QUESTION 19
GS1
15 marks
Globalization has increased urban migration by skilled, young, unmarried women from various classes. How has this trend impacted upon their personal freedom and relationship with family?
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss how the migration of skilled, young, unmarried women to cities has changed their personal freedom and their relationship with their families.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Trend: women in IT, services, nursing, retail moving to cities≈65 words
- 2Freedom: income, choice in marriage and lifestyle, wider networks, confidence≈65 words
- 3Family: changed authority, remittances, negotiation over marriage, continued control or anxiety; safety and housing problems≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Trend and driversGains in personal freedomChanges in family relationshipsConstraintsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Writing on migration in general without the gender angle
- Only positives, with no mention of safety or social control
Draw this
- Two-column table: gains in freedom / continuing constraints
Value addition
- DataPLFS shows women's labour force participation rising from about 23% (2017–18) to over 40% (2023–24).Periodic Labour Force Survey reports
- SchemeWorking Women Hostel scheme (Sakhi Niwas) provides safe housing for working women in cities.Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
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