UPSC Mains 2019 · GS IV · Q6(a) · 10 marks · 150 words

What do each of the following quotations mean to you ? “An unexamined life is not worth living”. – Socrates

हिन्दी में

निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक उद्धरण के आपके लिए क्या मायने हैं ? ‘‘एक अपरीक्षित जीवन जीने योग्य नहीं है ।’’ – सुकरात

How a topper answered the closest question

Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “What does the following quotation mean to you? "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." - Plato.”

Srishti DabasAIR 6 · CSE 2023 · 160 wordsTheir whole copy

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In our daily lifes, we tend to complaint & crib over things we don't get, instead of being content and satisfied over things that we have achieved. This never quenching thirst for 'more and more' has been explained by Plato in his quote.

We need to learn to live content with little as →

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(1) Lord Rama lived for 14 years in exile, with the bare minimum he had.

(2) Luxuries of life are not money, power or comfort,

rather peace, harmony & satisfaction

eg Lal Bahadur Shastri - lived life with bare minimum comforts, yet happily.

(3) The definition of 'wealth' should be expanded.

Diagram
- A circular chart 'Wealth to some' divided into 'power', 'position', 'Pay'. - An arrow points to another chart 'Wealth for me' divided into 'Nature', 'Family', 'Friends', 'Health', 'Job', 'Calmness', 'Books'.

(4) Great leaders like APJ Abdul Kalam lived with utmost SIMPLICITY - had no AC/ no car, yet showed way to the growth of India.

(5) Mother Teresa is known for her simple living & high thinking.

Close

As responsible citizens and happy souls we must imbibe GRATITUDE towards all that we have in our life.

1 more topper’s answer to this question, part by part, and how they all approached it: open the question.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2019, General Studies Paper IV, Q6(a). The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.