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Following are today’s Mains Marathon Questions.
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Every morning, we post 2-3 questions based on current affairs. The questions framed are meaningful and relevant to the exam.
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Questions
1) Highlight the technical and socio-economic reasons behind the failure of previous attempts for the elimination of Single-use plastic (SUP). Do you think that substituting the SUP with other materials may solve the present environmental crisis?
2) The path to energy security, stable power prices, and a livable planet lie in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition. Discuss
please review it
Excellent answer. Very wide coverage of points. You have tried to focus on the keywords of the question and structured Your answer accordingly.
Some suggestions:
1. Since in terms of content You seem to know what points to mention, You should now focus on the prioritizing the content in presentation i.e., points which are more relevant should be mentioned first e.g., the biggest concern with fossil fuels is climate change, so it should be above issues like water pollution.
2. Try to cut down on words, You seem to have exceeded the word limit. Try to use flowcharts/diagrams for more concise representation.
3. Some points are bit unclear, can be worded better; like renewables are more predictable under section price stability. You can rephrase that ‘price volatility is lower compared to fossil fuels’.
Keep writing 🙂
Thanks for valuable suggestions. I am finding difficulties in phrasing content in a concise way. I will focus more on representation and prioritizing content.
Pls review and let me know my mistakes.
Well, most points have been covered, structure also seems appropriate.
1. In the technical reasons, point of viable alternatives is missing.
2. You didn’t do justice to second part of the question, substitutes vis-a-vis environmental crisis. As the source article highlights, even the alternatives like paper cups etc. might fail to address environmental concerns because of the ‘single-use’ and over-exploitation of resources e.g., paper cups will lead to exploitation of trees. Issue is more with ‘use and throw’ approach instead of recycling. Focus on those lines.
Keep writing 🙂
thanks for reviewing and suggesting the right approach. I was also skeptical about the second part because it was a premium article and therefore could not read it.
Anyways, thanku for comprehensive review.
Awesome. You have done very well to cover most points seemingly within word limit. Good that You also mentioned circular economy, the lack of which is the reasons for crisis. Single-use neglects this aspect. No suggestions for improvements.
Keep writing 🙂