EPS-06

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT
for July 2013 and January 2014 sessions

EPS-06: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND

SOUTHEAST ASIA

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68

ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE-06

EPS-06: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Dear Student,
As explained to you in the programme Guide, you will have to do a Tutor Marked Assignment
(TMA) for each of the elective courses in Political Science. This booklet has Tutor Marked
Assignment for the Elective Courses EPS-06: Government and Politics in East and SouthEast Asia.
Before attempting the assignment, please read the instructions provided in the Programme Guide
sent to you separately. It is important that you write answers to all TMA questions in your own
words. Your answer should be within the word limit set for a particular section. The assignment
is divided into three sections.
Submission of the completed assignments:
Admission batch

Last date of submission

Place of submission

For the students admitted

in July 2013

31st March, 2014

Coordinator of the student's study

centre

For the students admitted

in January 2014

30th September, 2014

Coordinator of the student's study

centre

COURSE: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTH-EAST

ASIA (EPS-06)
TUTOR MARKED ASSINGMENT
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Course Code: EPS 06
Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2013-2014
Total Marks: 100
Answer all questions. Try to answer in your own words.
A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each.

2x20

1. Write an essay on political traditions in East Asia.

OR
Write an essay on Indians in South-East Asia.
2. Discuss the salient features of Mao Zedongs thought.
OR
Describe the political reforms in contemporary China.
B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each.

4x12

3. Write a note on nationalism in Japan.

OR
Describe the powers and functions of the parliament.
4. Discuss the search for modernity in Korea.
OR
Briefly describe the partition of Korea.
.

5. Discuss the salient features of the Singapore economy.

OR
the administrativesocial conditions in modern Malaysia.
6. Explain Soekarnos concept of Guided Democracy.
OR
Describe the salient features of Thailands foreign policy.

C) SCQ: Answer the following in about 100 words each.

7. Tonkin Incident of 1966
OR
Rule of General Lon Nol
8. Foreign Investment in South-East Asia
OR
Politics of inter-community relations in South-East Asia.

2x6