CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q6Ethics · Attitude · 10 marks · 150 words
English
What factors affect the formation of a person’s attitude towards social problems? In our society, contrasting attitudes are prevalent about many social problems. What contrasting attitudes do you notice about the caste system in our society? How do you explain the existence of these contrasting attitudes?
हिन्दी
सामाजिक समस्याओं के प्रति व्यक्ति की अभिवृत्ति (ऐटिट्यूड) के निर्माण में कौन-से कारक प्रभाव डालते हैं? हमारे समाज में अनेक सामाजिक समस्याओं के प्रति विषम अभिवृत्तियाँ व्याप्त हैं। हमारे समाज में जाति प्रथा के बारे में क्या-क्या विषम अभिवृत्तियाँ आपको दिखाई देती हैं? इन विषम अभिवृत्तियों के अस्तित्व को आप किस प्रकार स्पष्ट करते हैं?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Attitude
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
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