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QUESTION PYQ 06
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15 marks

How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the Indian experience.

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11 min
250 words

What the examiner wants

For Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

Account for · IllustrateAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the Indian experience≈65 words
  2. 2For Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture, differentiate effects across relevant groups/institutions and keep the Indian social context visible throughout≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define the social processDriversDifferentiated impact across groupsIndian evidenceTension/counter-trendJudgment on Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns…’
  • Missing the evidence burden: this PYQ explicitly asks for examples/cases, so generic assertions on Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture cannot carry the answer

Value addition

  • Fast Food, Health & Consumer Culture: exact-demand matrix mapping each limb to one evidence point and one inference
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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