g. Awanish Sharan's bike ambulances for innovation, the Uttarakhand social audit that exposed 11,000 fake pensioners for accountability, Ira Singhal hiring transgenders for inclusion, and Chhavi Rajawat / Lijjat Papad / Jaga Mission for grassroots empowerment -> Build a personal bank of 2-3 real, specific administrative cases per ethics theme so you can attach a named example to each point instead of writing in abstractions.
• ›He opens answers with a crisp one-line definition and underlines the thinker-terms he invokes - Kant's human dignity in the Oxfam inequality answer, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Nishkama Karma -> Lead with a sharp definition and visually flag your keywords (underline) so an examiner skimming the page instantly sees you've used the right ethical vocabulary.