Day 40 | RAS Mains 2025 Answer Writing | 90 Days

90 Days RAS Mains 2025 Answer Writing

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GS Answer Writing – Intelligence: Cognitive intelligence, Social and Emotional intelligence, Cultural intelligence, Spiritual intelligence । Personality: Traits and Types, Determinants of personality and Assessment of personality । Comprehension

According to Gordon Allport “Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychological systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment.”

Trait ApproachType Approach
Defines personality based on specific psychological qualitiesClassifies personality into a broad form of behavioural characteristics.
Focuses on identifying and measuring traitsEmphasises categorising individuals into groups
Traits are enduring characteristicsTypes are predetermined categories with little variation
Example: Big Five model identifies traitsExample: Carl Jung’s extrovert and introvert type

Projective techniques used to assess personality have several drawbacks, including:

  1. Subjectivity: Scoring is subjective, and interpretations of answers can vary between examiners.
  2. Lack of standardization: Projective techniques lack standardized scales and scoring.
  3. Time-consuming: Projective tests can take a long time to administer and score.
  4. Interpretation bias: Projective techniques can lead to interpretation bias.
  5. Environmental influence: Projective tests can be influenced by the environment or the examiner’s demeanor.
  6. Misinterpretation: Ambiguous images and responses can lead to misinterpretation by the therapist.
  7. Lack of validity and reliability: Projective tests that lack standard grading scales may lack validity and reliability.

Harmful conclusions: Incorrect conclusions from projective examinations can be harmful to the examinee.

According to Salovey and Mayer, emotional intelligence is “the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions”. 

 It involves empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, and motivation.

Significance in Achieving Success:

  • Leadership: empathy, communication, and conflict resolution, leading to better team dynamics and organizational success.
  • Relationship Management: fosters healthy interpersonal relationships, crucial for collaboration, networking, and career advancement.
  • Decision Making: considering both logical reasoning and emotional implications, leading to better outcomes.
  • Adaptability: Navigate change, setbacks, and challenges with resilience, fostering adaptability and innovation.

Personal Well-being: High EI correlates with reduced stress, improved mental health, and overall well-being, contributing to sustained success and fulfilment.

Paper 4 (Comprehension part) –  passage

Answers 

1. Gandhi’s experience in South Africa was decisive because two of his most faithful collaborators were there. He interacted with intellectual exponents of diverse religions and denominations. 

2. Raychandbhai was Gandhi’s personal guru. Gandhi chose him because it was him who taught Gandhi that religion was essentially the control of one’s own spirit and liberation from any attachment or aversion to people or things. 

3. Gandhi considered Ruskin, Thoreau, Carpenter and Tolstoy his masters. 

4, The masters influenced Gandhi in different ways. Ruskin taught Gandhi about identification of personal good in common good and to respect every kind of work. Thoreau and Carpenter fed him about civil duties, right, causes and cure. Tolstoy refined Gandhi as a nonviolent person as he inspired him to not respond to evil with violence. 

5. Tolstoy left an impeccable mark on Gandhi. He shook him internally through his advocacy of admonition against violence as a response. 

6.  (i)  enlightening

     (ii)  harmony

7. (i) religious,  spiritual

    (ii) unconscious, ignorant

Day 40 | 90 Days RAS Mains 2025 Answer Writing

Day 40 | 90 Days RAS Mains 2025 Answer Writing

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