GS-4 Strategy A2Z explains how to prepare for Ethics paper, question paper trends and answer writing strategies. I had mentioned about usage of quality examples as about 75% of any answer shall be application/example based and not theory based.

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This post explains what examples one can use: 1. In the very 1st question of paper I used to indirectly tell the examiner that I am already selected in services or given Interview. This is to show work experience. One has to be subtle here. Write “when I attended upsc medical test last year” or “one incident happened during training at national police academy” or “on day of upsc interview last year such and such thing happened”. 2. Do not write examples from school, family, college life. These are very kiddish. Ethics is a paper where you have 100% opportunity to ‘sell’ yourself to gain marks. Hence, write ‘professional life’ examples. It does not matter if you do not have MNC experience. LIE! The examiner is not going to cross check. 3. Write examples from current and government schemes. Example: write about campaigns by Vidya Balan on sanitation in questions like emotional appeals, persuasion, social influence etc. 4. Examples from your area of interest are the best and unique. I write many examples from Cricket. In 2014 Mains in the question related to inspirational personality I wrote about MS Dhoni and not Gandhi or Vivekananda or Kalam. This ensures that answer is unique and examiner gets somethings different to read. Think from examiner’s view point. You have checked 10 copies out of which 8 wrote about Gandhi and 2 wrote something unique. You will give more marks to which answer? 5. Sports in general can be used very effectively as sports teaches 10000000 things about life. I made list of examples from events in cricket, olympics etc. You can make same from FIFA! Here is the list that I made:

• West Indies bowler Cummins 1st 280 balls 0 wickets and next 77 balls 9 wickets. Use this in perseverance, never say die, ambition etc.
• In Olympics, Diro ran with 1 boot in 3000m steeplechase. Still qualified final and finished 5th.
• Schooling beat Phelps. Schooling treats Phelps as his guru. Also read about Schooling goggles case last olympics.
• 44 yr old cycle race 3 time gold.
• Dipa karmakar.
• Atanu das defeat despite 1 of best show.. Atanu fought valiantly, but ultimately went down 4-6 (28-30, 30-28, 27-27, 27-28, 28-28) against South Korea’s Seungyun Lee.
• 40 yrs old ran 100m. Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m.
• Yusra mardini.
• Kerri strug 1996 olympics. USA team vault gold with broken ankle.
• Miller dove at the last second and crossed the finish line just ahead of Felix in the 400m final, winning the race by a hair.
• Never say die. Sakshi malik bronze. She turned the match in last few seconds.
• Manish rawat racewalking 13th.
• Najat belkacem shepherd Girl In Morocco To The Education Minister In France.
• Petra majdic winter olympics.
• Mo farah fell but still won 10km gold. It is not whether you got knocked down but its whether you got up.
• Fabienne St Louis – Triathlète competed in Triathlon. She is fighting cancer and found the strength to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Her courage inspires us all.
• In 2000, at the Sydney olympics, when Gopichand lost, he told Aparna Popat “I do not know if I shall be able to compete in the next Olympics but I would like to coach someone and bring home an Olympic medal through them.”
• In 1999, Deepa Malik was diagnosed with a spinal tumour that left her paralyzed. In 2016, Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman to win Paralympics medal.
• A medal like no other! 👂👉👈 These Paralympic winners are listening to their medals. For the first time ever, the Paralympic Games have placed a device inside the medals that use tiny steel balls to make a sound when they are shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to identify which type they are. The bronze medals have 16 steel balls and make the lowest sound. The silver ones have 20 balls and the golds have 28, producing the loudest noise. All of the medals also have the words “Rio 2016 Paralympic Games” written on them in Braille.
• Mariyappan thangavelu high jump gold. Donated part of prize money to school.

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6. Make examples from previous year paper. I used concepts asked in Mains 2016 in Mains 2017. Example: 7 sins, Weber, Rawls etc. 7. Major life instances can be used as examples. Example, I count 6 years preparation, 5 attempts, 4 interviews, 3 selections, injury at training, leaving private sector etc as my major life instances and use them as examples. Innovate as much as you can and make such examples. Learn answer writing mentioned in A2Z strategy link. Ethics is all about how you write. Mains GS-4:

• Ethics: How To Answer Case Study?
• GS-4 Strategy A2Z.
• Ethics PYQP Section-A Detailed Analysis.
• Uttar Pradesh PSC 2018 Mains Ethics Solutions.
• Ethics 2019 Detailed Question Sources And Answer Content.
• Ethics Paper 2019 References.
• How to read Decode Ethics Book?
• Decode Ethics Book.
• ‘ETHICAL’ DICTIONARY.
• Ethics Case Study.

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