View answer copy →Kanishak KatariaAIR 1CSE 2018
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Their question: “Food paradox (enough food produced, not all get to eat); major interventions”
The topper's food-paradox answer (enough produced yet undernutrition persists, with named interventions) directly matches the PYQ shifting hunger's cause from food availability to human-development policy.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›He turns soft polity claims into hard evidence: the Parliament answer drops 'sittings ~66 days/yr, budget discussed only ~6% / ~35 hours', the electoral-bond answer cites ADR's '~69% unaccounted funds, corporate funding ~88%', and the Ayushman answer uses '~70% out-of-pocket health spend, 1.2%-of-GDP public health outlay'. -> Memorise 2-3 exact statistics per high-frequency topic so generic assertions ('Parliament is in decline', 'health funding is low') land as proven facts, not opinion.
- ›Every answer runs the same disciplined skeleton: a 1-2 line context/definition intro, then boxed ALL-CAPS sub-headings (SUCCESSES/ISSUES/CHALLENGES/MEASURES/WAY FORWARD) with crisp bullets, closing on a one-line verdict; the judiciary answer (p.28) even branches a boxed 'CHALLENGES' via arrows into 'Judicial Overreach', 'overlap of powers' and 'Executive overreach by Judiciary'. -> Pre-fix a repeatable structural template so under time pressure you produce a scannable, evaluator-friendly answer every time without re-inventing layout.
What they cited: Food security interventions: Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), Mid-Day Meal Scheme, National Food Security Mission, Public Distribution System, fortification of flour/rice; ~27% undernourishment, ~30% food wastage from poor storage (Q8)