How long the answers are
Optional answers in the bank cover Political Science and International Relations (603 answers), Anthropology (556 answers), Sociology (417 answers), Economics (297 answers), Psychology (194 answers), Geography (18 answers). Lengths follow the GS pattern: about 176 words for a 10-marker and 253 for a 15-marker, with 20-markers at 330. The big difference from GS is how many thinkers, theories and scholars are named.
| Marks | Answers | Avg words | Avg pages | With a diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 marks | 1,021 | 176 | 2.0 | 16% |
| 15 marks | 495 | 253 | 2.9 | 18% |
| 20 marks | 380 | 330 | 3.7 | 26% |
Which directives are asked
Each of the 2,085 questions is counted by its last directive word.
| Directive | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 578 | 28% |
| Discuss | 436 | 21% |
| What / how / why (direct question) | 281 | 13% |
| Explain | 215 | 10% |
| Comment | 157 | 8% |
| Critically examine | 128 | 6% |
| Examine | 114 | 5% |
| Analyse | 61 | 3% |
Recent Optional subjects questions in the bank
Some of the newest questions in the bank that have a topper answer. The full set is 1,825 questions.
| Question | Year | Marks | Answered by |
|---|---|---|---|
| How do mixed-method designs strengthen the validity and reliability of sociological research? | 2025 | 20 marks | Ishan Bhatnagar (AIR 5) |
| 2. (a) Critically assess the differences between Durkheim and Marx on Division of labor. | 2025 | 20 marks | Rajeshwari Suve M (AIR 2) |
| Despite their differences, the liberal and realist approaches to international relations share many common assumptions. Analyse. | 2025 | 20 marks | Zinnia Aurora (AIR 6) |
| How does the debate around the Rawlsian notion of justice have made justice a pluralistic concept? | 2025 | 20 marks | Astha Jain (AIR 9) |
| Q.3) a) Can pressure groups replace political parties in articulating democratic demands? (20 marks) | 2025 | 20 marks | Ujjwal Priyank (AIR 10) |
| How did the behavioural and post-behavioural approaches together contribute to methodological pluralism in political science? | 2025 | 20 marks | Simrandeep Kaur (AIR 15) |
| Liberalism is not a fixed mode of thought but an intellectual movement. Explain. | 2025 | 20 marks | Vikas (AIR 27) |
| Q.4) a) "The quantitative revolution in geography was a methodological turn rather than a philosophical one." Comment. (20 marks) | 2025 | 20 marks | Rohin Kumar (AIR 39) |
How a topper approached it
For each answer, the bank notes how it was built. Two examples:
Opens by defining sociological imagination against common sense, then sets out three numbered ways sociological imagination challenges common sense, the first illustrated with Durkheim's study of suicide, and closes on the dynamic relationship between the two.
How the bank describes Rajeshwari Suve M’s (AIR 2, 2025) answer to: “1. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each. (a) Describe Sociological imagination. How does it challenge the common sensical ways of looking at the”
Opens by classifying scientific methods into two types, then lists four bulleted points on the utility of scientific method in sociological research, each grounded in a named study, and closes on reliability and validity.
How the bank describes Rajeshwari Suve M’s (AIR 2, 2025) answer to: “1. Write notes on the following in about 150 words each. (b) What is the utility of scientific method in sociological research? Describe with examples.”
Whose answers are in the bank
| Topper | Rank | Year | Optional subjects answers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhani | AIR 5 | 2023 | 109 |
| Yaksh Chaudhary | AIR 6 | 2021 | 95 |
| Srushti Deshmukh | AIR 5 | 2018 | 95 |
| Animesh Pradhan | AIR 2 | 2023 | 76 |
| Unknown | – | – | 59 |
| Aishwaryam Prajapati | AIR 10 | 2023 | 57 |
| Animesh Jain | AIR 63 | 2025 | 57 |
| Ishan Bhatnagar | AIR 5 | 2025 | 56 |
Names and ranks are as printed on the published booklets. writeupsc is not linked to these toppers or to the institutes that published the booklets.
Questions
How many Optional subjects answers does writeupsc compare against?
2,085 answers to 1,825 distinct questions, written by 77 toppers between 2018 and 2025. When you upload a Optional subjects answer, writeupsc finds the closest questions in this set and compares what those answers contain with yours.
How long should a Optional subjects answer be?
In the bank, 10-mark Optional subjects answers average 176 words and 15-mark answers 253 words. Write to the printed limit. The marks are in the dimensions and examples, not in the length.
Do toppers draw diagrams in Optional subjects?
19% of the Optional subjects answers in the bank contain a diagram, flowchart, map or table. Draw one when it shows the structure of your answer, not just to fill space.
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