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QUESTION 10
GS3
10 marks

For effective border area management, discuss the steps required to be taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favourable perception among locals.

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What the examiner wants

Discuss: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “For effective border area management, discuss the steps required to be taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favourable perception among locals.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Border Area Management.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For effective border area management, discuss the steps required to be taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favourable perception among locals≈55 words
  2. 2Support the Discuss with directly relevant evidence/examples and end with a reasoned conclusion≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Define the threat/contextCauses and operating mechanismIndia-specific impacts/vulnerabilitiesExisting responseGaps and calibrated countermeasures

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Border Area Management without directly resolving: “For effective border area management, discuss the steps required to be taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favourable perception among lo…”
  • Using facts/examples as decoration without linking them to the Discuss judgement required by the question

Value addition

  • Small labelled map/flow diagram showing the spatial relationship central to the question
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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