PLEASE MATCH YOUR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR SESSION
IGNOU MPYE-08 (December 2025 – June 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Write an essay on the concept of ‘Tad Ekam’.
Or
Explain and evaluate satkaryavada of Samkhya philosophy.
2. Explain and examine four kinds of cause in Aristotle’s metaphysics.
Or
Write a note on the scope and limit of Metaphysics.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) How does Nyaya philosophy prove asatkaryavada?
b) Evaluate Samkara’s concept of reality.
c) Discuss and evaluate the idea of role of potency in evolution.
d) What is free will? Critically evaluate the notion of free will.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Evaluate the idea of substance of Aristotle.
b) What is sufficient and necessary reason? Distinguish them with some examples.
c) Write a note on Brahmaparinamvada.
d) In what sense will you define beauty? Give some arguments for subjective and objective understanding of the concept of beauty.
e) Write a note on Carvaka’s metaphysics.
f) Write a note on the idea of Dasein.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Samavaya
b) Becoming
c) Prime mover
d) Sufficient Condition
e) Being as Agape (Love)
f) Being as Spontaneous Notion
g) Exemplary Ontological Truth
h) God in Ramanuja’s philosophy
IGNOU MPYE-08 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain and evaluate satkaryavada of Samkhya philosophy.
Or
Critically evaluate the idea of substance inVaisheshika School of Indian Philosophy.
2. What is cause? Critically examine four kinds of cause in Aristotle’s metaphysics.
Or
Write a note on the scope and limit of Metaphysics.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) What is free will? Critically evaluate the notion of free will.
b) What is arthakriya-samvada? Write a note on the Yogachara’s perspective on arthakriya-samvada.
c) Evaluate Samkara’s concept of reality.
d) Discuss and evaluate the idea of role of potency in evolution.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Write a note on Brahmaparinamvada.
b) Write a short essay on kinds of relation.
c) What is the meaning of ‘Being as the principle of limitation’? Explain briefly.
d) In what sense will you define beauty? Give some arguments for subjective and objective understanding of the concept of beauty.
e) What is sufficient and necessary reason? Distinguish them with some examples.
f) Write a note on Carvaka’s metaphysics.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Actuality
b) Exemplary Ontological Truth
c) Metaphysics
d) Dasein
e) The Principle of Excluded Middle
f) Logical Truth
g) Being as Spontaneous Notion
h) Samavaya




