PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Indian Political Thought
Comment on the Ambedkar’s view on constitutionalism in 150 words.
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
legislature = product of social conditions — unlimited legislative power vs constitutionalism → government as public trust — public opinion as preventive check + democratic control of bureaucracy — text alone insufficient → democracy as the edifice → constitutional morality (values over caste / religion / party / hero worship) — “must be cultivated”
Body flow
politics confined to constitutional methods, routine civil disobedience rejected (read by some as narrowing popular agitation) — his defence: without social democracy, constitutionalism stays fragile
Counter-view
Conclusion R1 responsible government + responsible citizenry — limited in routes method, purposive in transforming society R2 the text guarantees nothing on its own — survives only where constitutional morality and social democracy are cultivated
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
