How toppers approached this question
1 (b) Determination of ethics in state policies and actions is not easy because every policy and action has both positive and negative aspects viewed from different stakeholders' perspectives. Discuss with suitable examples.
The method real toppers converged on for this past-paper question: the structure spine, the moves, and the evidence they carried. Aggregated across real answers; no answer text is reproduced.
The topper method
The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Directive-mirroring headers
- Problems then remedies
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close
Moves they converged on
- Numbered enumeration66% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Verdict conclusion66% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- Define the key term first56% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Example as evidence56% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
Advaitaair hostess stressAmazon tribesAnekantavada+2 - Directive-mirroring headers39% of answers
Headers that mirror the question's directive.
- ‘However’ pivot29% of answers
Pivot to nuance with a qualifier.
- Problems then remedies29% of answers
Pair each problem with a remedy.
- Thinker / quote as authority29% of answers
Invoke a thinker or quote as authority.
Mahatma GandhiBaumeister and BushmanImmanuel KantJc Bose+2
Anchors they deployed as moves
- Examplesas evidence (example)· 39% of answersAmazon tribesDiwali & Lord RamSikh LangarNon-eating of meat
- Thinkersas authority (thinker / quote)· 24% of answersGandhiPlatoMahatma GandhiMill's Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics
- Peopleas evidence (example)· 17% of answersIAS Pooja SinghalIPS Anuj SheikhDM NepalganjMichael Phelps
- Schemesas evidence (scheme)· 12% of answersMNREGAPDSNEP 2020Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
- Principlesas evidence (example)· 10% of answersAnekantavadaAdvaitaSarva Dharma SambhaavamVasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
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