Previous year questions

In case of a crisis of conscience does emotional intelligence help to overcome the same without compromising the ethical and moral stand that you are likely to follow? Critically examine.

“Refugees should not be turned back to the country where they would face prosecution or human rights violation.” Examine the statement with reference to the ethical dimension being violated by the nation claiming to be democratic with an open society.

Identify five ethical traits on which one can plot the performance of a civil servant. Justify their inclusion in the matrix.

Besides domain knowledge, a public official needs innovativeness and creativity of a high order as well, while resolving ethical dilemmas. Discuss with a suitable example.

“Integrity is a value that empowers the human being’’. Justify with suitable illustration.

Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples.

How will the meeting of Himalayan glaciers have a far-reaching impact on the water resources of India?

Examine the status of forest resources of India and its resultant impact on climate change.

Pala period is the most significant phase in the history of Buddhism in India. Enumerate.

Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss.