BESC-131 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BESC-131 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
EDUCATION : CONCEPT, NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES
Structured previous year question paper for BESC-131, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 15 · Sections: 6
Verified: 10 Aug 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (GENERAL)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BESC-131 : EDUCATION : CONCEPT, NATURE
AND PERSPECTIVES
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note: Answer any two questions from
Section A, any four questions from
Section B and any two questions from
Section C.
Section—A
Note: Answer any two of the following
questions in about 500 words each.
2x20=40
Q1.Explain how education is differentiated from schooling, learning, instruction, training, teaching and indoctrination.
Q2.Compare and contrast the aims of education, curriculum and methods of teaching as per Pragmatism and Existentialism.
Q3.Explain the concept of social mobility with special reference to its types and dimensions.
Q4.Describe the scope of Educational Psychology with suitable examples.
Section-B
Note: Write short notes on any four of the
following within 250 words each.
4x12=48
Q5.Elements of democratic aims of education.
Q6.Difference between face-to-face and online education system.
Q7.Aims and methods of teaching during the Vedic period.
Q8.Metaphysics as a branch of Philosophy.
Q9.Aims of education as per Naturalism.
Q10.Nature of social change.
Q11.Peer group as an agency of socialization.
Section-C
Note: Answer any two of the following
questions within 125 words each.
2x6=12
Q12.Discuss strategies for enhancing access and enrolment.
Q13.Characteristics of experimental method of Educational Psychology.
Q14.What is operant conditioning ?
Q15.Explain the Educational implications of creativity. 4x12=48