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QUESTION N24
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10 marks

What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this.

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Geo-politics affecting India's Interest.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this.’, directly answer: What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’?≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this.’, directly answer: How does it impact India?≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this.’, directly answer: Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter this≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Geo-politics affecting India's InterestExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter’, avoid a generic note on Geo-politics affecting India's Interest; answer the actual wording/directive and the Geo-politics affecting India's Interest proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by ‘String of Pearls’? How does it impact India? Briefly outline steps taken by India to counter’, do not add examples around Geo-politics affecting India's Interest unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • Provision/institution → issue → implication table
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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