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UPSC Civil ServicesPrelims2023General Studies Paper II (CSAT)

Question

QQ73. Directions for the following 3 (three) items : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage “The last end of the state is not to dominate men, nor to restrain them by fear; rather it is so to free each man from fear that he may live and act with full security and without injury to himself or his neighbour. The end of the state, I repeat, is not to make rational beings into brute beasts and machines. It is to enable their bodies and their minds to function safely. It is to lead men to live by, and to exercise, a free reason; that they may not waste their strength in hatred, anger and guile, nor act unfairly toward one another.” Based on the above passage, which one of the following terms best expresses the ultimate goal of the state ?

Options

  1. A Personal safety
  2. B Health of body and mind
  3. C Communal harmony
  4. D Liberty
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Correct Answer

D Liberty

Model Answer

Answer: option D, as per UPSC's final answer key (Series A).

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