Question

Year

“Aristotle was a great but not grateful student of Plato” comment

2010

Short Note: Platonic and Aristotelian paradigms.

2011

Give a critical analysis of Aristotle’s classification of Governments.

2016

What is the Aristotelian classification of state?

2021

Question

Year

Discuss Plato’s contribution to the History of Political Thought.

2009

“Plato intended to build an institution for the scientific study of politics and training of statesman”. Elaborate.

2012

Critically examine the concept the “Justice” by Plato.

2014

Short Note: Philosopher King

2015

Critically analyze the salient features of Plato’s Republic. Do you think that some of its features are valid, even today?

2018

Discuss in detail Plato’s concept of Justice

2022

Question

Year

Examine Montesquieu’s Theory of Separation of Powers. Why has he been called the Aristotle of the eighteenth century? Discuss?

2009

“Montesquieu with all his faults and irregularities is the father of modern historical research”. Explain and discuss.

2012

Examine Montesquieu’s Theory of Separation of Powers. Why has he been called the Aristotle of the eighteenth century? Discuss?

2013

. Examine Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers. Why has he been called “Aristotle” of the eighteenth century? Discuss.

2020

Question

Year

Short Note: Appreciation and criticism of Rousseau’s theory of General Will.

2009

Discuss Locke and Hobbes’ perspectives on the “State of Nature”.

2011

Short Note: Rousseau’s theory of General will.

2012

Critically analyze the social contract theory of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.

2013

Critically examine the concepts of Hobbes and Locke about the ‘Social Contract.’

2015

Compare and contrast the different political philosophies of Hobbes and Locke. How are these philosophies implemented in present-day political systems and policymaking?

2017

What is the concept of the State of Nature as given by Thomas Hobbes? Make its comparison with the Social Contract as presented by John Locke and Rousseau

2018

Critically analyze the Social Contract Theory of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau

2020

What is the difference between Rousseau’s notion of ‘the state of nature’ and that of Hobbes and Locke?

2021

Illustrate the Hobbesian concept of a limited right to revolution

2022

Question

Year

Short note: Mao’s views on Individualism.

2009

Question

Year

“Is it correct to call Machiavelli a citizen of all states and contemporary of all ages?” Argue.

2010

Is it correct to say that Machiavelli was an apostle of Power Politics?

2016

Question

Year

Examine the view that the Hegelian spirit is nothing but the evolution of human consciousness to the realization of political maturity for global human co-existence.

2019

Examine the view that the Hegelian spirit is nothing but the evolution of human consciousness to the realization of political maturity for global human co-existence.

2020

Question

Year

Marx’s historical materialism is the application of dialectical materialism to explain historical events, processes and developments in society. Elaborate.

2011

Short Note: Marx’s theory of Class Struggle

2013

“Equal distribution of wealth”, explain this statement in the light of Marx’s philosophy

2015

According to Marx “the mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political and spiritual process in life”. Elucidate.

2017

Short Note: Marx’s theory of Class Struggle

2020

Describe in detail Karl Marx’s view on class, state, and religion.

2022

Question

Year

Critically appreciate Al-Ghazali’s theory of Khilafat

2011

What are Al-Ghazali’s pre-requisites for becoming Khalifa

2023

Question

Year

Discuss the Theory of Kingship as propounded by Nizamul-Mulk Tusi.

2009

Question

Year

“Al-Mawardi brought the constitutional theory of Islam in line with the political reality of his time.” Discuss this with reference to his views on ‘Khilafat’ and ‘Wizarate’.

2010

Describe Al-Mawardi’s theory of Imamate.

2016

Compare and contrast the concepts of the executives presented by Muslim thinkers Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, and Shah Waliullah.

2022

Question

Year

Short Note: Ideal State of Al Farabi

2010

Short Note: Al-Farabi’s theory of the state.

2012

Discuss in detail the concept of “Raisul Awwal” by Al-Farabi.

2014

Compare and contrast the concepts of the executives presented by Muslim thinkers Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, and Shah Waliullah.

2022

Question

Year

Short Note: Iqbal’s views on Ijtehad

2010

Short Note: Iqbal’s concept of Millet.

2011

Discuss Allama Iqbal’s concept of “Khudi”

2013

Compare the concepts of Millat & Territorial Nationalism by Iqbal.

2014

Write a detailed essay on the principle of Ijtihad in Islam as given by Allama Iqbal. How it can be made possible in the modern age?

2018

Expound Iqbal’s vision for the rise of Muslims in South Asia in the era of colonialism.

2023

Question

Year

Ibn-Khaldun perhaps was the first philosopher to realize the relevant importance of economics to politics. Discuss.

2012

Short Note: Ibn-Khaldun’s concept of Asbiyah

2013

Discuss in detail Ibne Khaldun’s concept of ‘Asbiyah’

2015

Discuss the upward and downward development of state, rulers and ruled in the socio-political thought of Ibn Khaldun

2017

Write a detailed note on the concept of Asbiyah as given by Ibn-e-Khaldun. What is its significance in the progress and decline of nations?

2018

Short Note: Ibn-e-Khaldun’s concept of Asbiyah

2020

Ibn I Khaldun while acknowledging the external factors, emphasizes more on the internal systemic factors as decisive for the decline of states. Elaborate.

2021

Question

Year

Explain the socio-political thought of Shah Waliullah which is greatly ingrained in his religio-philosophical thought.

2021

Compare and contrast the concepts of the executives presented by Muslim thinkers Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, and Shah Waliullah.

2022