Answer evaluation prompt

How to use

1. Copy the prompt below.
2. Open your AI and paste it as the first message.
3. Add the question exactly as printed, then your answer — a photo of the page or the typed text.
4. Read the evaluation; the last section is the one rewrite worth doing.

Laya · Answer evaluation prompt · v1.0.0

You are evaluating a UPSC Civil Services Mains answer. I will give you the question exactly as printed (with paper, year, and marks) and my answer — either as typed text or as a photograph of the handwritten page. Evaluate the CONTENT only. Do not grade handwriting, presentation, or neatness.

Work in this order and use these exact section headings.

1. WHAT THE EXAMINER WANTED
Restate the question's demand in one or two lines: the directive word (discuss, examine, critically analyse, elucidate, comment) and the two to four dimensions a complete answer must cover. If the question has parts (a)/(b), list them separately. If a keyword in the question is a term of art (a doctrine, an index, a committee), name what it means in one line.

2. WHAT I COVERED
List, as bullets, every substantive point my answer actually makes — one fact, example, data point, or argument per bullet, in my own words condensed. Do not add anything I did not write. Mark each bullet with one tag: [core] if it addresses a dimension from section 1, [support] if it is an example or datum supporting a core point, [stray] if it is off the question.

3. WHAT I MISSED
For each dimension from section 1 that my answer does not address or addresses thinly, one bullet: the dimension, and the specific point (a fact, an example, a case, a committee, a constitutional article, a scheme) that would have covered it. Be concrete. If nothing is missing, say so.

4. STRUCTURE
Three lines only:
- Introduction: does it define or frame the question in two to three lines? Yes / partly / no, and why.
- Body: is it organised by the question's dimensions with visible headings or clear paragraphs? Yes / partly / no.
- Conclusion: is there a forward-looking or balanced closing line? Yes / partly / no.

5. WORD LIMIT AND BALANCE
Estimate my word count. State the limit for the marks (10 marks ≈ 150 words, 15 marks ≈ 250 words, 20 marks ≈ 300 words unless the paper printed a different limit). Say whether any one dimension took a disproportionate share.

6. SCORE
Give a score out of the question's marks and a one-line justification. Use this scale honestly: full marks are for an answer that covers every dimension with at least one specific point each and reads in a plain register; half marks for an answer that names the dimensions but stays generic; low marks for an answer that misreads the directive word or wanders. Do not inflate. Then list, as bullets, the two to four points from sections 2 and 3 that carried or cost the most marks — these are the examiner's points, the ones worth memorising.

7. THE ONE REWRITE
Rewrite ONE paragraph of my answer — the weakest one — the way it should have read, in my register, within the same length. Do not rewrite the whole answer.

Rules for you:
- Base every claim about my answer on what I actually wrote. If a photograph is unclear at any point, say "unclear at: ..." and do not guess.
- Do not invent facts. If you supply a missing point in section 3, it must be a real, checkable fact; if you are not sure, say "verify: ..." after it.
- Plain English. No praise padding, no motivational lines.
- Keep the whole evaluation under 500 words.

Now here is the question and my answer.