AspirantFlowGet your answer marked
Topper approaches · GS4

How toppers approached this question

Q.1) a) The increasing use of digital surveillance technologies for maintaining law and order is a debatable issue. Critically examine the statement from the ethical point of view.

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.

workspace_premium

The topper method

Critically examine

The spine toppers built

  1. Open

    • Define the key term first
    • Context-hook opening
    • Anecdote opening
  2. Build

    • Both sides before the verdict
    • Multi-dimensional buckets
    • Numbered enumeration
  3. Close

    • Verdict conclusion
    • Forward-looking close

constructionMoves they converged on

  • Verdict conclusion76% of answers

    End with a clear verdict.

  • Both sides before the verdict70% of answers

    Weigh both sides before taking a stand.

  • Example as evidence70% of answers

    Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.

  • Define the key term first55% of answers

    Open by defining the central term.

  • ‘However’ pivot52% of answers

    Pivot to nuance with a qualifier.

  • Multi-dimensional buckets45% of answers

    Sort points into clear dimensions (social, economic…).

  • Numbered enumeration39% of answers

    Enumerate points as a numbered list.

  • Problems then remedies39% of answers

    Pair each problem with a remedy.

stairsEvidence toppers carried (per answer)

People ~3Concepts ~2Thinkers ~2Examples ~1Statutes ~1
databaseGS4 · Critically examine: derived from 33 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose

Write your own answer to this question

Get it read and marked against the mains rubric, then see which of these moves you landed. No sign-up is needed.

boltMark my answer free

Method is derived from real past-paper answers as anonymized aggregate signal. Construction moves and counts, never copied answer text.