QUESTION 3(b)
GS4
10 marks
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until and unless we obtain peace within ourselves.” – Dalai Lama. What does this quotation mean to you?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain what the Dalai Lama's idea that outer peace needs inner peace means to you, with applications.
What does it mean to youAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Meaning: anger, greed and fear inside us become conflict outside≈30 words
- 2Personal level: self-awareness, mindfulness, emotional regulation≈30 words
- 3Public level: calm decision-making in crises; leaders' inner state affects conflict resolution≈30 words
- 4Link to Gita (sthitaprajna) and EI≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
MeaningPersonal viewApplication to administration and societyConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Writing about world peace without the inner dimension
- No personal application
Draw this
- Concentric circles: self → family → society → world
Value addition
- ThinkerGandhi: 'Be the change you wish to see in the world' links inner reform to social change.M.K. Gandhi (attributed)
- SourceUNESCO's Constitution: 'Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.'.UNESCO Constitution, 1945
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Ishita Rathi · Page 25 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aakash Garg · AIR 5 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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