QUESTION 8
GS1
10 marks
Do you think marriage as a sacrament is loosing its value in Modern India?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Assess whether the sacramental view of marriage is weakening in modern India, with evidence on both sides.
Give your opinionAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1What 'sacrament' means: indissoluble, religious duty, family-arranged≈35 words
- 2Signs of change: rising divorce, live-in relations, love and inter-caste marriages, later marriages, legal reforms≈35 words
- 3Signs of continuity: arranged marriages still dominate, rituals, low divorce rates≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Define sacrament vs contractEvidence of changeEvidence of continuityBalanced judgement
Where marks usually go
- Giving a one-sided yes without data on continuity
- Not defining what sacrament means
Draw this
- See-saw diagram: forces of change vs forces of continuity
Value addition
- LawThe Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 introduced divorce, partly moving Hindu marriage from sacrament towards contract.Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- DataIndia's divorce rate is still around 1%, among the lowest in the world.UN data / studies on divorce in India
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Ajay R Raj · AIR 109 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 35 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
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