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Ethics in governance

Ethics in governance is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2020, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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Indian National MovementPhilosophy of Satyagraha

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no answer to a mass movement that was non-violent and had massive popular support. In practice the colonial authorities constantly vacillated between the two choices, usually plumbing in the end for suppression. By taking resource to suppression of a non-violent movement, they had to suffer constant erosion of hegemony by exposing the basic underpinning of colonial rule in force and coercion. Consequently, the hegemony of colonial rule or its moral basis was destroyed bit by bit.

असत्य विधान ओळखा. Identify the incorrect statement.

a)सर्वसामान्यांची चळवळ राज्यकर्त्यांसमोर एक शिंगापत्ती उभी करते.
b)वसाहतवादी कायद्यांचा भंग करणाऱ्याविरुद्ध कार्रवाई न केल्यास वसाहतवादी सरकारची राज्य करण्याची क्षमता नाही, असाच संदेश त्यातून जातो.
c)बलप्रयोगाने चळवळ दडपली तरी सरकारचीच हार होते.
d)एका शांततापूर्ण चळवळीचा व अहिंसक मार्गाने कायदा मोडणाऱ्यांचा बंदोबस्त बलप्रयोगाने करणे नैतिकदृष्ट्या असमर्थनीय ठरत नाही.✓ Correct

Statement 'd' is incorrect because suppressing a peaceful movement through brute force is morally indefensible in a democratic framework.

तुम्ही एका भागाची जबाबदारी असलेले वरिष्ठ नागरी अधिकारी आहात आणि तुम्हाला वृद्धांसाठी खाजगीरीत्या चालवल्या जाणाऱ्या घरांच्या वार्षिक सम्मेलनासाठी अतिथी म्हणून उपस्थित राहाण्याची विनंती करण्यात आली आहे. या जागी पोहचण्यासाठी प्रवास करताना तुम्हाला जागोगागी मोडकळी आलेल्या झोपड्यांच्या अनेक वस्त्या पाहायला मिळाल्या. जेव्हा तुम्ही चौकशी केली तेव्हा वृद्धांसाठी घरे निर्माण करणाऱ्या विकासकांनी त्यांचे सर्व स्रोत हडप केले असून त्यांना लहानशा जागेत राहण्यास भाग पाडल्याचे या लोकांनी सांगितले. वृद्धांसाठी घरांची वस्ती निर्माण करणारे व त्यात रहाणारे लोक उच्च जातीचे असल्यामुळे त्यांना नदीचे पाणी वापरण्यास, नदीत आंघोळ करण्यास वा मासेमारी करण्यास, वनोपज वापरण्यास मज्जाव करत असल्याचेही त्यांनी तुम्हाला सांगितले. तुम्ही पुढील पैकी _________________

1)make and execute a plan for empowering people in the area with the help of teachers of the colleges from the urban part of the area who are interested in giving their students practical experience related to the theories of humanities and sociology, by procuring funds from corporates.✓ Correct
2)cancel your visit to the gathering, expressing your distress about the situation, and order the authorities of the old age home to give these people their dues and allow them to enjoy the resources in the area.
3)attend the gathering, get correct information about the situation, and convince the organizers and inmates to have some sympathy towards the real owners of the resources during your speech in a friendly manner.
4)don't take any action as you believe that everyone has to live with one's fate.

The displaced tribal families need lasting empowerment, not a gesture. A funded plan with local college teachers and their students works with the people themselves to build their capacity and claim their rights, which is why MPSC gives it full marks. Cancelling the visit and issuing orders (2) or appealing for sympathy in a speech (3) changes little, and doing nothing (4) earns zero.

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