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QUESTION PYQ 10
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15 marks

What is Integrated Farming System ? How is it helpful to small and marginal farmers in India ?

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250 words
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What the examiner wants

For Integrated Farming Systems, explain in sequence: first, What is Integrated Farming System ; then, How is it helpful to small and marginal farmers in India . Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What is Integrated Farming System ?≈65 words
  2. 2How is it helpful to small and marginal farmers in India ?≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Integrated Farming Systems, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Frame Integrated Farming SystemsCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘What is Integrated Farming System ’ while reducing ‘How is it helpful to small and marginal farmers in India ’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Integrated Farming Systems that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Integrated Farming Systems: mechanism/value-chain diagram — input/constraint → transmission → outcome → policy lever
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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