“Emotional Intelligence is the ability to make your emotions work for you instead of against you.” Do you agree with this view? Discuss.

What is ‘emotional intelligence’ and how can it be developed in people? How does it help an individual in taking ethical decisions?

What are the main components of emotional intelligence (EI)? Can they be learned? Discuss.

“What really matters for success, character, happiness, and lifelong achievements is a definite set of emotional skills – your EQ – not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.” Do you agree with the view? Give reasons in support of your answer.

“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.” – Socrates.

How will you apply emotional intelligence in administrative practices?

What are the basic principles of public life? Illustrate any three of these with suitable examples. It is believed that adherence to ethics in human actions would ensure the smooth functioning of an organization/system.

“An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” – M.K. Gandhi

“Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

What do you understand by the term ‘public servant’? Reflect on the expected role of a public servant.