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QUESTION 17
GS2
15 marks

“Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions can help change this milieu?

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What the examiner wants

Explain: answer the exact PYQ as framed — ““Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions can help change this milieu?” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Women's Empowerment & Changing Patriarchy.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1“Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions…≈95 words
  2. 2Support the Explain with directly relevant evidence/examples and end with a reasoned conclusion≈95 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Constitutional/institutional contextAnswer each explicit limb in sequenceUse relevant provisions/judgments/policy evidenceLimitations/counterviewReforms or reasoned conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Women's Empowerment & Changing Patriarchy without directly resolving: ““Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women educa…”
  • Using facts/examples as decoration without linking them to the Explain judgement required by the question

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    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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