QUESTION 18
GS1
15 marks
‘Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata.’ Substantiate your view.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Substantiate whether India's women's movement has neglected issues of Dalit, Adivasi and poor women.
SubstantiateBack the statement with facts, data and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Critique: early movement led by upper-caste, urban women; focus on dowry, rape laws, representation≈50 words
- 2Neglected: caste violence, manual scavenging, domestic workers, landlessness≈50 words
- 3Counter: Chipko, SEWA, anti-arrack movement, Dalit feminism (NFDW), Bhanwari Devi≈50 words
- 4Conclusion: becoming more inclusive≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
StandEvidence of neglectCounter-examplesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only critique; ignoring grassroots movements that took up poor women's issues
- No example like SEWA, Chipko, anti-arrack agitation or Bhanwari Devi
Draw this
- Two columns: neglected issues / grassroots movements
Value addition
- ExampleSEWA (1972), founded by Ela Bhatt, organises informal women workers.SEWA
- ExampleThe National Federation of Dalit Women (1995) raised caste-specific issues.NFDW
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
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