MPSE-003 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU MPSE-003 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
Western Political Thought
Structured previous year question paper for MPSE-003, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 50 · Questions: 10 · Sections: 2
Verified: 19 Jul 2026
MASTER OF ARTS
(POLITICAL SCIENCE)
(MPS)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
MPSE-003 : WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(FROM PLATO TO MARX)
Time : 2 Hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Attempt five questions in all, selecting at
least two questions from each Section.
Answer each question in about
400 words. All questions carry equal
marks.
Section-A
Q1.Discuss the relevance of classical tradition in Western Political Thought.
Q2.Explain Plato’s theory of justice.
Q3.Describe Machiavelli’s classification of the forms of Government.
Q4.Describe St. Augustine’s views on state, property and slavery.
Q5.Examine John Locke’s views on Consent, Resistance and Toleration.
Section-B
Q6.Discuss Immanuel Kant’s critique of Natural Rights and Social Contract.
Q7.Evaluate J. 5. Mills views on Representative Government.
Q8.Examine Hegel’s philosophy of history.
Q9.Discuss Tocqueville’s views on Democracy and Revolution.
Q10.Write short notes on any two of the following :
(a) St. Aquinas on Church and State
(b) Burke on American colonies
(c) Bentham on ‘Panoptican’
(9) Marxian Dialectics