BGS-012 key facts at a glance
- Course: BGS-012 Gender-Based Violence
- Programmes: Bachelor of Arts (Gender Studies) BAGS; Certificate Programme in Gender in Law CGSL
- School: School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS), IGNOU
- Syllabus: 5 blocks, 20 units
- Guess paper: 14 questions (13 long answers + 1 short-notes set), 17 pages
- On this page: 5 full sample answers; 9 more in the complete file
- Papers analysed: 6 term-end papers, June 2023 to December 2025
- Term-end exam: 3 hours, 100 marks, attempt any 5 of 8 questions
- Final result: Term-end exam 70%, assignment 30%
- Order: WhatsApp 9899436384
BGS 012 Solved Guess Paper is a 17-page, 14-question answer file for IGNOU's Gender-Based Violence course, written for the December 2026 term-end exam. It picks the topics that keep coming back in the last six papers and answers each one the way the IGNOU book frames it: definition first, scholar names intact, and a short conclusion to finish.
Why Students Pick This BGS 012 Guess Paper
- BGS 012 Solved Guess Paper with 14 exam-ready questions, each linked to its exact block and unit in the IGNOU book set.
- Answers stay close to the IGNOU book, with exact definitions, scholar names and key dates like PNDT 2003 and ICPD 1994.
- Topics chosen from six term-end papers, June 2023 to December 2025, with each one tagged HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW priority.
- Covers all 5 blocks, from patriarchy and caste to cyber crimes, state-led violence and Block 5 health law short notes.
- Plain, easy English with point-wise answers, quick comparison tables and one clean conclusion line you can recall fast.
- Each 20-mark answer is sized near 450 words, so five full answers fit comfortably in the 3-hour paper without any rush.
- Includes a one-page exam strategy: what to skip, what examiners reward, and how to open each answer to earn easy marks.
- Made for BAGS and CGSL learners sitting the December 2026 term-end exam; order the full file on WhatsApp at 9899436384.
1. What the BGS 012 Solved Guess Paper Gives You
You get 14 exam-style questions with complete answers covering all five blocks of BGS-012, plus an exam strategy page and a six-paper frequency grid.
BGS-012 sits in two IGNOU programmes run by the School of Gender and Development Studies: the Bachelor of Arts (Gender Studies), known as BAGS, and the Certificate Programme in Gender in Law, known as CGSL. The course has 5 blocks and 20 units, and Block 2 alone carries most of the Acts and section numbers you are expected to quote.
We built this file after going through six BGS-012 papers, June 2023 to December 2025, and marking every topic that returned. Patriarchy, caste and same-sex relationships kept turning up; occupational health appeared just once. That pattern decided what made it into the paper and what was left out, so your hours go where the marks usually are.
The answers are written in plain English, short points rather than dense paragraphs. Every 20-mark answer is sized close to 450 words, which is roughly what you can write in the 36 minutes each question gets in a 3-hour paper.
2. BGS 012 Sample Questions with Answers
Five full answers from the BGS 012 guess paper are open below, exactly as they appear in the file. They come from four different blocks, so you can judge how the file handles theory, law and comparison questions before you order.
Feminist perspectives on patriarchy
Question: Define patriarchy. Analyse the liberal, socialist, Marxist and radical feminist perspectives on patriarchy. (about 450 words)
Defining patriarchy
It is the rule of the father.
Patriarchy means male domination. It is a social organisation that holds the main power. The family lives under the head of the family, the patriarch. Feminists use this term for male control over women. Different feminist streams read patriarchy in different ways.
Four feminist perspectives
- Liberal feminism: It grew with capitalism. It says women are rational beings, so they must get equal legal and political rights. It asks for the right to education, jobs, voting and full equality before law. It focuses on the public sphere only.
- Socialist feminism: It links women's problems with poverty and the working class. It believes in slow reform, not sudden revolution. Hannah Mitchell showed how working women suffer twice, at work and at home.
- Marxist feminism: It sees women's oppression through economy and class. Scholars like Heidi Hartmann say capitalism and patriarchy work together. Juliet Mitchell adds family, sexuality and child-rearing to the class idea. Unpaid house-work is seen as a hidden support to capitalism.
- Radical feminism: It calls women's oppression the oldest and most basic of all. It says the interests of men and women are opposite. Women should join in sisterhood, across class and race, and fight patriarchy together.
| Perspective | Main focus | Key demand |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Equal legal rights | Reform within law |
| Socialist | Class and gender | Social justice |
| Marxist | Economy and labour | End the class-capitalist base |
| Radical | Male power itself | Sisterhood and struggle |
Conclusion: Patriarchy is male rule that keeps women down in every sphere. Each feminist stream attacks it differently: through rights, class, economy, or direct struggle.
Why this answer scores: The one-line definition earns marks in the first minute, and the four-row table lets the examiner tick all four perspectives at a glance.
Direct and institutional violence
Question: Discuss the difference between institutional (structural) forms of violence and direct violence. Give examples. (about 450 words)
Institutional and social violence
Direct violence is the kind of violence where the perpetrator of the harm or suffering is discernible.
In direct violence you can see who did the harm. When someone hits or kills another person, that is direct violence.
Institutional or structural violence
- No single doer: Here the harm comes from the rules and set-up of an institution, not one person. The doer is not a clear individual.
- A process, not an event: It gives more power to one group over another, men over women, or dominant castes over marginalised castes. This leads to lower life chances and suffering.
- Example: When government policy destroys local livelihoods and pushes some groups into poverty, that is institutional violence.
- Backed by culture: This violence often has the support of culture. Shared ideas of right and wrong make it look normal.
- Hidden as justified: For example, the belief that love is only between a man and a woman gets written into laws that criminalise homosexuality.
| Point | Direct violence | Institutional violence |
|---|---|---|
| Who does it | A clear person | Rules and structures |
| Nature | A single event | A slow process |
| Example | Hitting, killing | Policy-made poverty |
| Visibility | Easy to see | Masked, seen as normal |
Conclusion: Direct violence has a visible doer; structural violence works through unfair systems. Culture often masks institutional violence and makes it look justified.
Why this answer scores: Comparison questions reward contrast, so the answer closes with a point-by-point table instead of two separate essays.
Domestic violence and penal laws
Question: Discuss the relevance and limitations of penal laws in the context of domestic violence in India. Explain the remedies under the PWDVA, 2005. (about 450 words)
Domestic violence in India
Domestic violence suggests the assertion of power, control and dominance in relationships.
Domestic violence is not only physical. It also covers psychological, financial, sexual and social abuse. In India it is deep-rooted and often seen as 'normal' in marriage.
Penal laws: Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC
- Section 498-A: It punishes cruelty by a husband or his relatives towards a married woman. It was the first big legal step against domestic cruelty.
- Section 304-B: It deals with the death of a married woman within seven years of marriage, linked to dowry demands (dowry death).
- Limitation: Penal laws only punish after the harm. They cannot stop violence or give the woman a home, money or protection. So a wider, civil law was needed.
Remedies under the PWDVA, 2005
- Protection order (Section 18): The magistrate can stop the respondent from contacting or harming the woman.
- Residence order (Section 19): The woman can stay in the shared household; the respondent may be told to leave or pay rent.
- Monetary relief (Section 20): She can claim medical costs, lost earnings and maintenance for herself and children.
- Custody order (Section 21): She can seek custody of her children.
- Right to shared household (Section 17): She has a right to live in the shared home even if she has no title in it.
Conclusion: Penal laws (498-A, 304-B) punish cruelty and dowry death but act only after the harm. The PWDVA, 2005 gives civil remedies (protection, residence, money and custody) to actually help the woman.
Exam note: The IGNOU unit uses IPC numbers, so write those. Since 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has replaced the IPC: cruelty under 498-A now sits in Sections 85 and 86 BNS, and dowry death under 304-B in Section 80 BNS. One bracketed line with the new numbers shows you are current.
Why this answer scores: It splits the question the way the examiner reads it: what penal law does, where it stops, and which PWDVA section fills each gap.
Cyber crimes against women
Question: Discuss the nature of cybercrime against women. Explain the cybercrime-related legislation in India. (about 450 words)
Definition of cybercrime
Cybercrime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, a networked device or a network.
Anderson and Gardener (2015) call cybercrime criminal acts implemented through the use of a computer or other form of electronic communications. The term was first proposed by Sussman and Heuston in 1995.
Key cyber crimes against women
- Cyber stalking: Someone follows a woman's online activity, gathers her information, and threatens or intimidates her.
- Harassment through e-mails: It includes blackmail, threats and bullying using fake ids, which makes the offender hard to catch.
- Online impersonation: Men create fake accounts of women and spread their morphed images.
- Morphing: A woman's picture is tampered with by an unauthorised user, often turned into obscene images.
- Misuse of social sites: Photos are morphed and posted with fake ids along with personal information.
Cybercrime legislation in India
- IT Act, 2000: The first law listing some cyber offences. But it did not cover crimes like cyber stalking well.
- IT (Amendment) Act, 2008: It added key provisions: Section 66C (identity theft), Section 66D (phishing and cheating) and Section 66E (voyeurism).
Conclusion: Cybercrime against women includes stalking, morphing, impersonation and e-mail harassment. The IT Act, 2000 and its 2008 amendment provide the main legal shield against these crimes.
Why this answer scores: Two scholar citations with years sit in the opening lines, which is exactly what the file's exam-strategy page tells you to do.
Political conflict and insurgency
Question: Write your understanding about political conflict and insurgency. Describe the major theories of political conflict. (about 450 words)
Political conflict and insurgency: meaning
Political conflict arises from incompatibility of ideas and beliefs. It needs at least two actors who can communicate, reciprocal measures between them, and a specific issue. Only conflicts that enter the political process become political conflict (Conn, 1971).
Insurgency is a protracted political-military struggle directed toward subverting or displacing the legitimacy of a constituted government or occupying power.
Major theories of political conflict
- Structural theory: Conflict comes from the way society is built. It has a radical (Marxist) side and a liberal side.
- Marxist theory: Conflict grows from class struggle and unequal control over resources.
- Economic theory: Conflict is caused by fights over wealth, land and economic gain.
- Realist theory: Conflict comes from the natural drive of groups and states to seek power.
- Psycho-cultural theory: Conflict grows from cultural differences and group psychology.
- Frustration-anger-aggression theory: When needs are blocked, frustration builds into anger and then aggression.
Conclusion: Political conflict starts when groups' goals clash and enter the political process. Insurgency is a long armed struggle against a government; six main theories explain why conflict occurs.
Why this answer scores: Six theories, one line each: easy to memorise, and the Conn (1971) conditions give the introduction real academic weight.
3. BGS 012 Important Questions: All 14 Topics
The file answers 14 questions: 13 long 20-mark answers and one set of four 5-mark short notes. The table shows what each answer actually covers, so you can see the depth of the nine answers that are not on this page.
| No. | Topic | Block and unit | Priority | What the answer covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Feminist perspectives on patriarchy (Sample 1) | Block 1, Unit 1 | HIGH | Rule-of-the-father definition; liberal, socialist, Marxist and radical readings; comparison table |
| Q2 | Caste, religion and culture in patriarchy | Block 1, Unit 2 | HIGH | Caste as birth-fixed endogamy; purity and pollution; religion as social control; women as culture-bearers |
| Q3 | Direct and institutional violence (Sample 2) | Block 4, Unit 15 | MEDIUM | Visible doer versus structural harm; policy-made poverty; four-point contrast table |
| Q4 | Domestic violence and penal laws (Sample 3) | Block 2, Unit 5 | HIGH | Sections 498-A and 304-B and their limits; PWDVA remedies under Sections 17 to 21 |
| Q5 | Sexual violence and the law | Block 2, Unit 6 | MEDIUM | Sections 375, 376, 354 and 509; Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013; POCSO; Vishakha Guidelines |
| Q6 | Female foeticide and infanticide | Block 2, Unit 7 | HIGH | Son preference; skewed sex ratio; PC and PNDT Act in force from 14 February 2003; CEHAT case |
| Q7 | Women prisoners in India | Block 2, Unit 8 | HIGH | Macaulay Committee (1836 to 1838) roots; eight problems from overcrowding to weak legal aid |
| Q8 | Cyber crimes against women (Sample 4) | Block 2, Unit 9 | HIGH | Stalking, morphing and impersonation; IT Act 2000; 2008 amendment Sections 66C, 66D and 66E |
| Q9 | Communal violence in India | Block 3, Unit 10 | MEDIUM | Engineer (1992) on causes; Partition of 1947; women in riots; Communal Violence Bill 2005 |
| Q10 | Caste-based violence | Block 3, Unit 11 | MEDIUM | Marriage by choice punished; honour killings; Khap panchayats and same-gotra rules |
| Q11 | Political conflict and insurgency (Sample 5) | Block 3, Unit 12 | HIGH | Conn (1971) conditions for conflict; insurgency defined; six theories of conflict |
| Q12 | State-led violence | Block 3, Unit 13 | HIGH | State as an everyday presence; dominant caste and class pressure; police as agents; Manorama case |
| Q13 | Same-sex relationships and law | Block 4, Unit 14 | HIGH | Weiten on sexual orientation; Section 377; Naz Foundation and Suresh Kumar Koushal judgments |
| Q14 | Short notes (any four) | Blocks 4 and 5, Units 16 to 19 | MEDIUM | Reproductive health (ICPD 1994), surrogacy types, LGBTQI+ discrimination, mental health |
4. BGS 012 Topic Frequency Across Six Papers
Two BGS-012 topics appeared in five of the last six papers: caste, religion and culture, and same-sex relationships and law. Patriarchy, cyber crimes and political conflict follow with four appearances each.
The grid below covers the June and December papers from June 2023 to December 2025. If you want to check any row yourself, the original papers sit in our IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper section, and matching them against this table takes about ten minutes.
| Topic | Jun 23 | Dec 23 | Jun 24 | Dec 24 | Jun 25 | Dec 25 | Times | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caste, religion and culture | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | 5 of 6 | HIGH |
| Same-sex relationships and LGBTIQ+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | 5 of 6 | HIGH |
| Patriarchy and feminist perspectives | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | — | 4 of 6 | HIGH |
| Cyber crimes against women | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 of 6 | HIGH |
| Political conflict and insurgency | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | 4 of 6 | HIGH |
| Domestic violence and penal laws | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | — | 3 of 6 | HIGH |
| Female foeticide and infanticide | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | 3 of 6 | HIGH |
| Women in institutions and prisoners | Yes | — | — | Yes | — | Yes | 3 of 6 | HIGH |
| State-led violence | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | 3 of 6 | HIGH |
| Caste system and caste-based violence | — | — | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Violence against communities | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | — | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Direct versus institutional violence | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Communal violence and the 2005 Bill | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | Yes | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Reproductive and sexual health | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Discrimination against LGBTQI+ people | — | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Mental health and distress | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | — | 3 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Sexual violence and laws | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | — | 2 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Surrogacy and the ART Bill | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | 2 of 6 | MEDIUM |
| Constitutional provisions and gender equality | — | — | — | Yes | — | — | 1 of 6 | LOW |
| Occupational health and employment | — | Yes | — | — | — | — | 1 of 6 | LOW |
| Human rights | — | — | — | Yes | — | — | 1 of 6 | LOW |
The priority column is the file's own editorial call, and a few three-time topics are rated HIGH while others with three appearances sit at MEDIUM. The count column is there so you can make your own judgement if your revision time is tight.
5. BGS 012 Syllabus: 5 Blocks and 20 Units
BGS-012 has 5 blocks and 20 units, and the guess paper answers questions from 17 of them. Units 3, 4 and 20 are not covered by a question in the file, so read those directly from the book.
BGS-012 Gender-Based Violence is a 6-credit IGNOU course, taught by the School of Gender and Development Studies with the School of Law, that studies how patriarchy, caste, religion, the state and the law produce violence against women and LGBTIQ+ people. IGNOU lists it in the Certificate Programme in Gender in Law, and it is also studied in the BAGS degree.
Block and unit titles below match the official course listing on eGyanKosh, IGNOU's study material repository. The key-topics column is what each unit asks you to know for the exam, not a copy of its table of contents.
| Block | Unit | Unit title | Key topics | Guess paper link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1: Theorizing Gender Based Violence | Unit 1 | Patriarchy and Violence in Contemporary India | Patriarchy as rule of the father; four feminist readings | Q1 (Sample 1) |
| Block 1: Theorizing Gender Based Violence | Unit 2 | Caste, Culture and Religion | Endogamy and graded inequality; religion as social control; culture as a contested space | Q2 |
| Block 1: Theorizing Gender Based Violence | Unit 3 | Violence against Communities | Violence aimed at a group identity; how it pushed policy to rethink gender and community | Not in file; revise from the unit |
| Block 1: Theorizing Gender Based Violence | Unit 4 | Violence within Communities | Power relations and hierarchies hidden behind an image of community harmony | Not in file; revise from the unit |
| Block 2: Crimes against Women | Unit 5 | Domestic Violence | Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC; PWDVA 2005 remedies | Q4 (Sample 3) |
| Block 2: Crimes against Women | Unit 6 | Sexual Violence and Related Offences | Sections 375, 376, 354 and 509; Criminal Law Amendment 2013 | Q5 |
| Block 2: Crimes against Women | Unit 7 | Female Feticide and Infanticide | Son preference; PC and PNDT Act; CEHAT case | Q6 |
| Block 2: Crimes against Women | Unit 8 | Women in Institutions | Prison conditions; custodial violence; gaps in legal aid | Q7 |
| Block 2: Crimes against Women | Unit 9 | Cyber Crimes | Stalking, morphing, impersonation; IT Act 2000 and the 2008 amendment | Q8 (Sample 4) |
| Block 3: Violence against Collectives | Unit 10 | Communal Violence | Multi-causal roots; Partition of 1947; Communal Violence Bill 2005 | Q9 |
| Block 3: Violence against Collectives | Unit 11 | Caste-Based Violence | Honour killings; Khap panchayats; gotra rules on marriage | Q10 |
| Block 3: Violence against Collectives | Unit 12 | Political Conflict and Insurgency | Conn's conditions for conflict; six theories | Q11 (Sample 5) |
| Block 3: Violence against Collectives | Unit 13 | State led Violence | State as everyday power; police as agents; Manorama case | Q12 |
| Block 4: Violence against LGBTIQI+ People | Unit 14 | Same sex relationship and Law | Sexual orientation; Section 377 through the Naz and Koushal judgments | Q13 |
| Block 4: Violence against LGBTIQI+ People | Unit 15 | Institutionalized and Social Violence | Direct versus structural violence; cultural justification of harm | Q3 (Sample 2) |
| Block 4: Violence against LGBTIQI+ People | Unit 16 | Violence and Discrimination | LGBTQI+ terms from Amnesty International (2001); orientation versus gender identity | Q14(c) |
| Block 5: Health Law | Unit 17 | Reproductive Health | ICPD 1994 shift from population control to rights | Q14(a) |
| Block 5: Health Law | Unit 18 | Surrogacy | Latin root surrogatus; traditional versus gestational; altruistic versus commercial | Q14(b) |
| Block 5: Health Law | Unit 19 | Mental Health Law | Whole-health definition; social, economic and environmental determinants | Q14(d) |
| Block 5: Health Law | Unit 20 | Occupational Health | Health at the workplace; asked only once, in December 2023 | Not in file; low priority |
6. BGS 012 Exam Pattern and Word Limits
The BGS-012 term-end exam is a 3-hour, 100-mark paper in which you answer any five of eight questions, each worth 20 marks.
| Component | Detail |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Maximum marks | 100 |
| Questions on the paper | 8, attempt any 5, all carry equal marks |
| Long questions (Q1 to Q7) | 20 marks each, aim for about 450 words |
| Short notes (Q8) | Any four of five or six topics, 5 marks each, about 150 words |
| Weight in final result | Term-end exam 70%, assignment 30% |
Because you only attempt five, the smart move is to prepare seven topics really well rather than twelve topics loosely. That leaves room for one surprise question and one bad day. The short-notes question is often the safest fifth pick, since four crisp definitions can be written in under 30 minutes.
If BGS-012 is one of several papers on your datesheet, the BAGS guess Paper collection groups the other Gender Studies codes in one place, so you can plan the whole term instead of one course at a time.
7. BGS 012 Practical File Index: 2025-26 Assignment Map
BGS-012 has no practical file; its internal component is a 100-mark assignment worth 30% of your final result. The index below lists the 2025-26 questions and shows where the guess paper already gives you the core content.
The questions are taken from the official BGS-012 assignment booklet for 2025-26. Section A asks for about 500 words, Section B about 250 and Section C about 100. Learners from the July 2025 batch had to submit by 30 April 2026; the January 2026 batch deadline is 31 October 2026.
| No. | Section | Assignment question (short form) | Marks | Where the guess paper helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Debates on cybercrimes in India | 20 | Q8 (Sample 4) |
| 2 | A | Define patriarchy and its changing nature | 20 | Q1 (Sample 1) |
| 3 | B | Reproductive rights of women in India | 10 | Q14(a) |
| 4 | B | Historical emergence of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 | 10 | Q4 (Sample 3) |
| 5 | B | Debates on women prisoners and government committees | 10 | Q7 |
| 6 | C | Note on gender and violence | 6 | Q3 (Sample 2) |
| 7 | C | Note on sexual violence and related offences | 6 | Q5 |
| 8 | C | Note on female feticide | 6 | Q6 |
| 9 | C | Note on the Communal Violence Bill, 2005 | 6 | Q9 |
| 10 | C | Understanding of violence against communities | 6 | Not in guess paper; read Unit 3 |
Nine of the ten assignment questions overlap with guess paper topics. Remember that IGNOU wants assignments in your own words, so use the answers as a content base and rewrite them rather than copying lines.
8. Get the Complete BGS 012 Guess Paper on WhatsApp
Message WhatsApp 9899436384 with the code BGS 012 to receive the full file: all 14 answers, the exam strategy page and the frequency grid. You have already read 5 of the 14 answers, so the file adds the remaining 9.
- Open WhatsApp and message 9899436384 with "BGS 012 guess paper" and your exam session.
- Our team confirms the course code and shares the details.
- You receive the complete 17-page PDF and can ask doubts on the same number.
| Pages | What is there |
|---|---|
| Page 1 | Cover, question index and what the file covers |
| Pages 2 to 4 | Block 1 answers: patriarchy (Q1), caste, religion and culture (Q2), direct and institutional violence (Q3) |
| Pages 5 to 9 | Block 2 answers: domestic violence, sexual violence, foeticide, women prisoners, cyber crimes (Q4 to Q8) |
| Pages 10 to 13 | Block 3 answers: communal, caste-based, political and state-led violence (Q9 to Q12) |
| Pages 13 to 15 | Same-sex relationships and law (Q13) plus four short notes from Blocks 4 and 5 (Q14) |
| Page 16 | Exam strategy: paper pattern, what not to over-prepare, what examiners reward |
| Page 17 | Frequency grid of 21 topics across six papers, June 2023 to December 2025 |
Sitting more than one IGNOU course this term? The full range of IGNOU Solved Guess Paper sets is listed course by course, all built on the same six-paper method you see here.
9. 7-Day BGS 012 Revision Plan
Seven days is enough to cover all 14 BGS-012 answers once and still sit a full timed mock on the last day. The plan follows the block order, so related laws and theories stay together in your head.
- Day 1: Block 1 theory: learn the rule-of-the-father definition, then the four feminist readings (Q1) and the caste, religion and culture triad (Q2).
- Day 2: Block 2 law, part one: domestic violence (Q4) and sexual violence (Q5). Write the section numbers on one card and test yourself twice.
- Day 3: Block 2 law, part two: foeticide and the PC and PNDT Act (Q6), women prisoners (Q7) and the IT Act sections for cyber crimes (Q8).
- Day 4: Block 3: communal violence and the 2005 Bill (Q9), honour killings (Q10), the six conflict theories (Q11) and state-led violence (Q12).
- Day 5: Block 4: same-sex relationships and the Section 377 cases (Q13), then the direct versus institutional table (Q3) from memory.
- Day 6: Block 5 short notes (Q14): one definition and two points each for reproductive health, surrogacy, LGBTQI+ discrimination and mental health.
- Day 7: Timed mock: pick five questions, give yourself three hours, and write them out in full. Mark any definition you blanked on and revise only those.
If a unit still feels shaky after Day 7, go back to the BGS 012 Study Material for that unit only. Re-reading the whole book in the last week usually costs more marks than it saves.
10. BGS 012 Gender-Based Violence FAQs
Quick answers to what BAGS and CGSL learners ask us most about the BGS-012 file.
What is the IGNOU BGS 012 Solved Guess Paper?
It is a 17-page answer file for IGNOU's Gender-Based Violence course with 14 likely questions and full answers. The topics were picked by mapping six term-end papers from June 2023 to December 2025. Each answer starts with the IGNOU book definition, keeps scholar names and dates, and ends with a short conclusion. It is meant for BAGS and CGSL learners sitting the December 2026 exam.
How many questions can I read on this page?
Five of the 14 questions are open on this page with complete answers: patriarchy, direct and institutional violence, domestic violence, cyber crimes and political conflict. The other 9 answers, the one-page exam strategy and the 21-topic frequency grid are in the full file. The samples are copied from the file as they are, so they show the exact quality you get.
Which BGS 012 topics are most likely in December 2026?
Two topics came up in five of the last six papers: caste, religion and culture, and same-sex relationships and law. Patriarchy, cyber crimes and political conflict each appeared four times. These are strong bets, but no guess paper can promise the exact questions, so treat the HIGH list as your first layer of revision and read the rest of the units too.
Are the BGS 012 important questions answered from the IGNOU book?
Yes. Every answer is written from the BGS-012 self-learning material, block by block and unit by unit. Definitions such as the rule of the father, scholar names like Heidi Hartmann and Conn, and dates like ICPD 1994 are kept as the book gives them. Outside examples are avoided because the exam strategy in the file advises sticking to what the IGNOU book says.
Does BGS 012 have a practical file?
No. BGS-012 is a theory course, and its internal component is a 100-mark assignment, not a practical file. The assignment counts for 30% of your final result and the term-end exam for 70%. Nine of the ten 2025-26 assignment questions overlap with topics answered in this guess paper, so it helps with both the assignment and the exam.
How do I get all 14 BGS 012 questions with answers?
Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 with the course code BGS 012 and your exam session. Our team will confirm the details and share the complete 17-page file with all 14 answers, the exam strategy page and the frequency grid. The same number handles doubts after you receive the file, so you can ask about any answer you find hard.
Should BGS 012 answers use IPC or the new BNS section numbers?
Write the IPC numbers first, because the BGS-012 units use them and examiners mark against the book. Since 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has replaced the IPC, so you can add the new number in brackets, for example Section 498-A (now Sections 85 and 86 BNS). That single bracket shows you are current without moving away from the book.
11. Who Prepared and Reviewed the BGS 012 Answers
The BGS 012 answers were prepared by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola at Unnati Educations.
Prateek Talwar builds each file from the course blocks and recent term-end papers. Sheetal Kirola, Academic Head (M.Ed.), checks every definition, section number and case name against the IGNOU self-learning material before release.