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ANINDYA PANDEYAIR 158· 2025

Question Q.3GS2GS2

Given below are three quotations of great thinkers. What do each of these quotations convey to you in the present context? b) "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems." - Mahatma Gandhi

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The above quote by Mahatma Gandhi highlights the limits of human potential. As per him, we are capable of solving most of the world's problems provided that we do what we are capable of.

[Diagram showing:]

ProblemWhat we doProblem not solved
ProblemWe do what we are capable ofProblem solved
When we do less than our potentialProblem persists.

① Effort to eradicate Sati before Ram Mohan Roy were futile because the efforts were not up to the mark.

② Result of 1857 failed on winning us the freedomwe underperformed. But during 1947we won our freedom because we did what we were capable of.
When we perform to the best of our capabilitiesProblem ends.

① Nationwide campaign was launched to eradicate Polio

② The whole world united to fight Covid-19vaccines were developed in no time

③ Reduction in Multidimensional Poverty

If we do not perform to our best then it leads to knower-Does spicy.

Love, empathy and compassion are viewed states of being which requires us to go past our immediate instincts.

Love & CompassionNecessities

① Without love and compassion a society cannot long survive.

2Civil War in Sudan
3Compassion is needed to drive the destitute (like Dean Dayal Upadhyaya's integral humanism and Antiyodaya)
4Without compassion human face would perish as.
5Love and compassion like hydrogen and helium - as without it sun would collapse.

Humanity cannot survive without love and compassion.

① It helps in cultivating a positive attitude

② It leads to Sarvodaya

③ Without compassion human face would perish as.

④ Love and compassion act like hydrogen & helium - as without it sun would collapse.

Humanity

[Diagram showing LOVE, B, U, E pillars of Humanity]

q.t Pillars of Humanity

Hence Love and Compassion are like 2 horses of the chariot of humanity.

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  • Clear visual representation of the concept
  • Multiple historical and contemporary examples
  • Connects Gandhi's quote to practical governance outcomes
  • Shows progression from failure to success based on effort levels
  • Uses powerful scientific metaphor (hydrogen and helium in sun)
  • References Indian philosophical concepts (Integral Humanism, Antiyodaya)
  • Multiple dimensions showing necessity of compassion
  • Good structural organization with clear flow

Topper

ANINDYA PANDEY

AIR 1582025

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Governance and Social Issues

Role of Individual and Collective Effort in Solving Social Problems

Human Capacity and Problem Resolution

Writing Stats

318

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13

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Philosophical and metaphorical

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