QUESTION PYQ 05
GS1
10 marks
How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
For Urban Poverty & Smart Cities, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice’. 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
- 1How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice?≈55 words
- 2For Urban Poverty & Smart Cities, differentiate effects across relevant groups/institutions and keep the Indian social context visible throughout≈55 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Frame Urban Poverty & Smart CitiesCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on Urban Poverty & Smart Cities instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice’
- Adding correct but adjacent facts on Urban Poverty & Smart Cities that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ
Value addition
- Urban Poverty & Smart Cities: 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.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.