QUESTION 2(a)
GS4
10 marks
“Hatred is destructive of a person’s wisdom and conscience that can poison a nation’s spirit.” Do you agree with this view? Justify your answer.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
State whether you agree that hatred harms personal judgement and a nation's spirit, and justify.
Do you agree? JustifyAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Personal level: hatred clouds judgement, breeds prejudice, blocks empathy≈30 words
- 2National level: communal riots, hate speech, polarisation, violence; loss of fraternity≈30 words
- 3Examples: Partition violence, Rwanda genocide≈30 words
- 4Remedies: education, dialogue, law against hate speech, leaders' example≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
StandPersonal effectsNational effects with examplesRemediesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- No clear 'agree' stand linking personal hatred to loss of national fraternity
- No historical or current example
Draw this
- Ripple diagram: personal hatred → group → nation
Value addition
- ExampleRwanda's 1994 genocide, fuelled by radio hate propaganda (RTLM), killed about 8 lakh people in 100 days.UN ICTR
- CaseAmish Devgan v Union of India (2020): the Supreme Court explained how hate speech differs from free speech.Supreme Court, 2020
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aakash Garg · AIR 5 · Page 7 ↗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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