You are aspiring to become an IAS officer and you have cleared... | UPSC 2017 GS4 Q10

QUESTION 10

GS4

20 marks

You are aspiring to become an IAS officer and you have cleared various stages and now you have been selected for the personal interview. On the day of the interview, on the way to the venue you saw an accident where a mother and child who happen to be your relatives were badly injured. They needed immediate help. What would you have done in such a situation? Justify your action.

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What the examiner wants

Decide whether to attend your IAS interview or help injured relatives at an accident, and justify.

Case studyName the stakeholders and the issues, weigh the options, and say what you would do and why.

Demand-wise check

1Stakeholders: injured mother and child, self and family, UPSC, bystanders≈50 words
2Ethical issues: duty to save life vs personal career, compassion, responsibility as a future public servant≈50 words
3Options: ignore and go (saves career, fails humanity); stay fully (saves life, may lose interview); help and arrange care, then inform UPSC and try to reach (balanced)≈50 words
4Chosen course: call 108 and police, give first aid, take them to hospital in the golden hour, hand over to others, inform UPSC with proof, reach if possible≈50 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

StakeholdersIssuesOptions with merits/demeritsChosen course with justificationConclusion

Where marks usually go

Leaving the victims for the interview
Not trying to inform UPSC or arrange alternatives

Draw this

Decision tree: immediate help → handover → inform UPSC

Value addition

LawSection 134A of the Motor Vehicles Act (2019 amendment) protects Good Samaritans from civil or criminal liability.MV (Amendment) Act, 2019
CaseSave Life Foundation v Union (2016) made Good Samaritan guidelines binding.Supreme Court, 2016

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