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QUESTION PYQ 05
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15 marks

From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide reasons.

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What the examiner wants

For India’s Food-Security Transition, the core task is to discuss the exact proposition ‘From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide reasons.’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide reasons≈65 words
  2. 2Show the physical or spatial relationship behind India’s Food-Security Transition; a map/process sketch should reinforce, not replace, the explanation≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on India’s Food-Security Transition, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Frame India’s Food-Security TransitionCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on India’s Food-Security Transition instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide…’
  • Describing India’s Food-Security Transition without showing the physical mechanism or spatial relationship that explains the pattern asked in the question

Value addition

  • India’s Food-Security Transition: labelled process diagram tied to the written causal chain
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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