BPYC-101 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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Assignments for TEE December 2025 and For TEE January 2026
(BAFYUP Philosophy)
BPYC-101
Introduction to Philosophy: Perspectives, Issues and Early History

Note: 1) Give Answer of all five questions.

2) All five questions carry equal marks

3) Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.

4) If any question has more than one part, please attempt all parts.

1) What is Upanishad? Discuss the central idea of Brahadaranyaka Upanishad.

Or Write a note on the idea of liberation in Jain Philosophy

2) Discuss the philosophical significance of the Nāsadīya Sūkta in the context of metaphysical and epistemological enquiries regarding the origin of the universe in Indian thought.

Or a) Socratic Ethic: Virtue is knowledge b) Philosophical Contributions of Zeno of Elea.

3) Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each.

1. a) What are the Philosophical underpinnings of the Rāmāyana?
2. b) What is the basic substance of the universe according to the early Ionian philosophers?
3. c) What are the main branches of philosophy, and what does each aim to understand?
4. d) Summarize the various concepts of Mokṣa advocated in Vaidic schools.

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

1. a) What are the Metaphysical views of Buddhism? b) What are some philosophical implications of Tajjalaniti?

5 c) What are the main features of Sophist philosophy?

1. d) What is the ethical principle of Pythagoras?
2. e) What is Parmenides’ concept of Being?
3. f) What is Aristotle’s philosophy of God?

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

1. a) Stoic Ethics
2. b) Lokayata
3. c) Videha –Mukti
4. d) Rationalism
5. e) Aranyakas
6. f) Thales
7. g) Cynicism