View answer copy →Akansh DhullRank 3CSE 2025
Answered a very similar question
Their question: “Hill-state tourism exceeding ecological carrying capacity”
This is essentially the same question, hill states breaching ecological carrying capacity due to tourism, so the topper's evidence and structure transfer directly.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›Strategic selective attempt, answered 17 of 20 and deliberately left blank exactly the three most technical physical-geography questions (Q4 temperature distribution, Q7 seismic/Earth interior, Q14 ocean-floor features) -> In a choice paper, consciously drop the handful of high-risk technical questions and reinvest that time writing dense, evidenced answers on topics you can dominate, rather than attempting everything thinly.
- ›Anchored abstract GS1 themes in named live incidents and exact figures, Q10 (caste / public-private dichotomy) cited Darshan Solanki's IIT-Bombay death, NCAER ~5% inter-caste marriages and Art 17; Q8 (demographic transition) used the Balasore/Coromandel tragedy, UNFPA 68% working-age, delimitation after 2026 and 15th Finance Commission devolution -> Convert every conceptual question into specific current-affairs hooks and precise data points (committee/report names, percentages) so a sociology/history theme reads as evidenced analysis, not opinion.