Prelims 2022 • Paper 1 (GS) • Q.52

(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?

Consider the following statements : 1. The Government of India provides Minimum Support Price for niger (Guizotia abyssinica) seeds. 2. Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop. 3. Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking. How many of the above statements are correct?

Discuss the main contributions of Gupta period and Chola period to Indian heritage and culture.

Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality

(a) Discuss the role of ethics and values in enhancing the following three major components of Comprehensive National Power (CNP) viz. human capital, soft power (culture and policies) and social harmony. (b) Education is not an injunction, it is an effective and pervasive tool for all round development of an individual and social transformation. Examine the New Education Policy, 2020 (NEP, 2020) in light of the above statement.