Match the items given in the List - I and List - II and suggest the correct code : Code :List - I List - II (a) Ethics (i) Right code of behaviour for a group or profession (b) Morality (ii) Prescribes right conduct for everyone (c) Moral standard (iii) Needs some inclination to follow morality (d) Meta Moral Standard (iv) Practical and pragmatic
(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
Option 1 — (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) is correct.
The item tests the conceptual layers of ethics. Reading each List-I term with its defining description gives a clean one-to-one match:
| List - I | Match — List - II |
|---|---|
| (a) Ethics | (i) Right code of behaviour for a group or profession — ethics is the codified standard of a group/profession |
| (b) Morality | (ii) Prescribes right conduct for everyone — morality is the universal sense of right and wrong |
| (c) Moral standard | (iii) Needs some inclination to follow morality — a standard works only when people are disposed to obey it |
| (d) Meta Moral Standard | (iv) Practical and pragmatic — the higher-order standard that judges the standards themselves in a workable way |
Ethics operates at the level of a profession or group, whereas morality is broader and applies to everyone; a moral standard depends on individual willingness to comply, and a meta-moral standard is the pragmatic yardstick for evaluating those standards.
Why the other options are wrong: Options 2, 3 and 4 all break at least one of these natural pairings (for example, wrongly tying Ethics to “inclination to follow morality” or Moral standard to “practical and pragmatic”).
Takeaway: Ethics–group code, Morality–universal conduct, Moral standard–needs inclination, Meta moral standard–pragmatic.
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