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QUESTION 7
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20 marks

You are heading rescue operations in an area hit by a severe natural calamity. Thousands are homeless and deprived of basic amenities; heavy rain and damaged routes disrupt rescue. Angry local people heckle and assault team members and one is severely injured. Some team members want to call off operations out of fear. What will be your response? Examine the qualities of a public servant required to manage the situation.

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What the examiner wants

Examine: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “You are heading rescue operations in an area hit by a severe natural calamity. Thousands are homeless and deprived of basic amenities; heavy rain and damaged routes disrupt rescue. Angry local people heckle and assault team members and one is severely injured…” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Disaster Rescue & Crowd Backlash.

ExamineGo into the details, test each point against evidence, and conclude on what it shows.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Map the stakeholders, facts, competing obligations and the ethical/public-interest conflict embedded in the case≈65 words
  2. 2Answer each explicit sub-question in the case and compare feasible options using legality, consequences, rights, fairness and integrity≈65 words
  3. 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

Key facts and stakeholdersEthical/legal issuesRealistic options with consequencesReasoned choiceImplementation safeguards and accountability

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Disaster Rescue & Crowd Backlash without directly resolving: “You are heading rescue operations in an area hit by a severe natural calamity.”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “Thousands are homeless and deprived of basic amenities”

Value addition

  • Stakeholder map + options-versus-values decision matrix
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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