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QUESTION PYQ 11
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15 marks

Explain the causes and effects of coastal erosion in India. What are the available coastal management techniques for combating the hazard?

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What the examiner wants

For Coastal Erosion, explain in sequence: first, Explain the causes and effects of coastal erosion in India.; then, What are the available coastal management techniques for combating the hazard. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

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

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Explain the causes and effects of coastal erosion in India≈65 words
  2. 2What are the available coastal management techniques for combating the hazard?≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Coastal Erosion, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Frame Coastal ErosionCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Explain the causes and effects of coastal erosion in India.’ while reducing ‘What are the available coastal management techniques for combating the hazard’ to a token paragraph
  • Describing Coastal Erosion without showing the physical mechanism or spatial relationship that explains the pattern asked in the question

Value addition

  • Coastal Erosion: risk chain — driver/hazard → exposure → impact → mitigation/resilience
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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