QUESTION PYQ 03
GS3
10 marks
What is the technology being employed for electronic toll collection on highways? What are its advantages and limitations? What are the proposed changes that will make this process seamless? Would this transition carry any potential hazards?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
For Electronic Toll Collection, explain in sequence: first, What is the technology being employed for electronic toll collection on highways; then, What are its advantages and limitations. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1What is the technology being employed for electronic toll collection on highways?≈35 words
- 2What are its advantages and limitations?≈35 words
- 3What are the proposed changes that will make this process seamless?≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Concept/mechanismTransmission channelOfficial evidenceGainsRisks/constraintsCalibrated policy response for Electronic Toll Collection
Where marks usually go
- Over-writing ‘What is the technology being employed for electronic toll collection on highways’ while reducing ‘What are its advantages and limitations’ to a token paragraph
- Adding correct but adjacent facts on Electronic Toll Collection that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ
Value addition
- Electronic Toll Collection: mechanism/value-chain diagram — input/constraint → transmission → outcome → policy lever
→ 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.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.