Exam Details

Subject World Religions
Paper
Exam / Course M.A. PHILOSOPHY (MAPY)
Department School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the Christian concept of human person. How is free will related to the problem of evil in Christianity? Discuss.
OR
Explain in detail the six articles of faith in Islam.

2. Make a critical analysis of Jaina epistemology.
OR
Delineate the supreme goals of life (Purushartas) according to Hinduism.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 250 words each:

What are the basic principles of faith in Judaism? How does Judaism conceive the notion of God

Explain in detail the Jaina concept of liberation?

Write a detailed note on the four noble truths of Buddhism.

Discuss elaborately the core beliefs of Christianity.

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

What is Torah?

Which were the major social causes for the emergence of Buddhism as a religion?

What are the pillars of faith in Islam?

Describe the understanding of God in Zoroastrianism.

Discuss briefly the doctrine of momentariness.

What is Sangat in Sikhism?

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

Saviour

The religious Tax (Zakat)

Sarvanam

Brahmacharya

Significance of mysticism in Islam

Right effort

Li(Propriety)

Khalsa Movement


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

  • Dalit Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Gandhian Philosophy
  • Indian Philosophy
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy Of Art (Aesthetics)
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Mind
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Philosophy Of Sri Aurobindo
  • Philosophy Of Technology
  • Research Methodology In Philosophy
  • Tribal Philosophy
  • Western Philosophy
  • World Religions