QUESTION PYQ 04
GS1
15 marks
The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
For French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain≈65 words
- 2Use named historical evidence for French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance and connect it to significance, causation or continuity/change rather than listing facts≈65 words
- 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Starting contextChronological stages/change pointsEvidence at each stageWhat changed/continuedConcluding significance for French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.’
- Adding correct but adjacent facts on French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ
Value addition
- French Revolution: Contemporary Relevance: exact-demand matrix mapping each limb to one evidence point and one inference
→ 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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