Mains Answer Writing: Understanding question descriptors & task words

An essential aspect of answering questions in mains is understanding the instruction verbs that accompany questions. There are basically 4 categories of such task words or question descriptors: 1. Description types that demand very superficial listing or enumeration 2. Explanation types that expect answers to be explanatory or analytical but not deep with rigour. Simple explanations without the debates or discussions 3. Evaluative types that demand a detailed discussion with reference to some concepts and theories 4. Comment types-that elicit ones' opinions on issues that have multiple views Students should also be careful in reading the demand of the questions in relation to words limit prescribed for the question. I have been running a channel for supporting students for Mains preparation. You are encouraged to write answers while we help you with model answers and answer skeletons. Please join me at https://t.me/WithShabbir. For essays support you are encouraged to join on my Essays channel. I am running '7 weeks to essays' program is designed to address how you can manage and develop your content for essays preparation. It is offered for free on my telegram channel- https://t.me/ShabbirEssays. For Geography (Optional) preparation, join me at https://t.me/Geographywithshabbir