B.A. ( VI Semester) Examination
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper: BPOL-609
(Political Thought)
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Notes: (i) Answer all questions.
(ii) The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
1. Answer any five of the following questions: 2x5=10
(a) What is class struggle?
(b) What ids dialectics according to Hegel?
(c) Mention any two books written by Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Mention basic elements of State according to Kautilya.
(e) Define historical materialism.
(f) What is social justice according to B.R. Ambedkar.
2. Answer any four of the following questions: 5x4=20
(a) “State is the march of God on earth’. Discuss.
(b) Explain Marxian concept of historical materialism.
(c) Explain Saptanga Theory.
(d) Discuss various techniques of Satyagraha
(e) Discuss B.R. Ambedkar’s view on equality.
(f) Explain Spy system of Kautilya
3. Answer any five questions 10x5=50
(a) Critically examine Hegelian concept of dialectics.
(b) Discuss Marxian concept of class struggle.
(c) Explain the political ideology of Kautilya.
(d) Explain Gandhian concept of Ahimsa.
(e) Discuss the concept of social justice according to B.R. Ambedkar.
(f) Explain Gandhian concept of Satyagraha.
(g) Discuss the various features of State as propounded by Hegel.
