The question paper for BA Admission Test in Jadavpur University will be in English and the answer should also be written in English. There are previous few years' entrance papers available in their official website which you can download and practice http://admissionas.jdvu.ac.in/juarts/jadavpur/qstn.html
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Saint Augustine of Hippo is the patron saint of ancient philosophy.
His original Latin name was Aurelius Augustinus, and was born on November 13, 354. He died on August 28, 430. His important written works are Confession, and The City of God. In Roman Catholicism he is formally recognised as a doctor of the church.
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Jon Nuttall wrote the book "An Introduction to Philosophy". This book provides clear and incisive discussion of the important areas of philosophy for the students who are new to this subject. The goal of this book is to present philosophy to the newcomers as a living discipline with historical roots. This is a very good and helpful book.
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Admission to MA philosophy is conducted through both entrance exams and also on merit basis. Most of the institute allows graduates of any stream to pursue this course, even engineering, and management. But there are some colleges which permits the students only if they have graduation in philosophy.

So, It depends on which college you are going to do your MA Philosophy.

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Yes, The basic eligibility for pursuing this course i.e Masters in Philosophy is that the student should have cleared their graduation from a recognized institute. You also need to have obtained a minimum of 50% marks in their graduation to study this course in India. Some colleges keep this criterion as just 40%.

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There are many good colleges for philosophy hons. In India but Delhi university has the best for philosophy hons. In whole country, below I'm listing some top colleges of Delhi University for philosophy hons and as well as other universities colleges also;

1. Lady shri ram college for women,(DU) New Delhi

2. Miranda House, (DU) New Delhi

3. Hindu College (DU), New Delhi

4. Hans Raj College (DU), New Delhi

5. Ramjas college (DU), New Delhi

6. Gargi college (Du), New Delhi

7. Loyola College, Tamil Nadu

8. Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka

9. Madras Christian College, chennai, Tamil Nadu

10. Fergusson college, pune, Maharashtra

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Hi Divya agrawal,

As per your requirement we list some college with the same requests you asked.

St.Xavier's College.

Elphinstone College.

Sophia College for Women.

KJ Somaiya College of Arts.

Mithibai College.

Jai Hind College.

DG Ruparel College.

Bhavan's College, Andheri.

Are the Colleges as per your need

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MA Political Science Syllabus;

Candidates need to be acquainted with graduation level course in Political Science and will be tested from the following areas;


Unit I consists of Social and Political Thought of Modern India, Western Political Thought,Concepts and Approaches in Political Theory,

Unit II consists of Constitution and Political Institutions of India,State and Politics in India, Political Processes and Public Policies in India,

Unit III consists of Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations



MA History Syllabus;

Candidates will be tested on the following
1.General comprehension
2.A broad understanding of the social sciences and 3. Themes related to political, economic and social history and on aspects of religion and culture pertaining to Indian and World history for the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods.

MA Sociology Syllabus;

Applicants are expected to have a fair understanding of Social Sciences and Indian Society and Culture Broad themes with the following topics;

1. Thinkers includes that of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, C. Wright Mills, George Herbert Mead, Claude Levi-Strauss, G.S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Iravati Karve, Yogendra Singh, Andre Beteille, T.K. Oommen
2. Basic Concepts and Social Institutions
3. Tools and Techniques of Research Methodology 4. Social Structure and Social Change
5. Social Stratification o Gender, Caste, Class, Tribe, Disability
6. Economy and Society
7. State, Polity and Society
8. Family, Marriage and Kinship
9. Religion
10. Environment and Society
11. Social Movements
12. Social Issues
13. Understanding Indian society
14. Modernization, Globalization and Development

Syllabus for MA Philosophy;


The entrance test will be based in a standard BA (major) Philosophy course taught in UGC accredited Indian universities. Students are expected to be familiar with the following problems, themes, and issues. There are five Sections and questions will be from both Indian and Western philosophical perspective.


Section 1 is of Metaphysics with following topics;

1. Proofs for Existence of God
2. Free Will and Determinism
3. Self and No-self
4. Consciousness
5. Personal Identity
6. Substance and Qualities
7. Being and Becoming
8. Actuality and Potentiality
9. Appearance and Reality
10. Mind and Body Problem
11. Universals
12. Realism and Idealism
13. Essence and existence


Section: II Epistemology Questions with following topics

1. Theories of Truth
2. Theories of Error
3. Gettier Problem
4. Definitions of Knowledge
5. Knowledge by acquaintance
6.Knowledge by Description
7. Sources of Knowledge
8. Skepticism
9. Justification of Knowledge: Foundationalism, Anti-foundationalism, and Coherentism
10. Knowledge that and knowledge How
11. Problem of Induction
12. Apriori Knowledge

Section: III Ethics Questions with following topics

1. Theories of Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, Virtue ethics, Social contract theory, care ethics
2. Theories of Metaethics: Relativism,Non-naturalism, Emotivism, Universal Prescriptivism,
3. Themes of Applied Ethics: Abortion, Euthanasia, Surrogacy, Capital punishment, Animal and Environment ethics
4. Thoughts of Indian ethical tradition: Nature of Dharma,Morksa,Purusharthas, Rta, Rina, and themes from Buddhist and Jaina ethics

Section: IV Symbolic Logic Questions with following topics

1. Inductive Logic consists of Analogical Reasoning, Causal Reasoning , Probability
2. Deductive Logic consists of Categorical proposition , Categorical syllogisms , Symbolic Logic , Methods of Deduction , Quantification Logic
3. Informal Fallacies: Indian and Western
4. Types of Arguments

Section: V is of Social and Political Philosophy with following topics

1. Theories of Justice
2. Liberty and Equality
3.Democracy
4. Feminism
5. Global justice
6. Marginalization and Discrimination
7. Gandhi: Non-violence, Satyagraha, Swaraj, Nationalism, State
8. Ambedkar: Genesis of Caste and Annihilation of Castes
9. Tagore: Nationalism, Education and Religion of Man
10. Amartya Sen: Justice (Niti and Nyaya)