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QUESTION 8
GS2
10 marks

Hunger and poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today. Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems. Suggest measures for improvement.

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7 min
150 words

What the examiner wants

Evaluate: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Hunger and poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today. Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems. Suggest measures for improvement.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Hunger–Poverty.

EvaluateWeigh what works and what does not, and say how far it succeeds.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Hunger and poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today≈35 words
  2. 2Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems≈35 words
  3. 3Suggest measures for improvement≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Constitutional/institutional contextAnswer each explicit limb in sequenceUse relevant provisions/judgments/policy evidenceLimitations/counterviewReforms or reasoned conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Hunger–Poverty without directly resolving: “Hunger and poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today.”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems.”

Value addition

  • 3–4 node flowchart or dimension wheel keyed to the question’s main components
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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