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QUESTION PYQ 14
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10 marks

To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”.- Jawaharlal Nehru

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What the examiner wants

For Women’s Agency & Social Change, the core task is to discuss the exact proposition ‘To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”.- Jawaharlal…’. 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. 1To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”.- Jawaharlal Nehru≈55 words
  2. 2For Women’s Agency & Social Change, identify the competing values, apply them to public conduct and use a concrete illustration rather than abstract moralising≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Interpret/define Women’s Agency & Social ChangeCore ethical principleCompeting value or limitPublic-service applicationConcrete examplePrincipled conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Women’s Agency & Social Change instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves,…’
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Women’s Agency & Social Change that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Women’s Agency & Social Change: ethical balance triangle — principle → competing value → public-interest resolution
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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