QUESTION PYQ 08
GS1
10 marks
Why is the world today confronted with a crisis of availability of and access to freshwater resources?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
For Freshwater Scarcity, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘Why is the world today confronted with a crisis of availability of and access to freshwater resources’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Why is the world today confronted with a crisis of availability of and access to freshwater resources?≈55 words
- 2Show the physical or spatial relationship behind Freshwater Scarcity; a map/process sketch should reinforce, not replace, the explanation≈55 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Frame Freshwater ScarcityCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on Freshwater Scarcity instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘Why is the world today confronted with a crisis of availability of and access to freshwater resources’
- Describing Freshwater Scarcity without showing the physical mechanism or spatial relationship that explains the pattern asked in the question
Value addition
- Freshwater Scarcity: labelled process diagram tied to the written causal chain
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.