QUESTION 5(b)
GS4
10 marks
What is meant by 'crisis of conscience'? Narrate one incident in your life when you were faced with such a crisis and how you resolved the same.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Define a crisis of conscience and narrate a personal instance and its resolution.
What; NarrateAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Meaning: conflict between two moral duties or between conscience and loyalty/law≈30 words
- 2Narrate a real, modest incident (loyalty to friend vs honesty)≈30 words
- 3Show reasoning: values weighed, consequences, choice made≈30 words
- 4Learning: what it taught you≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
DefinitionIncidentDilemmaResolutionLesson
Where marks usually go
- Grandiose or implausible stories
- No reasoning shown
Draw this
- Dilemma box: value A vs value B → choice
Value addition
- ExampleMartin Luther's 'Here I stand, I can do no other' (1521) is a classic crisis of conscience.Diet of Worms, 1521
- ThinkerGandhi's talisman: recall the poorest person you have seen and ask whether your step helps them.M.K. Gandhi
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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