QUESTION PYQ 19
GS1
15 marks
Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
For Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism, the core task is to justify the exact proposition ‘Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.
JustifyAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer≈65 words
- 2For Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism, differentiate effects across relevant groups/institutions and keep the Indian social context visible throughout≈65 words
- 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Define the social processDriversDifferentiated impact across groupsIndian evidenceTension/counter-trendJudgment on Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of…’
- Adding correct but adjacent facts on Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ
Value addition
- Indian Secularism: Tolerance, Assimilation & Pluralism: exact-demand matrix mapping each limb to one evidence point and one inference
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Verified value additions
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