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QUESTION PYQ 18
GS3
10 marks

Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is deposited on the surface of Planet Earth. What are the natural processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon dioxide, water and other end products?

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What the examiner wants

For Cellulose Decomposition & Carbon Cycle, address directly in sequence: first, Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is deposited on the surface of Planet Earth.; then, What are the natural processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon dioxide, water and other end…. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Address directlyAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is deposited on the surface of Planet Earth≈55 words
  2. 2What are the natural processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon dioxide, water and other end products?≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Scientific principleWorking/applicationIndia-specific programme/statusBenefitsRisks/constraintsFuture use for Cellulose Decomposition & Carbon Cycle

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is deposited on the surface of…’ while reducing ‘What are the natural processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon…’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Cellulose Decomposition & Carbon Cycle that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Cellulose Decomposition & Carbon Cycle: risk chain — driver/hazard → exposure → impact → mitigation/resilience
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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