Exam Details

Subject Political Theory
Paper
Exam / Course Master in Political Science
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What is democracy? Elaborate the types of democracy with examples.

2. Critically evaluate the Rawlsian notion of justice.

3. 'Power and authority are conceptually interdependent'. Do you agree? Elaborate.

4. Critically evaluate Satyagraha as a model of civil disobedience.

5. What are the causes of political violence? Discuss.

6. Evaluate the contribution of the Frankfurt School to political theory.

7. Assess the contribution of Mao Zedong to the concept of contradiction.

8. What are the characteristic features of Conservatism? Explain.

9. Critically evaluate the Social Communication theories of Nationalism.

10. 'The theory of Multiculturalism has serious conceptual and empirical deficiencies'. Do you agree with this view? Elaborate.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Australia's Foreign Policy
  • Canada Politics and Society
  • Comparative Politics Issues and Trends
  • India and the World
  • India: Democracy and Development
  • International Relations: Theory and Problems
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Political Theory
  • Social and political Thought in modern India
  • Social Movements and Politics in India
  • State & Society in Latin America
  • State and Society in Africa
  • State and Society in Australia
  • State Politics in India
  • The European Union in World Affairs
  • Western Political Thought (From Plato to Marx)