How toppers approached this question

Globalization has redefined the idea of community and kinship in Indian society. Do you agree? Justify your answer.

How toppers built answers of this type: the structure spine and the moves they converged on. Aggregated across real past-paper answers for this paper and directive, not this one question, so no question-specific evidence is shown. No answer text is reproduced.

The topper method

Stance then justify

The spine toppers built

Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Both sides before the verdict
- Multi-dimensional buckets
- Numbered enumeration
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close

Moves they converged on

Both sides before the verdict79% of answers
Weigh both sides before taking a stand.
Example as evidence68% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
Define the key term first63% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
Stance then justify61% of answers
Take a stance, then justify it.
Verdict conclusion61% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
Multi-dimensional buckets58% of answers
Sort points into clear dimensions (social, economic…).
Numbered enumeration53% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
Problems then remedies53% of answers
Pair each problem with a remedy.

Evidence toppers carried (per answer)

Current events ~2Institutions ~2Judgments ~2Concepts ~2Examples ~1Other anchors ~1Data points ~1Principles ~1

GS2 · Stance then justify: derived from 38 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose

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