2022
BA (VI Semester) Examination
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper : BPOL–609
( Political Thought )
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Note : 1. Answer all questions.
2. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
1. Answer any five of the following questions : 2×5=10
(a) Write down the title of any two books written by B. R. Ambedkar.
(b) Name the thinkers who influenced Hegel's Philosophy.
(c) What does Karl Marx mean for 'withering away of the State??
(d) Name the elements of State in Kautilya's Saptanga theory.
(e) Write two techniques of Gandhian Satyagraha.
(f) What is the nature of State, according to Marx?
2. Answer any four of the following questions : 5x4=20
(a) Write down the main political ideas of Kautilya.
(b) Discuss the theory of historical materialism.
(c) Write the basic features of the State as propounded by Hegel.
(d) Describe Kautilya's concept of social order.
(e) Write a note on Gandhi's view on nonviolence.
(f) Discuss Ambedkar's view on equality.
3. Answer any five of the following questions: 10×5=50
(a) Explain Ambedkar's view on social justice.
(b) What are the essential principles of Gandhian Satyagraha?
(c) Critically examine Hegel's concept of State.
(d) Give a detailed account of the various 'Adhikaranas' of Arthashastra.
(e) Examine Marx's theory of class struggle.
(f) Discuss the Saptanga theory of Kautilya.
(g) Critically examine the dialectics method of Hegel.
