Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment. Analyze the impact of sand mining along India’s coasts, citing specific examples.
What the examiner wants
Analyze: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment. Analyze the impact of sand mining along India’s coasts, citing specific examples.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Sand Mining.
Demand-wise check
- 1Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment≈55 words
- 2Analyze the impact of sand mining along India’s coasts, citing specific examples≈55 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Writing generally about Sand Mining without directly resolving: “Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment.”
- Under-developing the second scoring limb: “Analyze the impact of sand mining along India’s coasts, citing specific examples.”
Value addition
- 3–4 node flowchart or dimension wheel keyed to the question’s main components
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
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Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.