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QUESTION PYQ 03
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15 marks

Achieving sustainable growth with emphasis on environmental protection could come into conflict with poor people’s needs in a country like India – Comment.

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250 words

What the examiner wants

For Sustainable Growth vs Poverty, the core task is to comment the exact proposition ‘Achieving sustainable growth with emphasis on environmental protection could come into conflict with poor people’s needs in a country like India – Comment.’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Achieving sustainable growth with emphasis on environmental protection could come into conflict with poor people’s needs in a country like India – Comment≈65 words
  2. 2For Sustainable Growth vs Poverty, differentiate effects across relevant groups/institutions and keep the Indian social context visible throughout≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Sustainable Growth vs Poverty, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define the social processDriversDifferentiated impact across groupsIndian evidenceTension/counter-trendJudgment on Sustainable Growth vs Poverty

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Sustainable Growth vs Poverty instead of answering the question’s critical balance: ‘Achieving sustainable growth with emphasis on environmental protection could come into conflict with…’
  • Giving only one side on Sustainable Growth vs Poverty; the directive requires a limitation, counter-view or implementation test before the final judgment

Value addition

  • Sustainable Growth vs Poverty: exact-demand matrix mapping each limb to one evidence point and one inference
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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