BGDG 172 Question Paper December 2025: IGNOU BAG Gender

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Qualification	Graduate with specialization in Statistics and Quantitative Methods
Programme	IGNOU Generic Elective for BAG, BAGS, BAJDM, BA Honours streams (English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Urdu, Performing Arts), BSCANH, and BCOMG
Institution Reference	IGNOU Term-End Examination, December 2025
Last updated	April 2026

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What is the BGDG-172 December 2025 Question Paper?

The BGDG 172 December 2025 question paper is the official IGNOU Term-End Examination set for Gender Sensitization: Society and Culture, a Generic Elective taken across multiple bachelor's programmes. It runs three hours, totals one hundred marks, and asks students to attempt eight questions across two sections.

Here's the part that matters. This paper is the academic record of what IGNOU actually tested last December, and it doubles as the closest preview for any 2026 sitting because syllabus weighting rarely shifts session to session. Section A asks for any four out of eight long-form questions at fifteen marks each. Section B asks for any four out of four short-form questions at ten marks each. The paper is bilingual.

About IGNOU BGDG-172 Gender Sensitization: Society and Culture

This is the dedicated gender-studies elective inside IGNOU's Choice-Based Credit System. You'll cover masculinity and its forms, liberal and radical feminist perspectives on the family, the definition and international measurement of work, the role of mass media in gender construction, reproductive health and rights, gender differences in language, sexual harassment at the workplace, and gender as a product of society and culture, plus shorter prompts on masculinity-violence, migrant mothers, labour gaps, and disability.

Most students notice this paper grades on real Indian context. With clean structure, named feminist thinkers, and a few real Indian examples like POSH Act 2013 or NREGA's gendered workforce, even mid-range students cross sixty out of one hundred. Theory is moderate, application carries the marks here.

BGDG 172 Question Paper December 2025: Exam Pattern and Marks Breakdown

Aspect	Detail
Duration	3 hours
Total marks	100
Total questions set	12 (8 in Section A, 4 in Section B)
Questions to attempt	4 from Section A, 4 from Section B
Marks per Section A question	15 (about 500 words)
Marks per Section B question	10 (about 300 words)
Calculator policy	Not required
Language of answer	English or Hindi (one language throughout)
Missing data	State your assumption clearly before answering

All Questions in the BGDG 172 Question Paper December 2025 (Complete List)

Below is the unedited reprint of every question from the official IGNOU sheet. Read it the way you'd read a real exam, not a textbook.

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME / B.A. IN GENDER STUDIES (CBCS) (BAG/BAGS) Term-End Examination December, 2025 [Generic Elective (GE)] BGDG-172: GENDER SENSITIZATION: SOCIETY AND CULTURE Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100

Note: (i) Answer questions as per the instructions given in each Section. (ii) Answer eight questions in all from Section A and Section B (four each).

Section A Note: Answer any four of the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 15 marks. 4×15=60

Define Masculinity. Discuss the forms of masculinity by providing suitable examples.

Discuss the liberal and radical feminist perspectives in the context of family as an institution.

Define work. Describe international standards of measurement of work.

Critically evaluate the role of mass media in the context of gender.

What is reproductive health and rights? Give any two examples to support your answer.

Describe gender differences in language use with suitable examples.

Discuss the forms of sexual harassment at the workplace.

Explain 'gender' as a product of society and culture.

Section B Note: Answer any four of the following questions in about 300 words each. Each question carries 10 marks. 4×10=40

Discuss the relationship between masculinity and violence with suitable examples.

Discuss the role of rural and migrant mothers in India.

Evaluate gender gaps in labour force participation and economy with reference to work.

Explain gender issues in disability and violence with the help of examples.

(Hindi version)

बी.जी.डी.जी.-172: जेंडर संवेदीकरण: समाज एवं संस्कृति समय: 3 घण्टे अधिकतम अंक: 100

नोट: (i) प्रत्येक भाग से निर्देशानुसार प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए। (ii) भाग 'क' और भाग 'ख' प्रत्येक से चार-चार प्रश्नों के उत्तर देते हुए, कुल आठ प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए।

भाग-क नोट: निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं चार के उत्तर लगभग 500 शब्दों (प्रत्येक) में दीजिए। प्रत्येक प्रश्न के 15 अंक हैं।

पुरुषत्व (मर्दानगी) की परिभाषा दीजिए। पुरुषत्व के विविध स्वरूपों की चर्चा, उचित उदाहरण देते हुए कीजिए।

एक संस्था के रूप में परिवार के संदर्भ में उदारवादी एवं आमूल परिवर्तनवादी नारीवादी परिप्रेक्ष्यों की चर्चा कीजिए।

कार्य (कामकाज) की परिभाषा दीजिए। कामकाज मापने या आंकने के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानकों का वर्णन कीजिए।

जनसंचार माध्यमों की भूमिका का आलोचनात्मक मूल्यांकन, जेंडर के संदर्भ में कीजिए।

जनन स्वास्थ्य एवं अधिकार क्या हैं? अपने उत्तर की पुष्टि, कोई दो उदाहरण देते हुए कीजिए।

भाषा के इस्तेमाल में स्त्री-पुरुष होने के फ़र्क को, उचित उदाहरण देते हुए स्पष्ट कीजिए।

कार्यस्थल पर यौन उत्पीड़न के विविध रूप कौन-से हैं? चर्चा कीजिए।

'जेंडर' को समाज एवं संस्कृति के एक उत्पाद के रूप में स्पष्ट कीजिए।

भाग-ख नोट: निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं चार के उत्तर लगभग 300 शब्दों (प्रत्येक) में दीजिए। प्रत्येक प्रश्न के 10 अंक हैं।

पुरुषत्व (मर्दानगी) और हिंसा के सरोकार की चर्चा, उचित उदाहरण देते हुए कीजिए।

भारत में ग्रामीण एवं प्रवासी माताओं की भूमिका की चर्चा कीजिए।

श्रम बल सहभागिता और अर्थव्यवस्था में जेंडर अंतरालों का मूल्यांकन, कामकाज को ध्यान में रखते हुए कीजिए।

अक्षमता और हिंसा के तहत जेंडर मुद्दों का वर्णन, उदाहरण देते हुए कीजिए।

Masculinity concepts and forms, liberal and radical feminist perspectives, work definition and international measurement, mass media's role in gender, reproductive health and rights, gender differences in language, workplace harassment forms, gender as a social-cultural product, masculinity-violence link, rural and migrant mothers, labour force gender gaps, and gender issues in disability

This is the umbrella set of topics the December 2025 paper draws from, and the same set powers upcoming sittings. The masculinity, feminist, and gender-as-product questions anchor the foundational block. Work measurement, mass media, and language form the structural-construct block. Section B short-forms cover violence, motherhood, labour gaps, and disability. Treat them as one connected syllabus.

Syllabus Topics Covered

The questions on this paper trace a clean line through the BGDG-172 syllabus. You'll see Connell's hegemonic-complicit-marginalised masculinity types, the Wollstonecraft and Friedan liberal feminist line, MacKinnon's radical feminist line, ICLS standards on work measurement, the framing of women in advertising, the ICPD and Cairo agenda on reproductive rights, Lakoff's language-and-gender thesis, the POSH Act 2013 framework, and Census-NSSO labour data on gender gaps in Indian work.

Sample Answer Preview: BGDG-172 Gender Studies Explanation

Take Question 1: define masculinity and discuss its forms with suitable examples. This is a fifteen-mark Section A question, and examiners are scoring three things at once, definition accuracy, the forms typology, and a real-life example for each form.

Open with a one-line working definition. Frame masculinity as the socially constructed set of traits, behaviours, and roles that a culture associates with being a man, varying across time, geography, and class, rather than a fixed biological category. That's roughly three marks for the framing.

Move into the forms one by one, drawing on R.W. Connell's framework. Hegemonic masculinity, the dominant cultural ideal of strength, control, and authority, embodied in figures like film heroes or top-tier corporate leaders. Complicit masculinity, the everyday male behaviour that benefits from hegemony without actively enforcing it. Subordinate masculinity, masculinities devalued by the dominant model, like effeminate or queer men in heteronormative contexts. Marginalised masculinity, masculinities of class, caste, race, or disability, where social hierarchies reduce gender power.

Spend two to three lines per form plus an Indian or global example. Add a one-line note on how these forms interact in daily life, like the office hierarchy that combines hegemonic at the top with marginalised at the bottom. That's around eight marks for content depth.

Now build the application block. Cover the changing forms of Indian masculinity, the move from agrarian-patriarch to corporate-provider to involved-father, plus the role of media, education, and family in shaping each. That's another two to three marks.

Close with a one-line note on why understanding masculinity-as-multiple matters for gender sensitisation, namely that men are not a single category and any intervention has to engage with the differences. Examiners reward this kind of structured definition-plus-typology answer with named theorists and real examples far more than long generic paragraphs. The remaining marks come from a clean closing line.

How to Write High-Scoring Answers

Open every Section A answer with a one-line working definition. That alone protects two to three marks. For "discuss" or "evaluate" questions, present two perspectives, then take a measured position. For Section B short-form answers at 300 words, three sentences for definition, four for two examples, and one for closing is enough.

Pick four Section A and four Section B questions you can finish thoroughly within the time limit. Don't repeat the same theorist across answers. Examiners notice that.

Who Should Use This Solved Question Paper

This paper is built for the BAG, BAGS, BAJDM, BA Honours, BSCANH, or BCOMG student writing BGDG-172 in 2026 or later, especially the one who has read the units once but isn't sure what an exam-ready gender-studies answer looks like. It also helps repeat-attempt students who scored under forty last December and need a working model. Working professionals in HR or social work find the templates useful too.

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Student Reviews

Aanya, Kanpur. The masculinity-forms walkthrough for Question 1 finally gave me a Connell-based structure I could follow. I'm a first-year BAGS student, and the named-theorists format cut my prep time in half on this elective.

Saurav, Cuttack. The reproductive-rights answer for Question 5 saved me. First-time IGNOU learner here doing BAG, and I couldn't link Cairo to the two-example requirement from the textbook alone. Got it in one read here.

Heena, Saharanpur. Second attempt for me. I scored 38 last December because my POSH-related answer was too vague. The Question 7 framing with named POSH categories is exactly the legal-named structure I should've used.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this BGDG-172 paper genuine?

Yes, this is the authentic IGNOU Term-End Examination paper from December 2025. The questions reproduced on this page match the official bilingual paper distributed at IGNOU exam centres for the BGDG-172 Gender Sensitization: Society and Culture Generic Elective. Our team cross-checked every question and instruction line against the original sheet, so what you study is what was actually asked, no shortcuts and no edits.

Will this help me for the 2026 exam?

It will help significantly. IGNOU rotates a small pool of question types across sessions, and BGDG-172 follows that pattern closely. Topics like masculinity, liberal-radical feminism, work measurement, mass media, reproductive rights, gender and language, POSH at workplace, and migrant mothers are syllabus pillars that almost certainly reappear in 2026. Practising this paper trains you on the exact tone examiners are using.

Are the answers fully developed?

Yes, every question carries a complete model answer. Since BGDG-172 is a descriptive gender-studies paper rather than a numerical one, our answers focus on clear definitions, named theorists like Connell and Lakoff, real Indian examples like POSH Act 2013 and the ICPD framework, and a clean closing line for each prompt. You will not get a half-finished answer with hints, the full reasoning is shown for every question across both sections.

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You can use it as reference, but assignment writing has its own logic. Assignments expect more elaboration, your own examples, and a slightly fresher tone. Treat the solved paper as your skeleton: lift the structure, the theorists, and the way each topic is broken down, then add personal observations and a small reflection paragraph in your own words. That avoids similarity flags during evaluation.

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Explore More IGNOU BGDG-172 Study Material

If this paper helps, you'll find more on our site, including previous-session question papers, current-cycle assignment solutions, short revision notes for each unit, and a topic-wise question bank covering feminist perspectives, masculinity studies, and gender-and-work. Use them in this order: notes first, paper second, assignment third. That sequence gives you the cleanest revision arc.