2025 KS BULL - Issue 1

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KS Bull 2025 Issue 1 © Raffles Institution 2 CONTENTS 2024 Year 6 GP Prelim | Paper 1 ‘Only powerful nations have a significant voice in global affairs.’ Discuss. 1 Pan Haotian | 24A01B 5 2 Chua Yu Jie | 24A01B 8 To what extent should the state interfere in the private life of its citizens? 3 Ernest Tan En-rae | 24S03M 12 ‘Technology has given us a false sense of hope in solving problems.’ To what extent is this true? 4 Dhruv Manoj | 24S06G 16 2024 Year 6 GP Prelim | Paper 2 5 Passages: “Climate change” 19 6 Jennifer Jing Jia Yi | 24A01A 22 7 Phua Yong Xuan Addison | 24S03F 24 2024 Year 6 GP Promo | Paper 2 8 Passages: “Pet ownership” 26 9 Chan Shun Hang Isaac | 25A01B 29 10 Lin Jiarui | 25S06D 31

KS Bull 2025 Issue 1 © Raffles Institution 3 2024 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 1 | Question 1 Critically assess the view that we cannot know anything about the external world. 11 Michelle Lee Rui Ling | 24A01A 33 2024 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 1 12 Passage: “Contemporary art” 36 13 Emma-Ruth Oh | 24S07A 38 2024 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 2 14 Passage: “Government-funded environmental initiatives” 41 15 Lee Yu Zhe | 24A01A 42 16 Soh Jun Hee | 24A01A 44 2024 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 3 17 Passage: “Lack of equality and inclusivity” 46 18 Arunmozhi Vikneswari | 24S06F 47 2024 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 4 19 Passage: “Being a winning corporation” 49 20 Michelle Lee Rui Ling | 24A01A 50 21 Soh Jun Hee | 24A01A 52

KS Bull 2025 Issue 1 © Raffles Institution 4 2024 Year 5 KI Promo | Question 2 ‘Science is simply consensus.’ Discuss the implications of this view on the nature and construction of scientific knowledge. 22 Pan Wan Ting Christina | 25S06C 54 2024 Year 5 KI Promo | Question 4 ‘The validity of knowledge depends on the methods used.’ Discuss with reference to the nature and construction of knowledge in two fields. 23 Wong E Jeh | 25S06N 56 2024 Year 5 KI Promo | Question 5 24 Passage: “How a society is constructed” 60 25 Wong E Jeh | 25S06N 62 Editorial Team 66

KS Bull 2025 Issue 1 © Raffles Institution 5 1 2024 | Y6 | GP Prelim | Paper 1 | Question 4 Pan Haotian | 24A01B ‘Only powerful nations have a significant voice in global affairs.’ Discuss. The statement that only powerful nations have a significant voice in global affairs is an aphor