Question Paper from: SBI PO Mains 2017

Women empowerment

A) With the slogan of women empowerment, the question arises that “are women become really strong” and “is long - term struggle has ended”. Many programmes have been implemented and run by the government such as International Women’s day, mother’s day, etc in order to bring awareness in the society about the true rights and value of the women

in the development of the nation. Women need to be progressed in the number of spheres.

B) There is a high level of gender inequality in India where women are ill - treated by their family members and outsiders. Women in India are always subjected to the honour killings and they never given their basic rights for the proper education and freedom. They are the victims who have faced violence and abuse in the male - dominated country.

C) Giving priority to the gender equality facilitates women empowerment all over the country. To get the high - level goal of women empowerment, it should be promoted from the childhood in each and every family. It needs women to be strong physically, mentally and socially.

Money versus peace of mind

A) Peace of mind is the most important thing in life, nothing can replace it not even heaps of money. Money is just a commodity, it can be earned as well as spent in exchange of worldly pleasures, but peace of mind is a state.

B) Since we have done away with the barter system, we’ve developed various forms of currency and coins. Money is one of the most important factors determining one’s success and life in today’s world. It is true that 40% of our happiness depends on our actions. Out of the remaining 60%, 50% is via the genes and 10% via uncontrollable factors. You can’t lose the important 40% determiner of your happiness for something called money, can you?

C) Today, everyone is running: some are running after money, some are running after the people they love, some are running after the situations they desire. No one is at a stable position i.e. no one is at peace. Inner peace reflects the peace of mind. In today’s era, everyone is extremely busy in making their lives perfect.

Impact of Artificial Intelligence

A) Artificial intelligence today is properly known as narrow AI (or weak AI), in that it is designed to perform a narrow task (e.g. only facial recognition or only internet searches or only driving a car). However, the long - term goal of many researchers is to create general AI (AGI or strong AI). While narrow AI may outperform humans at whatever its specific task is, like playing chess or solving equations, AGI would outperform humans at nearly every cognitive task.

B) Autonomous weapons are artificial intelligence systems that are programmed to kill. In the hands of the wrong person, these weapons could easily cause mass casualties. Moreover, an AI arms race could inadvertently lead to an AI war that also results in mass casualties.