GREENRIDGE 4E5NA SS O_Level Prelims 2019 LORMS

GSS O Level Prelim 2019 Suggested LORMS SECTION A (SBCS) (a) Study Source A. What can you infer from the photograph? Explain your answer, using details from the source. [5] Source A: A photograph taken at a local market in India, Jan 2017. *Paytm is a digital payments platform that allows people in India to pay for goods without using cash. Level Level Description Mark L1 Eg. Describe the source/provenance without detecting valid message(s). The source shows a market in India. 1 L2 Eg. Literal Interpretation. I can infer that India is going cashless. 2 L3 Eg. Valid Inference with reference to the digitalisation of traders/sellers/businesses. [Award additional mark for more developed answer] I can infer from the photograph that India’s farmers / vegetables traders are technologically savvy. This is evident from the source in which many of the traders put up notices that read “Paytm accepted here”. This shows that the traders have shifted away from the traditional cash trading method, and are taping on the advancement of technology to include digital payments as a mode of transactions. 2 – 3 L4 Eg. Valid I nference with reference to the positive impacts of / positive reactions towards digitalisation OR success of demonetisation. [Award additional mark for more developed answer] I can infer that India is turning into a cashless society and it is benefiting the country. This can be seen in the source in which even sellers at a market is using digital payment platform such as “Paytm” to allow people to do transactions conveniently. This shows that the country is advancing and it will bring about many benefit such as convenience and less crimes. OR I can infer that shops and people in India has begun to accept and support digitalisation. This can be seen in the source in which sellers in a market are promoting payment using “Paytm”. This means that people in India accept the government’s move to make India cashless and they are embracing /receptive with the move. OR I can infer from the photograph that the demonetisation has been effective in pushing India to become a cashless society. This can be seen in the source in which in a short span of 2 to 3 months since demonetisation, many traders such as the vegetables sellers in the picture, are tapping on the digital technology to manage the shortage of cash. The sellers put up notices that they accept paytm, which is a digital payment platform. This means that demonetisation has e ncouraged Indians to transact without using cash, and this will allow the government to better monitor the economic activities in India. 4 – 5

2 GSS O LEVEL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019 4E/5NA Humanities (Social Studies) 2272/01, 2273/01 (b) Study Source B. Is the cartoonist a supporter or an oppo