QUESTION 8
GS1
10 marks
Explore and evaluate the impact of ‘Work From Home’ on family relationships.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Assess both positive and negative effects of work from home on family relations, especially for women, children and elders.
EvaluateWeigh what works and what does not, and say how far it succeeds.
Demand-wise check
- 1Positive effects: more family time, care of elders and children, flexibility≈35 words
- 2Negative effects: blurred work–home line, double burden on women, conflict, isolation≈35 words
- 3Overall evaluation with Indian evidence and a balanced conclusion≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Context (pandemic shift)Positive effectsNegative effectsGendered impactEvaluationConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Writing about productivity or the economy instead of family relationships
- Not mentioning the gendered burden of unpaid care work
Draw this
- Two-column plus/minus table for family relationships
Value addition
- DataTime Use Survey 2019 found women spend far more minutes a day on unpaid domestic and care work than men.NSO Time Use in India 2019
- ConceptRole overload: when paid and unpaid roles overlap at home, stress rises; useful sociological term for this answer.Sociology of family (role theory)
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 35 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Ajay R Raj · AIR 109 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
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