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QUESTION PYQ 15
GS3
15 marks

The adoption of electric vehicles is rapidly growing worldwide. How do electric vehicles contribute to reducing carbon emissions and what are the key benefits they offer compared to traditional combustion engine vehicles?

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11 min
250 words

What the examiner wants

For Electric Vehicles & Decarbonisation, address directly in sequence: first, The adoption of electric vehicles is rapidly growing worldwide.; then, How do electric vehicles contribute to reducing carbon emissions and. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Address directlyAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1The adoption of electric vehicles is rapidly growing worldwide≈65 words
  2. 2How do electric vehicles contribute to reducing carbon emissions and≈65 words
  3. 3what are the key benefits they offer compared to traditional combustion engine vehicles?≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Scientific principleWorking/applicationIndia-specific programme/statusBenefitsRisks/constraintsFuture use for Electric Vehicles & Decarbonisation

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘The adoption of electric vehicles is rapidly growing worldwide.’ while reducing ‘How do electric vehicles contribute to reducing carbon emissions and’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Electric Vehicles & Decarbonisation that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Electric Vehicles & Decarbonisation: working-principle schematic — input → process → output/application → risk/limit
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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