BPYE-142 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BPYE-142 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY : INDIAN AND WESTERN
Structured previous year question paper for BPYE-142, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL) PHILOSOPHY
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BPYE-142 : SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY : INDIAN AND WESTERN
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt all the five questions. All questions
carry equal marks. Answers to question
nos. 1 and 2 should be written in about
400 words each.
Q1.Discuss in detail the difference between the two Aspects of Liberty—Positive and Negative with suitable examples.
Q2.What are the various dimensions of Swaraj ? Discuss.
Q3.What is secularism ? Discuss and analyse the western idea of the relation between Religion and State.
Q4.What is institutionalized torture ? Critically analyse the arguments given to justify institutionalized torture.
Q5.Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each :
(a) What is Affirmative Action Policy ? What are the arguments given to justify the same ? 10
(b) What is Privacy ? What are the arguments given against the idea of Privacy ? 10
(c) Differentiate between Civic and Ethnic Nationalism with suitable examples. 10
(d) Discuss the basic principles of Democracy.
Q6.Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Write a note on Ambedkar’s idea of Positive Discrimination. 5
(b) Discuss Tagore’s criticism of Nationalism. 5
(c) What is Dworkin’s Ambition Sensitive Method ? 5
(d) Write a note on Dialectical Materialism. 5
(e) Write a note on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. 5
(f) Write a note on the difference between Moral and Legal Rights.
Q7.Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each :
(a) Distributive Justice 4
(b) Civil Liberty 4
(c) Feminist critique of Privacy 4
(d) Representative Democracy 4
(e) Individualism 4
(f) Renaissance 4
(g) Alienation 4
(h) Migration 4 2?