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Previous Year Question Paper (2025) · DU & College · The Art of Being Happy
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This is the 2025 Semester Previous Year Question Paper for The Art of Being Happy — Delhi University DU & College under the UGCF/NEP framework. Free to view on Sulaksh.
The Art of Being Happy is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) under UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a cross-cultural happiness paper blending human development and Vedantic thought (p.74 credit table). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/26102022_VAC.pdf, the course has Unit I Human Ecology and Happiness (3 weeks) definitions/environmental/social factors, physiological/hormonal basis and coping with stress; Unit II Indological Theories (4 weeks) Panch Kosh, self/other, hierarchy/stages; Unit III Happiness: Cross-cultural Contexts (4 weeks) culture/happiness, interpersonal relationships (comparative), self-actualization; and Unit IV Local and Global Perspective (4 weeks) measuring happiness/key indicators, Happiness Index and India's ranking, plus 15 weeks practical (pp.74-75). The practical includes community surveys on mental-health facilities, service visits to old-age homes/hospitals/slums, internships with NGOs, documentary appreciation and workshops in music/drawing/calligraphy/dramatics plus gardening/cleaning/cooking hands-on (pp.75-76). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by writing generic happiness without Panch Kosh or Happiness Index data, and by skipping the community survey/project format (as of 12 Sept 2026).
This is the The Art of Being Happy - [K] Kalindi | UPC 6967000019 — a The Art of Being Happy your semester previous year question paper.
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Official: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's The Art of Being Happy your semester handout.
The Art of Being Happy is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) under UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a cross-cultural happiness paper blending human development and Vedantic thought (p.74 credit table). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/26102022_VAC.pdf, the course has Unit I Human Ecology and Happiness (3 weeks) definitions/environmental/social factors, physiological/hormonal basis and coping with stress; Unit II Indological Theories (4 weeks) Panch Kosh, self/other, hierarchy/stages; Unit III Happiness: Cross-cultural Contexts (4 weeks) culture/happiness, interpersonal relationships (comparative), self-actualization; and Unit IV Local and Global Perspective (4 weeks) measuring happiness/key indicators, Happiness Index and India's ranking, plus 15 weeks practical (pp.74-75). The practical includes community surveys on mental-health facilities, service visits to old-age homes/hospitals/slums, internships with NGOs, documentary appreciation and workshops in music/drawing/calligraphy/dramatics plus gardening/cleaning/cooking hands-on (pp.75-76). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by writing generic happiness without Panch Kosh or Happiness Index data, and by skipping the community survey/project format (as of 12 Sept 2026).
Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's The Art of Being Happy handout. Verify paper codes and units for your batch.
