QUESTION 3(b)
GS4
10 marks
How do the virtues of trustworthiness and fortitude get manifested in public service? Explain with examples.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Show how trustworthiness and fortitude appear in public service, with examples.
Explain with examplesAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Trustworthiness: reliability, honesty, keeping promises, confidentiality, fairness - citizens and seniors can depend on the officer≈30 words
- 2Fortitude: courage to bear pressure, risk and adversity - standing up to political or mafia pressure, working in hostile areas≈30 words
- 3Examples: E. Sreedharan delivering Delhi Metro on time; T.N. Seshan enforcing the model code; Satyendra Dubey exposing corruption≈30 words
- 4How they reinforce each other in difficult postings≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Define eachManifestationExamplesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only defining the virtues
- Examples without showing which virtue they show
Draw this
- Two-column table: virtue, behaviour, example
Value addition
- ExampleE. Sreedharan delivered Delhi Metro Phase I ahead of schedule and within budget, building public trust.DMRC
- ExampleArmstrong Pame (IAS) built a 100 km 'People's Road' in Manipur in 2012 through public donations.2012
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 3 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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