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QUESTION 2
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12.5 marks

While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will the jobs that India desperately needs come from? Explain.

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What the examiner wants

Explain the exact proposition in the PYQ — “While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will the jobs that India desperately needs come from? Explain.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Employability and Jobs.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will the jobs’, directly answer: While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will the jobs’, directly answer: Where will the jobs that India desperately needs come from?≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing?’, add one verified official-source anchor and a limitation/counterpoint specific to Employability and Jobs≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Employability and JobsExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will’, avoid a generic note on Employability and Jobs; answer the actual wording/directive and the Employability and Jobs proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore dropping rates of employability. What are we missing? Where will’, do not add examples around Employability and Jobs unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.