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Their question: “Evolution of the poverty-line definition and effectiveness of poverty-eradication interventions”
The topper traces the poverty-line committees (Dandekar-Rath -> Lakdawala -> Tendulkar -> Rangarajan) and evaluates why poverty-eradication programmes fall short, precisely the reasoning this PYQ needs on why poverty persists despite various programmes.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›His data-heavy questions stacked named committees and hard numbers as scaffolding, the poverty answer (Q17) chained Dandekar-Rath, Lakdawala, Tendulkar and Rangarajan committees with figures (poverty 37% to 18%; Tendulkar Rs 27/Rs 33), and grounded specific cases like Vedanta-Niyamgiri (Q10) and Prakash Singh (Q9). -> Build evaluation answers on a spine of named committees + a precise statistic + a landmark case; this triad signals depth and currency far more than generalised claims.
- ›Each IPR type in Q5 was pinned to a concrete real-world instance, Volvo (trademark), fountain-pen design (industrial design), 20-year drug patents, Coca-Cola recipe (trade secret), Benaras Sarees (GI), rather than abstract definitions. -> Attach one memorable, verifiable example to every concept you define; a single recognisable case (Coca-Cola for trade secret) cements understanding and lifts the answer above a textbook definition.