Mains Practice Questions

Q. 'Good character is necessary for holding a higher position in civil services'. Examine the statement in the context of modern-day civil servants. (250 words)

Q. 'Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the citizens of the country'. Analyse the statement. (150 words)

Q. Media is dubbed as the fourth pillar of democracy. In the context, discuss the significance of media ethics in contemporary times. (150 words)

Q. The judiciary’s credibility, its finality, rests not just on justice being done, but on its being seen to be done. Discuss (150 words)

Q. A welfare policy is as good as its inclusive and sensitive implementation. Explain. (250 words)

Q. The moral compass of the society that is essential to enhance common good and well being of all has been losing relevance. Critically examine. (250 words)

Q. What are the distinctive features of environmental ethics? Why has environmental ethics become one of the major concerns in the contemporary world? (250 words)

Q. Only by freedom and conflict of ideas can truth in the long run, be found. Examine the statement with suitable examples in the context of contemporary media ethics. (250 words)

Q. What is Ethics? Explain its significance in society. (250 words)

Q. Like religion and art, morality also is an institution of life for anyone to adopt in his life. Explain. (250 words)

Q. Examine the types of value conflicts that may be present in public service. (250 words)

Q. Examine the role of emotional intelligence for an administrator. Also enumerate, with examples, the key attributes that an emotionally intelligent administrator should imbibe. (250 words)

Q. What is international ethics? Explain its significance with the help of examples. (250 words)

Q. A technology should be evaluated both on the basis of its utility and the intention of its creator. Critically examine. (250 words)

Q. What do you understand by the following quotation?

"If there is a sin in the world, it is weakness; avoid all weakness, weakness is sin, weakness is death."

Q. Putting the citizen first is the guiding principle of good governance. Discuss. (250 words)

Q. How emotional intelligence can be a way to happiness? (150 words)

Q. What do you understand by the term ‘distributive justice’? How can it be a better philosophy to bring social justice? (150 words)

Q. Deteriorating ecological ethics is one of the principal reasons for deforestation and land degradation. Discuss. (250 words)

Q. Sustainable development does not end sustainability of environment and resource system; it also requires sustainability of economic and social systems. Explain. (250 words)

Q. Examine the following quotation: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried”.- Winston Churchill (250 words)

Q. Does learning from cultural and civilisational values makes one moral and ethical or rather turns him/her towards orthodox and regressive thinking? Give reasons in support of your answer. (250 words)

Q. "It is important to address not only the physical violence but even the verbal and structural violence, expressed in gender, caste and regional discrimination in order to become a peaceful society." Comment. (250 words)

Q. Do you agree that effective leadership requires power-sharing and participatory decision making? Substantiate your answer with suitable examples. (250 words)

Q. Law and Ethics are considered to be the two tools for controlling human conduct so as to make it conducive to civilized social existence.

1. Discuss how they achieve this objective.
2. Giving examples, show how the two differ in their approaches. (250 words)

Q. What does the following quotation mean to you in the present context?

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all”. – Aristotle (150 words)

Q. Increase of probity in governance does not always result in a decrease in corruption. Do you agree? Substantiate your argument with examples. (150 Words)

Q. In case of conflict between human values and other fundamental values, the former should triumph. Do you agree? Justify your argument with an appropriate example. (150 Words)

Q. Analyze with an example, the role of discretion in decision making. (150 Words)

Q. Do you agree that sometimes rules and laws become the basis for moral corruption in society? (150 Words)