View answer copy →Shakti DubeyAIR 1CSE 2024
Answered a very similar question
Their question: “Relevance of the Gujral Doctrine in India's foreign policy (15m)”
The topper's Gujral Doctrine answer (neighbourhood-first non-reciprocity, anchored to India's aid to Sri Lanka, with a neighbourhood outline map) is essentially the same question as the 2013 PYQ on the meaning and present-day relevance of the Gujral Doctrine.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›Every one of the 20 answers opens with a 2-4 line context-setter pegged to a fresh, specific hook before the first sub-heading, India-PNG MoU for India Stack (Q17), the PM's Good Governance Day for Mission Karmayogi (Q15), the CEC Act 2023 for the EC question (Q14), India's aid to Sri Lanka for the Gujral Doctrine (Q18). -> Don't open with a textbook definition; lead with a current, answer-specific anchor (a recent MoU, Act, or event) so the examiner sees relevance from line one.
- ›Hand-drawn outline maps anchor all three IR-heavy answers, the BBIN bloc (India + Nepal/Bhutan/Bangladesh) in Q10, the full neighbourhood (China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) for the Gujral Doctrine in Q18, and the Indian Ocean rim sketch for IORA in Q19. -> When a question is geographically grounded (groupings, neighbourhood policy, maritime regions), a quick outline map instantly demonstrates spatial command that prose cannot.