Civil Services Prep

What is mean by conflict of interest? Illustrate with examples, the difference between the actual and potential conflicts of interest.

Model answer

  1. What is mean by public interest? What are the principles and procedures to be followed by the civil servants in public interest? 10 marks
  2. What does this quotation mean to you in the present context “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. “ _ Mahatma Gandhi 10 marks
  3. “In doing a good thing, everything is permitted which is not prohibited expressly or by clear implication”. Examine the statement with suitable examples in the context of a public servant discharging his/her duties. 10 marks
  4. What does this quotation mean to you in the present context “Falsehood takes the place of truth when it results in unblemished common good.” _ Tirukkural 10 marks
  5. What does this quotation mean to you in the present context “The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject anything, is not whether it has any evil in it; but whether it has more evil than good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgement of the preponderance between them is continually demanded. ”Abraham Lincoln 10 marks
  6. Suppose the Government of India is thinking of constructing a dam in a mountain valley bond by forests and inhabited by ethnic communities. What rational policy should it resort to in dealing with unforeseen contingencies 10 marks