QUESTION 13
GS1
15 marks
The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain which ideas of the French Revolution still matter today, with present-day examples.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Ideas: liberty, equality, fraternity, popular sovereignty, rights of man, secularism, nationalism≈65 words
- 2Present relevance: democratic constitutions (including India's Preamble), human rights law, secular state, citizen protests≈65 words
- 3Limits: violence (Reign of Terror), exclusion of women (Olympe de Gouges)≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Core ideasPresent-day applicationsLimitsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Narrating revolutionary events from 1789 to 1799
- No link to India or today's world
Draw this
- Table: revolutionary idea → modern example
Value addition
- FactIndia's Preamble uses liberty, equality and fraternity, words drawn from the French Revolution.Constitution of India, Preamble
- SourceDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).UN; French National Assembly records
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 7 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
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