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PAPER-IV

Time : 3 Hours

Full Marks : 250

gi aYI: 980

The figures in the right-hand margin indicate marks.

Candidates should attempt all questions of GROUP-A

with word limit of 300words and should attempt any 10(ten)
questions from GROUP-B with word limit of 250 words.
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GROUP-A

1. Explain the major determinants of ethical actions with suitable

examples. 20

(OR/AI)
Explain specific ethical practices in the personal,
and public spheres and practices that are binding to organizational
all spheres by
citing examples of great administrators. 20

2./Integrity is all-inclusive. Elaborate on it, mentioning all types of

integrity and their constituents as relevant to civil servants. Provide
appropriate examples as required. 20
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contextual.
Normative ethics is universal and prescriptive ethics is
of the
In this context, explain how the former acts as principles
latter, with suitable instantiation. 20

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Discuss ten major aptitudes indispensable for a good civil servant

with suitable examples. 20

(OR/@AI )
Explain how a proper and balanced blend of attitude and aptitude
can make one a successful administrator. 20

4. India has diverse cultures and people and many live under terrible
conditions. To deal with their situation and progress, sketch out a
model of empathetic and compassionate governance. 20

( OR/I)
Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das was a social reformist who personified
morality, tradition and modernity with emotional intelligence.
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Explain.

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5. Kant has (categorical imperative) ®6R1 write on
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universal
your action should become a
the naxim of
(a) Act so that
law;
themselves, never
every case as an end in
(b Treat humanity in
as a
means only;

subject and ruler of the kingdom

rational person is both
Every
of ends.

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three in the context of civil servants.
Explicate these

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negative sides
suitable examples, elucidate both positive and
With exclusively followed for governance.
of consequentialist ethics, if 20

GROUP-B

conducive to
6. DisCuss Aristotle's notion of virtue ethics and how it is
private, organizational and public transactions. 15

7. Discuss the ethical dimensions associated with the utilization of

the public fund. 15

8. Why are transparency and the Right to Information adopted for the
administration? Explain. 15

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t is often found that some of the constructions at public
9. half-construction must not
like bridges and flyovers, break down at the stage of In writeon
or immediate completion. These are obviously due to corruption. margin.
this context, analyze the lack of moral integrity, improper attitudethis
and constraints that lead to corruption and simultaneously suggest
the preventive steps involving accountability and transpareny

10. Explain the moral obligations based on which the

responsibility is fixed. corporate 15

11. Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing).

Brahmacharya (regard for the divinity over lust) and Aparigraha
(avoiding excess possession) are five virtues accepted by many
systems and they are regarded as common moral virtues. How can
a public administrator adopt them, furthering his service to the
public? Explain. 15

12. Sometimes, due to empathy, a humanistic attitude and dedication

to public service, an administrator is likely to think to bend the
rules and become lenient a little, which could legally help a person.
However, to be humanistic, adopting empathy and dedication to
lenient
being
public interests are moral, but bending the rules and
resolve it.
is illegal. Explain this dilemma arising here and try to
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Independent Inodia, highlighting his moral must not
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integrity,
attitudes this margin.

Conduct are prescriptive. However, most of

of norms.
14. Protocols and Codes some cultural and moral values and
these are based upon instances. 15
values and norms with appropriate
Explicate these

subordinate district-level civil servant maintain

|15. How can a
perfect attitude and aptitude
impartiality and dutifulness by adopting
and administrative super
while working with hostile political with suitable examples
ordinates and misinformed public? Explain 15
of situations.

expected to be
16. The administration, politics and public life were situation is
satisfying in Post-Independent India. However, the attitudinal
worsening in some States. Find the moral and
improve.
explanations thereof and suggest how the situation will 15

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virtuous Candidate
Wangchu. He
named the only thing must not
servant but their write on
17. There was a young Civil attitude and aptitude, people and
this margin,
and just. He has the right illegal andimmoral against them,
is that he never bends
to
used to take action atrocities of
actions. He faced them as
he from the
this, he
suffered
politicians and officers
directly or indirectly. For
appointed hooligans, corrupt emotionally tortured,
them and their
He was harassed and many times and
and misinformed people. degraded, these
physically assaulted, offended,
all over his life. All
suspensions people
transferred with intermediary corruption and corrupt
happened because he could not go with silent suffering and
prayers.
the
and he adopted Gandhian simplicity, read about the Krishna of
After retirement, he got some time to describing Krishna's valor,
Mahabharata. He came over the passages conflict
etc., in all peace or
tactics, diplomacy, love, dutifulness, analyzed his moral
situations. In the light of Krishna's actions, he
actions and all his misfortunes. At last, he tound
uprightness and in similar
that he could not adopt, as Krishna did
only two things adopting the same.
situations. Then he thought to give a trial in
adopting these two things that
For this, he contested the elections, only in the elections, but all
not
he missed out on and got success
and removed the
through his life, secured prominent positions
and morals also
corruption as far as he could. His lifelong suffering
paid off, making his image brighter for the public.
things that
Based on the story, recognize the strategy and the two
Krishna adopted, but Wangchu missed out on all the previous
situations as he was an administrator.
Imagine the situations of each of his atrocities and suggest what
course of action Wangchu could better adopt in those situations.
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