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Practice UPSC New previous year questions on Anantam IAS: 0 Prelims MCQs and 596 Mains Q&A with answer keys, explanations and topic-wise links.
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Explain John Rawls’s ‘veil of ignorance’ and ‘difference principle’. Apply them to evaluate the constitutionality and ethics of reservation in promotions.
‘Dedication to public service is incomplete without empathy for the citizen at the counter.’ Examine with reference to grievance redressal and the Citizen Charter movement.
What is ‘objectivity’ as a foundational value for civil services? Distinguish evidence-based objectivity from spurious neutrality with one example from disaster relief allocation.
‘Self-awareness and self-motivation are the bedrock of emotional intelligence.’ Examine with reference to a Sub-Divisional Magistrate handling chronic stress from caseload pressure.
Distinguish primary emotions (Ekman’s six) from secondary emotions. How can a Superintendent of Police use this distinction to manage a riot-prone crowd?
Distinguish conformity, compliance, obedience and identification as forms of social influence. Why is unquestioning obedience particularly hazardous in a uniformed service?
‘Impartiality and non-partisanship are not the same as neutrality.’ Examine with reference to the contemporary debate on civil-service neutrality in India.
Distinguish the one-dimensional from the two-dimensional view of attitude. How does the two-dimensional view help explain administrative ambivalence on a politically charged scheme?
Explain the procedures of attitude formation — classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, observational learning and want-satisfaction. Suggest how each route can be used in a public-health vaccine confidence campaign.
Examine the factors that strengthen or weaken the attitude-behaviour relation. How can a District Education Officer leverage this knowledge to reduce school dropout among adolescent girls?
Differentiate persuasion, nudge and manipulation as instruments of social influence. Why does the line between nudge and manipulation matter for the design of welfare-scheme defaults?
India’s tropical cyclone landfalls have grown more intense and unpredictable. Examine the IMD-NDMA-SDMA response chain and the gaps revealed by recent cyclones.
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods are emerging as a Himalayan disaster of the climate-change era. Discuss the lessons from Sikkim South Lhonak GLOF and the institutional response required.
‘Ethics is not merely the study of what is good; it is the discipline of choosing between competing goods.’ Examine this proposition with reference to a District Magistrate’s decision on lockdown enforcement during a religious festival.
Distinguish between ‘consequences of ethics’ for an individual and for society. Why does a single act of administrative dishonesty cascade beyond the office that committed it?
Examine the role of conscience as a source of ethical guidance when statutory rules and superior orders pull in opposite directions. Use the All India Services (Conduct) Rules 1968 framework.
‘Ethics in private life is necessary but not sufficient for ethics in public life.’ Discuss with reference to the special features of a public office.
Virtual Digital Assets and crypto channels are emerging routes for money laundering. Discuss India’s regulatory response and the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework roadmap.
India’s land borders span 15,106 km across seven neighbours. Examine the integrated border management approach under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System and the residual gaps.