Attitudes are views, beliefs, or evaluations of people about something (the attitude object). The attitude object can be a person, place, thing, ideology, or an event. Attitudes can be positive or negative. Eg: I hate men with long hair. In the above example, the person is having a negative attitude towards men who …
Ethics, as a branch of Philosophy, has multi-dimensions. It can be applied in many fields like environment, cyberspace, public sphere, international relations and so on. To understand the dimensions of ethics, we need to first understand the branches of ethics. Dimensions of Ethics (Branches of Ethics) Ethics is divided into four …
Ethics is the study of what is right or wrong in human conduct. This is a branch of Philosophy which studies moral principles. Hence, Ethics is also known as Moral Philosophy. Ethics vs Morals Many people use the words Ethics and Morality interchangeably. However, there is a difference between Ethics and …
Dear aspirants, please find the UPSC Civil Services Exam (Mains) 2017 General Studies 4 (GS 4) Question Paper (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) below. You can download the same as a PDF using the print-pdf button on the bottom. Instructions Maximum Marks: 250. Time Allowed: Three Hours There are FOURTEEN questions printed both …
A wise man much ahead of his time, Chanakya had made important observations about ethics. ‘Chanakya Neeti Shastra’ is a collection of statements, selected by Chanakya from the various shastras. Who is Chanakya? Chanakya (BC 371- BC 283) was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is …
Dear aspirants, please find the UPSC Civil Services Exam (Mains) 2016 General Studies 4 (GS 4) Question Paper below. You can download the same as a PDF using the print-pdf button on the left/bottom. UPSC CSE Mains 2016 General Studies 4 (GS 4) Question Paper Note: Each Question is worth 12.5 marks …
In UPSC Civil Services Exam, because of the tight competition, even 1 mark counts. Clear IAS Team is happy that our convictions turned right on many occasions and there were lot many direct and indirect questions in actual UPSC exam from Clear IAS Mains High Value Answer Writing Program, Clear IAS Mains …
General Studies Paper 4 – GS4 Question Paper deals with multiple topics like Ethics, Attitude, Aptitude, Emotional Intelligence etc. Like 2013 GS4 paper, UPSC Mains 2014 GS4 Question Paper had FOURTEEN (14) questions printed both in HINDI and ENGLISH. All the questions were compulsory. There were 10 mark questions as well as …
We covered ‘Role of Civil Services in a Democracy‘ in our last post. Hope the overview is now clear. Civil Servants being permanent executives, they advise political executives. They also assist the ministers to formulate and execute policies. In this post, we shall see in particular the functions of an …
Indian state has three typical branches – Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Executive is responsible to Legislature while Legislature is responsible to people. By Executive here we meant Political Executive – the ministers. Political executives are not permanent, and in Indian scenario, since the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies are …
The Indian Companies Act 2013 replaced the Indian Companies Act, 1956. The Companies Act 2013 makes comprehensive provisions to govern all listed and unlisted companies in the country. The Companies Act 2013 implemented many new sections and repealed the relevant corresponding sections of the Companies Act 1956. This is a landmark legislation with far-reaching consequences …
What exactly is Corporate governance? Before going deep into the topic, let’s first understand the structure of a company or corporation. There are a few entities which revolve around most companies and those include owners (shareholders), the board of directors, management and the stakeholders such as employees, suppliers, customers as …
Let’s have a quick look at the public service values. Of-course many values like Impartiality, Transparency, Courage of conviction, Probity, Accountability, Empathy towards weaker sections etc. are expected from a public servant, but let’s focus more on a few which UPSC had asked in Mains 2013. Integrity : The quality of being …
Crisis of Conscience and Voice of Conscience are two terms related with Ethical Decision Making. We are discussing this topic as UPSC Mains 2013 had a direct question related to this under GS4 (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) Paper. Qn : [A] What do you understand by the term ‘voice of …
IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 4 (GS4) analysis is based on the UPSC Mains 2013 GS4 question paper, which is already shared in this website. Popularly known as Ethics paper, GS4 paper didn’t trouble candidates much. There were questions which got repeated from the sample paper published by UPSC itself. …
UPSC Civil Services Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 4 (GS4), more popularly known as the ‘Ethics paper’ provided a slight relief to the UPSC Mains candidates, when compared to the other three GS papers. There was a deviation from the pattern of 25 compulsory essay questions to be written within …
Ethics Case Study No 4 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No: 4: Personal Ethics vs Professional Ethics [ClearIAS.com] Question: You are a strong religious believer since childhood and have been an active participant …
Ethics Case Study No 3 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No 3 : Change in Eligibility Criteria Question: You are the entrance exam commissioner for conducting Medical Entrance Tests. As per Government norms …
Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5) may contain direct, opinion judging questions apart from the case studies on ethics. An opinion evaluating question is given below on which the readers on ClearIAS.com can post comments. Qn: If bureaucrats did their duty, there would be no scams : Comment! …
Ethics Case Study No 2 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No 2 : Your Son In Trouble Question: You are in a top administrative position in a state. You have a loving …
Difference between 49-0, None Of The Above (NOTA) and Right To Reject (RTR): It should be noted that recent judgment by Supreme Court on the demand to provide for negative voting through a button on the electronic voting machines (EVMs) for None of the Above or NOTA option does not correspond to …
Sevottam Model is a model proposed by 2nd ARC (Administrative Reforms Commission) for public Service Delivery. The word, Sevottam, is a combination of two Hindi words: ‘Seva’ (service) and ‘Uttam’ (excellence). Sevottam Model is now regarded as a standard model for providing services in citizen centric governance. The model is developed by …
Ethics Case Study : ClearIAS.com is starting a series of Case studies on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5). There will be opinion based as well as situation based questions. A few hints on the areas to be touched while answering the case study are provided. Readers can …
Sample Question Paper for Ethics (UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Paper 5) : UPSC has released sample questions for ethics paper – the newly introduced topic – for Civil Services Mains Exam. In Mains – ethics related questions come in Paper 5 (General Studies Paper 4). Candidates may please note that …
Books for UPSC Civil Service Main Exam overlap with many books recommended for Prelims. But Mains stage demands certain additional books as there are new topics like Foreign Relations, Internal Security, Ethics etc. We suggest a mix of NCERT Books, Government websites, newspapers along with new textbooks in the market for …
The General Studies IV Paper in UPSC Civil Services Main Exam checks the Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude of future civil servants. But aspirants are very much confused about how to prepare for the Ethics paper. In this post, let us understand how to study ethics paper of IAS Mains GS. …
General Studies 4 Paper Syllabus for UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam consists of the below major areas : Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude. Details of syllabus as provided by UPSC is as below : This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his …