ESSAY Model Answers – 2023

HOOK: QUOTE

“Our best capacity is realized only with a strong opponent”

Mohd Ali

BACKGROUND

• We can write the story of how the Vietnamese safeguarded their country from American Assaults in the war.
• Story of our freedom struggle can be a background (history)
• Any current affairs dimension – solar as a solution to energy security
• An opinion – to not to align with any block and stay independent
• An idea – Need or a desire to free ourselves from the colonial rule
• A realization that I am not born to be a slave, but to be master of my own destiny.

THESIS STATEMENT

1. We don’t value our adversaries in life. We look at them as obstacles, not realizing that they are the reason for our growth and rise from shadow.
2. Everything that a man has discovered is a result of thinking in the presence of an opponent.

DIMENSIONS

• IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN OPPONENT IN ONES LIFE
• VALUING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE OPPONENT
• ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF THE OPPONENT AND COUNTERING STRATEGY
• WHEN DOES THINKING START – WILLINGNESS TO DO OR NOT TO DO. We need to make a choice.
• THINKING STARTS WITH A BELIEF THAT I CAN DO IT
• THINKING HELPS US TO DEFINE OUR PLAN, STRATEGIZE AND EXECUTE
• OPPOSITE TEAM – COULD BE A PERSON, A CHALLENGE, A SITUATION OR EVEN THE CAPACITY TO FIND A REASON FOR AN ACTION

CONCLUSION

• GIVE POINTS RELATED TO US THAT WE THOUGHT AND WE DID
• GIVE POINTS RELATED TO US THAT WE ARE THINKING AND ARE GOIND TO DO

HOOK:

“An effort to bring a major change in the absence of intuition and logic is like going on a road trip without a map”

BACKGROUND

• Give the dimension of success of swachh bharat abhiyaan ‘
• Give the idea of visionary decision to land on moon
• We can Talk about out vision to rise as a voice of the south

THESIS STATEMENT

• “Our ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning, if supported by logic, can bring miracles”
• “Many a times in our life, if logic fails, intuition helps, but if both intersect at a common point then there is no looking back”
• Every big success, if seen closely, is an intersection of intuition and logic

DIMENSIONS

• INTUITION AND LOGIC ARE PARTS OF DECISION MAKING. ALL IT ENTAILS IS PROCESSING INFORMATION AND MAKING JUDGEMENTS.
• INTUITION CAN HELP US TO TAKE QUICK DECISIONS. LOGIC HELPS US TO BE OBJECTIVE.
• HOW TO DEVELOP INTUITION ?
• HOW TO DEVELOP LOGIC ?
• THE ART OF BALANCING THE BOTH
• ITS OK IF THEY ARE COMPLEMENTARY – BUT WHAT IF THEY ARE CONFLICTING?
• RECOGNITION PRIMED DECISION (RPD)
• MAKING OTHER ACCEPT YOUR INTUITION AND LOGIC

HOOK:

            “Half of the discoveries in the world are a work of wanderers-From America to India”

BACKGROUND

• Story of discovery of America and India. Some other scientific inventions can also be taken.

THESIS STATEMENT

• All that is gold does not glitter.
• Not all those who wander are lost;
• The old that is strong does not wither,
• Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

DIMENSIONS

• Wandering need not be physical only, it can be mentally and spiritually as well
• Wandering can also mean the courage to take a path least preferred
• Readiness to face opposition
• The ability to accept new things, some known some unknown
• Holding an opposing viewpoint need not always mean being wrong
• We can communicate to ourselves the best while wandering
• The ability to connect with the nature is the best while wandering
• Wandering may seem direction less, but it may lead to beautiful destinations
• Wandering can also help us to disconnect with the thoughts influencing our actions
• Wandering can also give peace of mind.

HOOK:

            “We kill a girl with restrictions and boys with expectations”

“The day a girl can walk without fear at midnight – India will celebrate its real independence” Gandhi

BACKGROUND

• Different fields of restrictions and expectations
• The iron curtains of gender biases (Field of Science/Defence)
• A must required ?

THESIS STATEMENT

• The fixation of the roles of a girl and a boy based on historical construct is itself flawed and reduces a society to a time clock.

DIMENSIONS

• We are chained by our own inabilities than strengths
• The boundaries of restrictions and expectations
• The scope of these restrictions and expectations
• The burden of history and culture
• Even in the absence, the burden of judgement
• The courage to face the restrictions and rise above the expectations
• The cost of restrictions and expectations (individual/societal)
• The audacity to not pass the same to the next generation
• The limitations created by these expectations
• Are these restrictions rightful?
• The moral compass of the restrictions and the societal role in its determination
• Is the society taken as an excuse-or it is the society to be blamed

HOOK:

            “The progress of a society can be measured more from justice than Charity”

BACKGROUND

• Justice to the voiceless. Women Reservation Bill
• Rights of the Minorities
• Traditional Forest Dwellers
• The rightful place for animals in the society
• The right of environment

THESIS STATEMENT

• The idea of justice is a pre-cursor to the idea of charity
• The requirement of charity is a reflection of injustice
• Charity is a duty and not a favour, as the society has failed to earn justice to the needy.

DIMENSIONS

• The responsibility to ensure justice
• Having the strength to say its not charity but an effort to undo injustice
• Justice as a matter of right
• The societal idea of justice.
• Interlinking of justice and charity – the presence of one, negates the need of other.
• The role of historical events in coming to a common ground on what is justice
• The willingness at least to give charity
• Individual/familial/societal/national/international/humanitarian
• Education/Job perspective
• The right to choose a path of life – be it education/relationship/job etc
• Ethical quotient of justice

HOOK:

            “TRUTHFUL/RIGHTFUL EDUCATION CREATES AN ETERNAL BOND WITH THE SUBJECT AND THE SOCIETY”

BACKGROUND

• HISTORICAL CONSTRUCT
• THE IDEA OF DUTY

THESIS STATEMENT

• EDUCATION IN ESSENCE IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
• EDUCATION EMPOWERS YOU TO USE IT AS A TOOL TO INTERACT WITH THE SOCIETY
• IT HELPS TO IMPROVE YOUR OUTLOOK TOWARDS SOCIETY AND PEER GROUP FROM A NEUTRAL PERSPECTIVE

DIMENSIONS

• THE IDEA OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND LITERACY
• THE ETERNITY OF THE EDUCATION
• ABILITY TO HANDLE CRITICAL SITUATIONS
• LOOKING AT IT AS A SOURCE FOR IMPROVEMENT RATHER THAN ACCOMPLISHMENT
• THE ACCEPTANCE FOR A CHANGE AND ITS CONTINUATION EVEN AFTER COMING OUT OF THE CONTROL BUTTON
• THE NEED TO UNLEARN TO LEARN
• NOT AN END IN ITSELF, BUT A MEANS TO IT

HOOK:

“There is no study in the world which brings into more harmonious action all the faculties of the mind than [mathematics],”

James Joseph Sylvester

BACKGROUND

• Importance of Mathematics in society
• Any action not supported by mathematics – creates ripples that remain for ever

 THESIS STATEMENT

• The object of pure mathematics is that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

DIMENSIONS

• Be it economic, social or political – if the reasons is not based on mathematics, it is bound to fail. Give examples
• Mathematics – supersedes all opinion
• The chances of failure are minimal, if decision are taken based on reasoning supported by mathematics than just based on intuition
• Reasoning and intuition – the magical pairing
• Mathematics can help us prepare for any eventuality
• One must be mindful not to be driven purely by math – but with a combination of math and logic
• The societal norms at times precede reasoning based on math
• The importance of timing with math – math is a failure if not timed well
• The burden of mathematics is also fatal