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QUESTION PYQ 10
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10 marks

How are climate change and the sea level rise affecting the very existence of many island nations? Discuss with examples.

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7 min
150 words

What the examiner wants

For Sea-Level Rise & Island Nations, explain in sequence: first, How are climate change and the sea level rise affecting the very existence of many island nations; then, Discuss with examples.. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1How are climate change and the sea level rise affecting the very existence of many island nations?≈55 words
  2. 2Discuss with examples≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Frame Sea-Level Rise & Island NationsCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘How are climate change and the sea level rise affecting the very existence of many…’ while reducing ‘Discuss with examples.’ to a token paragraph
  • Missing the evidence burden: this PYQ explicitly asks for examples/cases, so generic assertions on Sea-Level Rise & Island Nations cannot carry the answer

Value addition

  • Sea-Level Rise & Island Nations: small labelled location map tied to the written causal chain
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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