QUESTION 3(c)
GS4
10 marks
“Do not hate anybody, because that hatred that comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle- Swami Vivekananda
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain Vivekananda's idea that hatred and love both return to the giver, and what it implies for personal and public life.
Explain the quoteAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Meaning: our attitudes shape others' response; hatred breeds hatred, love breeds trust≈30 words
- 2Philosophical base: Vedanta's oneness of all beings; idea of karma≈30 words
- 3Application: conflict resolution, communal harmony, handling hostile citizens as an officer≈30 words
- 4Limit: love does not mean tolerating wrongdoing; firmness with fairness≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
MeaningBasisExamples from society and administrationLimitConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Just repeating the quote in other words
- No application to public life
Draw this
- Circle diagram: hate → hate returns; love → love returns
Value addition
- ThinkerMartin Luther King Jr.: 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.'.Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love (1963)
- ExampleTruth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa used forgiveness over revenge after apartheid.South Africa TRC
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- 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
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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