BPYE-142 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BPYE-142 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY : INDIAN AND WESTERN
Structured previous year question paper for BPYE-142, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 6
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL) PHILOSOPY
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BPYE-142 : SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY : INDIAN AND WESTERN
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note: Answer all the five questions. All
questions carry equal marks. Answer to
Question Nos. 1 and 2 should be in about
400 words each.
Q1.Discuss and analyse John Rawls’ idea of equality.
Q2.Discuss in detail the salient features of Renaissance period.
Q3.What are the moral concerns regarding Torture ? Discuss. 20 According to social identity theory, what are three mental processes which lead to the categorization of people as ‘in-group’ and ‘out-group’ ? Explain.
Q4.Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each : 2x10=20
(a) Write a note on the foundational ideas underlying the concept of democracy. 10
(b) What is the Western idea of Secularism ? Explain. 10
(c) Write a note on the primordial theory of Nationalism. 10
(d) Write a note on the Nozik’s arguments against affirmative action policy.
Q5.Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each : 4x5=20
(a) What is economic Swaraj according to Gandhi ? 5
(b) Write a note on Feminist Critique of Privacy. 5
(c) What is cosmopolitan democracy ? 5
(d) Write a note on the Kinds of Secularism. 5
(e) Write a note on the capability approach of Amarty Sen. 5
(f) What are the moral concerns regarding migration ?
Q6.Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each : 5x4=20
(a) Dialectic Materialism 4
(0) Conciliatory Torture 4
(c)_ Veil of ignorance 4
(d) Legal rights 4
(e) Relation between rights and duties 4
(f) Democracy as a value 4
(g) Communism 4
(h) Ethnic Nationalism 4
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