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(a) For any kind of social re-engineering by successfully implementing welfare schemes, a civil servant must use reason and critical thinking in an ethical framework. Justify this statement with suitable examples. (b) What are the major teachings of Mahavir? Explain their relevance in the contemporary world.

(a) Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others. - Swami Vivekananda (b) Faith is of no avail in the absence of strength. Faith and strength, both are essential to accomplish any great work. - Sardar Patel (c) In law, a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics, he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. - Immanuel Kant

(a) "The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." - Mahatma Gandhi. What does this quotation convey to you in the present context? (b) "To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves." - Jawaharlal Nehru. What does this quotation convey to you in the present context? (c) "Do not hate anybody, because that hatred that comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle." - Swami Vivekananda. What does this quotation convey to you in the present context?

(a) What were the major teachings of Guru Nanak? Explain their relevance in the contemporary world. (b) Explain the term social capital. How does it enhance good governance?

(a) Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart (b) If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel that there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are father, mother and teacher. -A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. -Dalai Lama

(a) What does each of the following quotations mean to you? "Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later." —Swami Vivekananda (b) What does each of the following quotations mean to you? "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until and unless we obtain peace within ourselves." —Dalai Lama (c) What does each of the following quotations mean to you? "Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, it is better for us all." —Erik Erikson

(a) What teachings of Buddha are most relevant today and why? Discuss. (b) The will to power exists, but it can be tamed and be guided by rationality and principles of moral duty. Examine this statement in the context of international relations.