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6 questions

#	Question	Year	UPSC Syllabus	Marks	GS Paper
2023
1	Is conscience a more reliable guide when compared to laws, rules and regulations in the context of ethical decision making ? Discuss.	2023	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4
2019
2	What is meant by ‘crisis of conscience’? How does it manifest itself in the public domain? (150 words, 10m)	2019	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4
2016
3	Law and ethics are considered to be the two tools for controlling human conduct so as to make it conducive to civilized social existence. (a) Discuss how they achieve this objective. (b) Giving examples, show how the two differ in their approaches.	2016	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4
2015
4	A mere compliance with law is not enough, the public servant also has to have a well-developed sensibility to ethical issues for effective discharge of duties." Do you agree? Explain with the help of two examples, where (i) an act is ethically right, but not legally and (ii) an act is legally right, but not ethically.	2015	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4
2013
5	What do you understand by the term 'voice of conscience'? How do you prepare yourself to heed to the voice of conscience?	2013	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4
6	What is meant by 'crisis of conscience? Narrate one incident in your life when you were faced with such a crisis and how you resolved the same.	2013	GS4-07.Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration	10.0	GS4