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QUESTION PYQ 05
GS4
10 marks

What do you understand by ‘moral integrity’ and ‘professional efficiency in the context of corporate governance in India? Illustrate with suitable examples.

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150 words

What the examiner wants

For Moral Integrity & Professional Efficiency, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘What do you understand by ‘moral integrity’ and ‘professional efficiency in the context of corporate governance in India? Illustrate with suitable…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

IllustrateAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What do you understand by ‘moral integrity’ and ‘professional efficiency in the context of corporate governance in India? Illustrate with suitable examples≈55 words
  2. 2For Moral Integrity & Professional Efficiency, identify the competing values, apply them to public conduct and use a concrete illustration rather than abstract moralising≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Interpret/define Moral Integrity & Professional EfficiencyCore ethical principleCompeting value or limitPublic-service applicationConcrete examplePrincipled conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Moral Integrity & Professional Efficiency instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘What do you understand by ‘moral integrity’ and ‘professional efficiency in the context of corporate…’
  • Missing the evidence burden: this PYQ explicitly asks for examples/cases, so generic assertions on Moral Integrity & Professional Efficiency cannot carry the answer

Value addition

  • Moral Integrity & Professional Efficiency: ethical balance triangle — principle → competing value → public-interest resolution
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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