BA (Programme), Semester I, DSC/MDSC-1A

Introduction to Political Theory

100 answers across 8 recent sittings.

Start with December 2025, paper 6538
answers
100
papers
8
topics ranked
9

Every topic, every paper

8 papers from 2023 to 2025, older syllabus included. Open a topic for its marks paper by paper.

Topic232425Papers
  1. Equality8/8
  2. Justice8/8
  3. Protective discrimination and fairness8/8
  4. Public vs private: the feminist perspective8/8
  5. Rights8/8
  6. What political theory is8/8
  7. Liberty7/8
  8. Censorship and freedom of expression6/8
  9. Approaches: normative and empirical3/8

AskedOnly as an OR choiceNot askedCurrent-syllabus paper

Study order

Learn the topics in this order. Each one shows the marks it adds to a 90-mark paper on top of the topics above it, from the 8 current-syllabus papers (February–March 2023, paper 3100 to December 2025, paper 6538). An OR choice counts once. These papers let you choose which questions to attempt, so the running total stops at 90 once the topics you know can fill a paper.

Learn firsteach adds 9 marks or more

  1. 1
    JusticeQ4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q9, Q1016 past questions, 12 h 9 m
    adds +30.430.4
  2. 2
    RightsQ5, Q6, Q7, Q1014 past questions, 10 h 21 m
    adds +25.956.2
  3. 3
    What political theory isQ1, Q2, Q1012 past questions, 9 h 27 m
    adds +22.578.8
  4. 4
    Public vs private: the feminist perspectiveQ6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q1012 past questions, 9 h 27 m
    adds +987.8

Subtotal, 4 topics87.8 of 90 marks

If time allowsunder 3 marks each

  1. 5
    EqualityQ3, Q4, Q5, Q8, Q1012 past questions, 9 h 27 m
    adds +2.290

Total, 5 topics90 of 90 marks

Pick one of each pair

The first topic only comes up as the OR choice against the second, so one of the two is enough.

Also asked, but adding no marks on top of the topics above: Protective discrimination and fairness, Censorship and freedom of expression, Approaches: normative and empirical.

Doing every question in the order once, at exam pace, takes about 50 h 51 m. Averages over past papers, not promises.

Turn it into a day-by-day plan

Not on the ladder not ranked; the reason is against each

Question by question

The topics each question has asked in the 8 current-syllabus papers (February–March 2023, paper 3100 to December 2025, paper 6538).

Question 1

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Question 10

AskedOnly as the OR choiceNot asked