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Following are today’s Mains Marathon Questions.
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Questions
Q.1) Some recent studies have found Microplastics in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica. Bring out the factors behind and impacts of these findings.
Indian Express, Indian Express 2
Q.2) Women make up about half of our population, but they are underrepresented in our political system in proportion to their numbers. Why India is battling with the issue of gender disparity in the political system? Also, suggest some measures that can remove this disparity.
Very Good answer. Great content with proper structure.
Not sure about the concluding line. Was women representation leading across democracies in 1952? Please cross-check once.
Keep writing 🙂
Kindly review my answer too
Very good answer! No much scope for improvement.
Didn’t understand the pt. 3, geomorphic process on big plastic, do elaborate it a bit. Also you can add the ‘scavenging’ process described in the article, pollutants travel through absorption of airborne particles by snow.
Keep Writing 🙂
Good attempt. You can improve on some aspects.
1. In the introduction, elaborate a little on gender discrimination in 1-2 lines like you can mention gender disparity entails discrimination in access to resources, education, economic opportunities etc.
2. When writing about political disparities, highlight low representation to women in Legislatures and the Council of Ministers (with data). Situation is improving, but much below desired levels.
3. In measures, you can also mention the partial success of representation to women at local governance levels, which can be extended to other levels. Also there are some concerns with Women’s Reservation Bill, so political parties can reserve the candidates fielded instead of reserving constituencies.
In other aspects, structure etc. answer is good.
Keep writing 🙂
thanks for review
Q2
Some good aspects about your answer: You have quoted data and facts like Gender Disparity Index etc. Most points have been included in the content. The point regarding capital intensity is very insightful and a major reason of lower participation.
Some improvements:
1. The opening line could have been framed better. It is a bit confusing.
2. Some other reasons can be included especially patriarchal thinking wherein women are denied opportunities, right from the beginning (college/university elections). Also there is lack of family support, generally active women politicians are related to males who themselves are active in politics. Women are less likely to receive support from families with non-political background etc.
3. Hand-writing can be improved.
Keep Writing 🙂
Will improve for sure.
Thanks for the review!!!