IGNOU BPYC-101 Assignment 2026
Introduction to Philosophy: Perspectives, Issues and Early History
Last updated by IGNOU: 31 Aug 2026. Guide written from the official PDF on 19 Oct 2026, 05:13 pm.
About the BPYC-101 assignment
The BPYC-101 assignment covers early Indian and Western philosophy, including Upaniṣadic ideas, consciousness, liberation, ancient Greek thinkers, ethics and metaphysics. The PDF identifies it as an assignment for the June and December 2026 term-end examinations.
There are five compulsory main questions, each worth 20 marks. Questions 1 and 2 offer alternatives and require answers of about 400 words each. Question 3 requires two answers of about 200 words each, Question 4 requires four answers of about 150 words each, and Question 5 requires five short notes of about 100 words each.
What the assignment asks
| Question | Marks | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | 20 | Discuss the self and its realization in the Katha Upaniṣad, or examine the central theme and account of the universe in the Nāsadīya Sūkta. |
| Question 2 | 20 | Explain the Mānḍukya Upaniṣad’s four states of consciousness, or answer two parts on early Ionian views of the universe’s basic substance and the central concerns of medieval Western philosophy. |
| Question 3 | 2*10=20 | Choose two topics from Zeno of Elea’s contributions, the philosophical foundations of the Rāmāyana, the Socratic connection between virtue and knowledge, and the main branches of philosophy. |
| Question 4 | 4*5=20 | Choose four topics from Vaidic views of liberation, Pythagorean ethics, Buddhist metaphysics, Stoic ethics, Aristotle’s understanding of God and the main features of Sophist philosophy. |
| Question 5 | 5*4=20 | Write notes on five topics chosen from Parmenides’ Being, Tajjalaniti, Thales, Śunyavāda, Cynicism, Lokāyata, Rationalism and Videha-mukti. |
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