BESC-131 · December 2022 · English
IGNOU BESC-131 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
EDUCATION : CONCEPT, NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES
Structured previous year question paper for BESC-131, December 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 2
Verified: 10 Aug 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (GENERAL)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2022
BESC -131 :EDUCATDN :CONCEPT,NATURE
AND PERSPECTWES
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt five questions in ail. All questions
carry equal marks. Choose at least two
questions from each Section. The word limit
for the answers of 20 marks question is
500 words and for 10 marks question is
250 words.
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Section—A
Q1.Discuss, with examples, how education is differentiated from schooling, learning, instruction, training, teaching and indoctrination.
Q2.Explain the scope of education from the viewpoint of major focus of the study of knowledge.
Q3.Explain the concept of Naturalism as a school of thought and its aims of education, curriculum and methods of teaching.
Q4.Write short notes on any two of the following :
(a) Formal and non-formal education
(b) Aims of education as suggested by Jiddu Krishnamurti
(c) Aims of education as suggested by John Dewey
(d) Types of social mobility
Section—B
Q5.Explain the concept of Socialisation. Discuss the role of school and community as agencies of socialisation of the child. 20 [3] BESC -131
Q6.Describe essential features of experimental method with its merits and demerits.
Q7.Explain the concept of personality. Discuss theories of personality as given by Allport and Freud.
Q8.Write short notes on any two of the following :
(a) Social aim of education
(b) Differentiate between face-to-face and online education
(c) Curriculum followed in the Vedic system of education
(d) Aims of education as suggested by Swami Vivekananda [6] BESC -131