PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Rights & Human Rights

Assess the significance of right to property in political theory.

How the answer moves

The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.

Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
rR! property at the centre of liberal thought → its significance lies in how sharply thinkers disagree over what it secures R2 one right, opposite verdicts → from Locke's labour- foundation to Marx's critique
Body flow
Locke (labour + person + liberty + consent + right to resist) → Plato vs Aristotle (conflict / corruption vs virtue) → Smith / Bentham (instrument of progress) → Laski (social service) / Gandhi (trusteeship) → Marx (exploitation, alienation, class) → Rawls / Sen (redistribution as justice)
Counter-view
a foundational liberal right vs a Marxist source of exploitation and inequality
Conclusion routes
R1 important for liberty and dignity, but bounded by justice and redistribution k2 significance inseparable from fraternity, social justice, inequality

Model answer

Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.

Handwritten model answer — UPSC PSIR 2020, Rights & Human Rights