MGPE-013 · December 2017 · English
IGNOU MGPE-013 December 2017 Previous Year Question Paper
Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict
Structured previous year question paper for MGPE-013, December 2017 session.
Max marks: 50 · Questions: 11
Verified: 19 Jul 2026
M.A. IN GANDHI AND PEACE STUDIES
8 Term-End Examination
पे December, 2017
MGPE-013 : CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL
- REGIMES AND CONFLICT
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note: Answer any five questions in about 500 words each;
attempt at least two questions from each section; each
question carries 10 marks.
SECTION - I
Q1.Compare and contrast the ideas of Alex de Tocqueville on civil society with that those of Thomas Paine.
Q2.| How did Karl Marx conceptualize civil society ?
Q3.Elaborate your response by comparing the Marx’s notion of civil society with that of Antonio Gramsci.
Q4.“Think globally but act locally”. Comment on this statement.
Q5.Critically evaluate Gandhi's notion of Swaraj.
Q6.| How do you conceptualize ‘the pluralist state’ ? SECTION - If
Q7.| What are main challenges to global peace in the context of a globalizing world ? Elaborate.
Q8.Write a critical essay on Gandhian civil society.
Q9.What are the main mechanisms of exclusion ?
Q10.How did World Health Organization (WHO) conceptualize decentralization ? Elaborate your response.
Q11.Critically evaluate the genesis of peace movement as a phenomenon. MGPE-013 2 amt -