IGNOU BPYC-106 Assignment 2026
Social and Political Philosophy
Last updated by IGNOU: 31 Aug 2026. Guide written from the official PDF on 19 Oct 2026, 05:16 pm.
| Course code | BPYC-106 |
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About the BPYC-106 assignment
The BPYC-106 assignment covers social and political ideas, including Swaraj, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice, sovereignty, rights and liberty. It also includes democracy, the state, discrimination, individualism, migration, Marxist concepts and other related topics.
There are five compulsory main questions, each worth 20 marks. Questions 1 and 2 offer alternatives and require about 400 words each. Question 3 requires two responses of about 200 words each, Question 4 requires four responses 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 Gandhi’s understanding of Swaraj, or examine nationalism and its different forms. |
| Question 2 | 20 | Explain secularism in the Indian context, or examine Rawls’ approach to equality and compare it with Sen’s. |
| Question 3 | 2*10=20 | Choose two topics covering justice, sovereignty, negative and positive rights, or liberty and its two aspects. |
| Question 4 | 4*5=20 | Choose four topics from democracy, the state, social discrimination, individualism, migration’s push and pull factors, and dialectical materialism. |
| Question 5 | 5*4=20 | Write notes on five topics selected from gender, privacy, affirmative action, Marx’s concept of alienation, distributive justice, social democracy, Rawls’ difference principle and communism. |
This is a summary of each question. Download the official PDF above for the exact questions and word limits.
How to write and submit it
- Attempt all five main questions; each carries equal marks.
- For Questions 1 and 2, choose one alternative in each and write about 400 words per answer.
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