QUESTION PYQ 09
GS2
10 marks
Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital formation. What steps can be taken to break the cycle?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
For Poverty–Malnutrition Cycle, address directly in sequence: first, Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital formation.; then, What steps can be taken to break the cycle. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.
Address directlyAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital formation≈55 words
- 2What steps can be taken to break the cycle?≈55 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Rights/problem frameAffected groupAccess/delivery gapOfficial evidenceTargeted institutional/community response for Poverty–Malnutrition Cycle
Where marks usually go
- Over-writing ‘Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital…’ while reducing ‘What steps can be taken to break the cycle’ to a token paragraph
- Adding correct but adjacent facts on Poverty–Malnutrition Cycle that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ
Value addition
- Poverty–Malnutrition Cycle: legal/institutional flow — basis → actor/process → friction/delivery gap → safeguard/outcome
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Verified value additions
These are verified official-source additions selected for this exact PYQ. Use only the point that strengthens your argument.
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