Exam Details

Subject Religions Of The World
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelors Degree Programme
Department School of Social Work (SOSW)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Define Religion. Lay down the foundations of religious belief.
OR
What do you understand by religious pluralism? State various responses to the experience of religious pluralism.

2. Elaborate as to why Christianity is considered essentially a community based religion.
OR
Give an account of the underlying principles of Tribal religions.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each

Comment on Worship, Cult and Festivals in Shintoism.

Elaborate the beliefs and practices of Judaism.

Explain the moral teachings of Jainism.

Explain the main beliefs of Islam.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each

Explain the understanding of God in Sikhism.

Comment on the Buddhist understanding of human destiny.

Explain Zoroastrian ethics.

Elaborate on the concept of 'Reciprocity' in Confucianism.

Explain the belief in 'after-life' in Taoism.

Explain Jnana Marga of Hinduism.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:

Aparigraha

Guru Granth Sahib

Deism

Navjote

Ren

Teh

Hajj

Zionism


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

  • Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy
  • Contemporary Western Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Indian Philosophy :Part I
  • Indian Philosophy-Ii
  • Logic: Classical And Symbolic
  • Metaphysics
  • Modern Western Philosophy
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Religions Of The World
  • Tribal And Dalit Philosophy