Vulnerability is an essential element for defining disaster impacts and their threat to people. How and in what ways can vulnerability to disasters be characterized? Discuss different types of vulnerability with reference to disasters.
What the examiner wants
Discuss: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Vulnerability is an essential element for defining disaster impacts and their threat to people. How and in what ways can vulnerability to disasters be characterized? Discuss different types of vulnerability with reference to disasters.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Disaster Vulnerability.
Demand-wise check
- 1Vulnerability is an essential element for defining disaster impacts and their threat to people≈35 words
- 2How and in what ways can vulnerability to disasters be characterized?≈35 words
- 3Discuss different types of vulnerability with reference to disasters≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Writing generally about Disaster Vulnerability without directly resolving: “Vulnerability is an essential element for defining disaster impacts and their threat to people.”
- Under-developing the second scoring limb: “How and in what ways can vulnerability to disasters be characterized?”
Value addition
- Two-column comparison table with a final synthesis row
→ 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.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.