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#UPSC Mains Answer Writing Master 🧵

✅ Understand the Directives
✅Each Directive has different Answer Structures

1️⃣Comment
2️⃣Examine
3️⃣Discuss
4️⃣Evaluate
5️⃣Analyse
6️⃣Explain
7️⃣Elucidate
8️⃣Substantiate

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1️⃣ Comment

🚀Choose your position on the topic/issue. Provide arguments with facts/examples in favour of your opinion

🚀Introduce the topic. In the main body/bullets put down the arguments and the facts. End with conclusion.

2️⃣Examine

🚀Probe deeper into the given topic.

🚀Support your answer with details like causes, implications and the way forward.

🚀Begin with a brief discussion of the various issues on the topic. Provide details and conclude in the same paragraph if possible.

3️⃣Discuss

🚀Cover broadly, mentioning strengths/weaknesses and positives/negatives. Mention causes/ consequences as well.

🚀 In addition, provide solutions, suggestions, examples etc and conclude with a holistic view of the topic.

4️⃣ Evaluate

🚀Assess both sides of the statement/topic.

🚀Introduce the statement/ topic and then break into paragraphs of positive/ negative aspects and end with a concluding remark on why you think it is worthy or unworthy.

5️⃣Analyse

🚀Break the main idea into its constituent parts. Examine each part separately.

🚀Conclude by addressing the central idea of the topic.

6️⃣ Explain

🚀Give clear reasons to show what/how/why something is happening or has happened.

7️⃣ Elucidate

🚀To elucidate is to make something clear that was formerly confusing. To bring clarity, cite evidences, examples, facts etc.

8️⃣ Substantiate

🚀Give evidence in support of what is being said i.e cite reports, facts, events etc.