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QUESTION N19
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12.5 marks

What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing United Nations and its Agencies.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?’, directly answer: What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO?≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?’, directly answer: What is India’s position on these?≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?’, add one verified official-source anchor and a limitation/counterpoint specific to United Nations and its Agencies≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise United Nations and its AgenciesExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?’, avoid a generic note on United Nations and its Agencies; answer the actual wording/directive and the United Nations and its Agencies proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘What are the aims and objectives of the McBride Commission of UNESCO? What is India’s position on these?’, do not add examples around United Nations and its Agencies 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.