GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” Martin Luther King Jr

Answered by 8 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Syllabus: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

How toppers approached it

From all 8 answers · about 150 words · 13% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • No separate opening63%
  • A quotation25%
  • A restatement13%

Body

  • Continuous prose50%
  • Points38%
  • Points and prose13%

Close

  • A summary38%
  • A quotation25%
  • A way forward25%
  • No separate close13%

The toppers’ answers

Aditya SrivastavaAIR 1 · CSE 2023 · 159 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

This quote by Martin Luther King highlights two important values of - struggle meaning efforts and value of continuity meaning perseverance.

Body · continuous prose

Often in life, we are burdened with responsibility and desire to get an easy path to the result. This often leads to laziness and procrastination.

Such times require the above two values for motivation internally to strive towards the goal continuously.

(Eg:) During UPSC preparation, there are numerous times an aspirant tries to just give up or run after shortcuts. But, in this competitive world only the one who can make

efforts with perseverance succeeds in the end. like topper of CSE 2017 getting rank 1 in 5th attempt.

Similarly, even independence for India wasnt won in one day. It required numerous sacrifices and continuous effort by leaders to force the British to eventually leave India.

Close · a way forward

Today, sticking to these principles requires emotional intelligence for motivation and discipline to continuously strive for the goal of success in life.

More on Human Values

Values as such and where they come from: lessons from the lives of leaders, reformers and administrators, and the values named in the syllabus.

All GS4 questions on Human Values