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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 try