What is the caution given by John Stuart Mill regarding democracy?

Do not lay liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers that enable him to subvert institutions.

What does Bhakti in politics imply according to the passage?

Bhakti or hero-worship can lead to degradation and eventual dictatorship.

What does social democracy signify in the text?

A way of life that recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity as interdependent principles.

What happens when liberty is divorced from equality?

Liberty could produce the supremacy of the few over the many.

What happens when equality is divorced from liberty?

It would kill individual initiative.

What role does fraternity play with liberty and equality?

Fraternity unites liberty and equality; without it, the system would require enforcement to sustain them.

HCS Administrative English Paper 2023 – Haryana Mains

Name: HCS Administrative English Paper 2023 – Haryana Mains
Creator: Haryana Government
Keywords: democracy, constitutional methods, non-violent protest, Bhakti, hero worship, liberty, equality, fraternity, Mill caution, O'Connell quote, social democracy, democratic unity, political ethics, Indian politics, public order

Haryana Government Jobs Administrative / Civil Services 2023

Year 2023
Conducted By Haryana Government
Maximum Marks 100
Duration 3 Hours
Languages English

Exam Details

Detail	Information
Examination	English (including English Essay)
Year	2023
Conducting Body	Haryana Government
Paper	English (including English Essay)
Subject	English
Duration	3 Hours
Maximum Marks	100

This quiz page contains the English (including English Essay) paper for the 2023 Haryana Civil Service (Ex.Br.) & Allied Services Mains exam. The paper carries 100 marks and a duration of 3 hours. Page 1 outlines the exam name, year, duration, and paper code (20079). Page 2 provides descriptive questions, starting with a 20-mark precis task requiring condensation of a long argument on democracy, constitutional methods, and the dangers of hero-worship in politics, followed by an additional fragmented item. The content emphasizes the need for constitutional approaches, social democracy, and the inseparability of liberty, equality, and fraternity, with cautions from Mill and O’Connell. This overview feeds into a broader SEO-ready structure including FAQ, topics, keywords, and image metadata designed to optimize search visibility for Haryana administrative exams.

Major Topics Covered

Constitutional methods
Democracy and social democracy
Civil disobedience and revolution
Non-cooperation and Satyagraha
Liberty, equality, fraternity
Mill's caution on power
Hero-worship and politics
Bhakti and Indian politics
Equality and liberty interdependence
Fraternity as a unifying principle
Role of the state in democracy
Unconstitutional methods justification
O'Connell's ethics
Liberty and individual initiative
Governance and civil liberties
Socio-political development in India
Constitutional vs extra-constitutional tactics
Democracy in practice
Political philosophy in public life
Public virtue and political order

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Q1. Question 1. Make a precis of the following reducing it to one-third of its length and assign a suitable title: [20 marks] If we wish to maintain democracy, not nearly in form, but also in fact, what must we do? The first thing, in my judgement, we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. It means we must abandon the bloody methods of revolution. It means that we must abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and Sathyagraha. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us. The second thing we must do is observe the caution which John Stuart Mill has given to all who are interested in the maintenance of democracy, namely, not 'to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or to trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions.' There is nothing wrong in being grateful to great men who have rendered life- long services to the country. But there are limits to gratefulness. As has been well said by Irish patriot Daniel O'Connell, no man can be grateful at the cost of his honour, no woman can be grateful at the cost of her chastity and no nation can be grateful at the cost of its liberty. This caution is far more necessary in the case of India than in the case of any other country. For in India, Bhakti or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in politics of any other country in the world. Bhakti in religion maybe a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. The third thing we must do is not to be content with mere political democracy. We must make our political democracy a social democracy as well. Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity as the principles of life. These principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity are not to be treated as separate items in a trinity. They form a union of trinity in the sense that to divorce one from the other is to defeat the very purpose of democracy. Liberty cannot be divorced from equality, equality cannot be divorced from liberty. Nor can liberty and equality be divorced from fraternity. Without equality, liberty would produce the supremacy of the few over the many. Equality without liberty would kill individual initiative. Without fraternity, liberty and equality could not become a natural course of things. It would require a constable to enforce them. (Approximately 486 Words)

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English (including English Essay).

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100 marks.

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20079.

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