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QUESTION PYQ 12
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The Government of India recently stated that Left Wing Extremism (LWE) will be eliminated by 2026. What do you understand by LWE and how are the people affected by it? What measures have been taken by the government to eliminate LWE? What are the major challenges to internal security and peace

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What the examiner wants

For Left-Wing Extremism, address directly in sequence: first, What do you understand by LWE and how are the people affected by it; then, What measures have been taken by the government to eliminate LWE. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Address directlyAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What do you understand by LWE and how are the people affected by it?≈35 words
  2. 2What measures have been taken by the government to eliminate LWE?≈35 words
  3. 3What are the major challenges to internal security and peace≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Frame Left-Wing ExtremismCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘What do you understand by LWE and how are the people affected by it’ while reducing ‘What measures have been taken by the government to eliminate LWE’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Left-Wing Extremism that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Left-Wing Extremism: threat network — source → channel → vulnerability → responsible institution → response
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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