Ethics · 2 Aug 2026

Right to Know the Contactor

Match List I (Term) with List II (Correct Description): List I - List II A. Privacy - 1. The right not to be contacted or to refuse contact B. Anonymity - 2. Concealing identity while actively seeking another's trust or resources C. CNAP - 3. A TRAI-explored mechanism to display registered caller names D. Information Asymmetry - 4. A situation where one party possesses significantly more or better information than the other How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

AOnly one pair
BOnly two pairs
COnly three pairs
DAll four pairs

Tests the ability to distinguish closely related but conceptually distinct ethical terms privacy versus anonymity rather than treating them as interchangeable.

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Why in news

An Ethics column examined the proposed "right to know the contactor," weighing fraud-prevention benefits against risks to whistleblowers and abuse survivors who depend on anonymity.

Why for UPSC

UPSC's GS4 questions often test precise conceptual distinctions (privacy vs anonymity) that appear similar but carry different ethical implications - exactly the distinction this article's argument is built around.

Prelims summary

Privacy (the right to refuse contact) and anonymity (concealing identity while soliciting trust) are ethically distinct concepts; TRAI's CNAP mechanism and the broader problem of information asymmetry both bear on the debate over mandatory caller identification.

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