Mains 2026 • GS-IV • Q.1

Mains • GS-IV • 2026 • Q.1

String (e.g. Modern History, CSAT, Polity)

(a) Owing to paucity of time, a university professor generates a Ph.D. evaluation report using Artificial Intelligence and submits it with some modifications. Discuss this from the perspective of accountability and integrity. (b) A business house is working on a project that could displace a forest community from their habitat. As the administrative officer of that district, what ethical challenges are you likely to face?

2026 Mains • GS-IV

Q.2

Syllabus Connection

General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization. (Prelims)

NCERT Connection

Ch.12: World Climate and Climate Change

Geography • Class 11 • Class 11 World Physical Geography

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