You are an IAS aspirant who has reached the personal interview. On the way to the interview venue, you witness an accident in which a mother and child who are your relatives are badly injured and need immediate help. What would you do? Justify your action.
What the examiner wants
Justify: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “You are an IAS aspirant who has reached the personal interview. On the way to the interview venue, you witness an accident in which a mother and child who are your relatives are badly injured and need immediate help. What would you do? Justify your action.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Civic Emer gency vs Career Milestone.
Demand-wise check
- 1Map the stakeholders, facts, competing obligations and the ethical/public-interest conflict embedded in the case≈65 words
- 2Answer each explicit sub-question in the case and compare feasible options using legality, consequences, rights, fairness and integrity≈65 words
- 3Choose and justify an implementable course of action, including safeguards, accountability and follow-through≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Writing generally about Civic Emer gency vs Career Milestone without directly resolving: “You are an IAS aspirant who has reached the personal interview.”
- Under-developing the second scoring limb: “On the way to the interview venue, you witness an accident in which a mother and child who are your relatives are badly injured and need immediate help.”
Value addition
- Stakeholder map + options-versus-values decision matrix
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 14 minutes, then get it checked.