Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Advt 240/2024-25, Paper VII (GS-4) Source

Syllabus

Ethics · Ethics & Human Interface

Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships.

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