Mission Mains 2021: GS 1
This is for those of you who are planning to write Mains 2020. Primarily, the agenda of this thread would be
1. Answer Writing Practice
2. Sharing examples - anecdotes from Current affairs relevant for Answer writing
3. Any doubts wrt. Paper 1!
Feel free to pool in your suggestions!
Q Indian Philosophy and tradition played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and their art in India. Discuss.(15 M, 250 Words) Can anyone share the general points for this question??
Just giving a general Idea: How religion, culture, literature, beliefs of rulers, significant ideas of a particular period in Indian history which shaped architecture Ex: Persian + Indian elements of Indo-Islamic, How Varna influenced cities architecture, Buddhist influence on Ashoka's inscriptions, Paintings in Ajanta or Hindu sculptural features based on mythologies
Q9. Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.Q20. How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in itI have read ncert sociology and have some basic idea on the topics in syllabus but I'm struggling to answer these type of questions.How to go about such questions anyone?
Q9. Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.Q20. How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in itI have read ncert sociology and have some basic idea on the topics in syllabus but I'm struggling to answer these type of questions.How to go about such questions anyone?
Try to keep it simple. A good answer emerges when we do not try to think out of the box rather use the ideas we've already read.
Q9. Try to think-
How tribal knowledge is stored, disseminated?
What does tribal knowledge stand for?
What makes tribal knowledge unique? That's why the question has been asked.
Basically, if you ponder over the why, what, where, when etc., you would be able to write down points relevant to the question asked.
Q10.
Show the linkages with examples and emerging trends.
In Society, remember these key points -
- Write your own observations that you've come across/read
- Think and ask simple questions as I mentioned. Society is a sum of common people! Simple ideas will appeal more to examiner
- Delineate different kinds of societies- rural, urban, tribal, Indian, Western etc. Write down their key features. These can be used in any kind of questions from 'Society'.
- Every question in 'Society' would essentially be a contrast and compare nature. Think of a framework beforehand. Think about the anchor points around which you'll compare two societies. Eg. Q9 gives the clue that knowledge can be an anchor point. Two societies can be compared around this anchor!
These are some basic observations. If you still face difficulty in brainstorming any question, feel free to post here.
Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?
How should we approach such questions? Do we need to take a balanced approach or just write YES or NO and justify that stand?
Always present both sides in such opinion-based questions
@AzadHindFauz Is there any platform like blog, tg where you've posted your checked ans copies?
Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?
How should we approach such questions? Do we need to take a balanced approach or just write YES or NO and justify that stand?
Always present both sides in such opinion-based questions
@AzadHindFauz Is there any platform like blog, tg where you've posted your checked ans copies?
No. I'm still in the process bro :)
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