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Please consider a few sign-post that are fashionable attributes of UPSC to consider relevence : Analyze: Literally, take apart.

Break down a subject into its component parts and discuss how they relate to one another. Compare: Identify similarities and difference between (or among) two (or more) things. One may end by drawing some conclusion from these similarities or differences. Contrast: Set two (or more) things in opposition in order to bring out the differences between (or among)them. Again, draw some conclusion from these differences. Criticize: Make a judgment on the merits of a position, theory, opinion or interpretation concerning some subject. One must support ones judgment with a discussion of relevant evidence.Critic must remain equal or superior and should emphasize upon the area of improvement. Defend: Provide one side of an argument and offer reasons for the opinion held. Define: State as precisely as possible the meaning of some word, phrase, or concept. Develop the definition in detail. Describe: Give a detailed account of something. Where UPSC subjects are concerned, this account will typically be step-by-step, with the emphasis on cause and effect. Evaluate: Appraise something, rendering a judgment on its truth, usefulness, worth, or validity. Support the evaluation with relevant factual evidence. Explain: Clarify something and provide reasons for it. Identify: Define or characterize names, terms, things, places, events or other phenomenon. Illustrate: Provide an effective example of some stated point, principle, or concept. Outline: Show the main features of some event, concept, idea, theory, or the like. Please omit the details. Often such an answer will be in outline rather than narrative form. Pros & cons: A more specialized form of evaluate. List and discuss the positives and negatives about a certain position, idea, event, theory, or the likes. Relate: Narrate an observation or set of observations thereby emphasize the relation of one observation to another, especially focusing on cause and effect. Review: Survey a subject. This is much like an outline, but put in narrative rather than list or outlines form. State: Present the answer briefly and clearly, usually using a simple declarative sentence: Such-

and such are such-and-such. Summarize: Give a concise account of major points, ideas, or events. Skip details and examples. Trace: Follow an event, theory, or idea to its origin. The form of this response is generally: The origin of A is XYZ. Then the rest of the answer continues by elaborating on XYZ and moves forward to A. All the best! Play well! :)

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