SCSS 4E 2020 PRELIM AS V3 with MR

1 SCSS 4E PRELIM 2020 ANSWER SCHEME SECONDARY 4E/5N 1 Study Source A. Why did the Prime Minister make this speech? Explain your answer [5] Skill: Inference of purpose LEVEL BAND DESCRIPTORS MARKS L1 ANSWER BASED ON PROVENANCE/DESCRIPTION/MISINTERPRETATION 1 e.g. The Prime Minister made this speech to engage the people during the election rally. L2 ANSWER BASED ON CONTEXT /VALID INFERENCE UNSUPPORTED 2 e.g. The Prime Minister made this speech because there is widespread criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. L3 VALID INFERENCE, SUPPORTED OR INFERENCE BASED ON VALID OUTCOME 3 e.g. The Prime Minister made this speech because he wanted to reassure citizens CAB will have a minimal impact on the those who are Muslims. As stated in the source, the ‘Citizenship Amendment Bill is not going to take away anybody’s citizenship. It is about giving citizenship to those facing discrimination. ’ Therefore, the new law will not strip the citizenship rights of existing citizens, and merely seeks to grant the same rights to foreign immigrants. OR e.g. The Prime Minister made this speech to persuade citizens that the Indian government is impartial, and will see to their citizens’ needs regardless of their religion. This can be seen from how it was mentioned that ‘ our government has built over 15 million houses for the poor. We did not ask for their religion. We just helped the poor and needy’. This shows that the government is fair in its treatment towards all citizens and similarly, the CAB will not allow for the Muslims minorities to be denied of citizenship rights. L4 PURPOSE, WITH AUDIENCE AND OUTCOME 4-5 e.g. Given that there was severe backlash in the form of widespread protests after CAB was announced, the prime minister to made this speech to defend the government’s

2 policy by addressing the criticisms and concerns that the CAB will lead to discrimination of the Muslims. Knowing that the criticisms will erode the level of trust in the government and hence affect his electoral performance in a negative manner, he is leveraging on the political rally as a platform to rebut the arguments that have surfaced, and a ssert his authority so as to regain the support of the citizens, especially those who have spoken out against the implementation of the CAB. In doing so, he hopes that the Indian citizens, especially the critics of the CAB, will be convinced and hence develop a supportive stance towards the CAB, and hence continue to vote him into power during the elections. Marker’s report  Students are generally able to understand that the source is talking about how the CAB is problematic and people are against it.  Some of the students are able to understand the context of the source which is elections and how there is an ulterior motive of getting votes  Misinterpretation of source: PM is criticising the protestors of CAB, PM trying to show that he is a capable leader 2 Study Sources B and C. How similar are these two sources? Explain your answer [7] Skill: Comparison LEVEL BAND DESCRIPTORS MARKS L1 SIMILAR BASED ON PROVENANCE / SOURCE TYPE 1 e.g. The sources are different because one is a photograph and the other contains comments given by a human rights representative. L2 SIMILAR/DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF TOPIC OR CONTENT WITHOUT COMMON CRITERIA/FALSE MATCHING 2 e.g. The sources are similar in terms of discussing the Citizenship Amendment Bill. OR e.g. The sources are different because source C shows that citizens oppose the CAB while source D shows that the CAB ‘discriminates on religious grounds in violation of international law’. L3 SIMILAR/DIFFERENT BASED ON CONTENT UNSUPPORTED i.e. valid common criteria Award 3m for 1 valid match (similarity OR difference) with criterion unsupported. 3-4

3 Award 4m for 2 valid matches (similarity AND difference) with criteria unsupported. e.g. The sources are similar in showing the Citizenship Bill Amendment is not supported by people in India. AND/OR e.g. The sources are diffe rent in terms of the reasons why people are against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. L4 SIMILAR/DIFFERENT BASED ON CONTENT SUPPORTED Award 5m for 1 valid match (similarity OR difference) with common criteria supported. 5 e.g. The sources are similar in showing that there is resistance towards the Citizenship Bill Amendment. In source C, the photograph shows protestors holding up signs which states ‘We oppose CAB’, which highlights the locals’ unsupportive stance towards the amendment. Similarly in Source D, the source states that ‘The Indian government’s claim that the citizenship law aims to protect religious mino rities rings hollow’, which highlights the limitations of the bill in doing what is promised, hence showing the lack of support for the implementation of the bill. AND/OR e.g. The sources are different in terms of the reasons why people are against the Citizenship Amendment Bill . In source C, the protest sign stated ‘Assam is not a dumping ground. Save our ethnicity’, which highlights how the residents are fearful and worried of how the influx of immigrants will potentially dilute the cultural identity o f the region. Conversely, source D is against the CAB because it ‘discriminates on religious grounds in violation of international law’ and that ‘the Indian government is creating legal grounds to strip millions of Muslims of the fundamental right of equal access to citizenship .’. This shows that CAB is being rejected because it can cause the Muslim population to be ostracized as citizenship rights is denied to them. L5 SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT BASED ON CONTENT SUPPORTED Award 6m for 2 valid matches (similarity AND difference) with common criteria supported. 6

4 L6 SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT BASED ON PURPOSE/PERSPECTIVE/TONE (MUST BE WELL EXPLAINED) 7 e.g. Both sources are different in terms of purpose. The purpose of source C is to report on the perspective of the Assam community with regard to the implementation of the CAB. In doing so, the citizens will be more aware of how the CAB will result in the erosion of local cultures, and hence pressure the government into reconsidering the CAB. On the other hand, the purpose of source D is to crit icize the CAB for its violation of citizenship rights for the Muslim minorities, as they are discriminated on the basis of religion. The author is attempting to reach out to the Indian government to reconsider the implementation of CAB, and even pass a new act which will allow all citizens to be granted citizenship rights, regardless of their religion. Marker’s report  A lot of students misinterpreted source B, thinking that the people in the photo are muslims. This affects the common criteria where we have students saying that both sources are talking about CAB’s negative impact on Muslims  However, this is not explicitly shown in source B. There is no indication that they are muslims, only that they are indigenous community.  Students also explained that people are unhappy in source B because CAB will increase the number of immigrants in Assam which would mean lesser jobs and more competition for the people there. This is an assumption as we don’t see this being mentioned in the source. 3 Study Sources D and E. Does Source E prove that the problems shown in source D are baseless? Explain your answer. [6] LEVEL DESCRIPTORS MARKS L1 DESCRIPTION OF SOURCES WITHOUT EXPLANATION 1 L2 ANSWERS BASED ON PROVENANCE/EXPLANATION OF SOURCE D WITHOUT REFERENCE TO E/FALSE MATCHING 2 E.g. Source E does not prove that the problems shown in source D are baseless as it is published by an American author who may not fully aware of the situation in India. L3 PROVE OR DOES NOT PROVE BASED ON CONTENT