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This is the 2025 Semester Previous Year Question Paper for The Gita: Navigating Life Challenges — Delhi University DU & College under the UGCF/NEP framework. Free to view on Sulaksh.

The Gita: Navigating Life Challenges is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) approved by EC Resolution 38-29 on 17.01.2025 and taught in 2025-26 as a resilience-through-Gita paper (p.1 credit table, Appendix-54). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/13022025-EC-Appendix-54.pdf, the course has Unit I Context of the Gita (4 lectures) universal relevance, Arjuna's dilemma as stepping stone, self-awareness/acceptance and Nishkama Karma; Unit II Challenges for Life Ahead (4 lectures) career indecisiveness, unhealthy competition/peer pressure, self-esteem/self-doubt and Swadharma; Unit III Managing Stress and Negative Emotions (4 lectures) aggression/conflicts, substance/digital addiction, equanimity in success/failure and Sattvika/Rajasika/Tamasika gunas; and Unit IV Quest for Balance (3 lectures) Yama/Niyama/Pranayama/meditation (Pratyahara/Dhyana/Dharana) and Sthitapragya qualities, plus 15 sessions of 2 hours practical (p.2). The practical includes journaling dilemmas, commentary writing, conflict-resolution case studies and discovering Swadharma (p.3). Verses cited are Ch.2.47, Ch.18.14, Ch.6.5 etc. (p.3). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by writing advice without linking to Nishkama Karma or Swadharma, and by skipping the Sthitapragya/Yama-Niyama distinctions viva tests (as of 12 Sept 2026).

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About The Gita: Navigating Life Challenges — Delhi University

The Gita: Navigating Life Challenges is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) approved by EC Resolution 38-29 on 17.01.2025 and taught in 2025-26 as a resilience-through-Gita paper (p.1 credit table, Appendix-54). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/13022025-EC-Appendix-54.pdf, the course has Unit I Context of the Gita (4 lectures) universal relevance, Arjuna's dilemma as stepping stone, self-awareness/acceptance and Nishkama Karma; Unit II Challenges for Life Ahead (4 lectures) career indecisiveness, unhealthy competition/peer pressure, self-esteem/self-doubt and Swadharma; Unit III Managing Stress and Negative Emotions (4 lectures) aggression/conflicts, substance/digital addiction, equanimity in success/failure and Sattvika/Rajasika/Tamasika gunas; and Unit IV Quest for Balance (3 lectures) Yama/Niyama/Pranayama/meditation (Pratyahara/Dhyana/Dharana) and Sthitapragya qualities, plus 15 sessions of 2 hours practical (p.2). The practical includes journaling dilemmas, commentary writing, conflict-resolution case studies and discovering Swadharma (p.3). Verses cited are Ch.2.47, Ch.18.14, Ch.6.5 etc. (p.3). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by writing advice without linking to Nishkama Karma or Swadharma, and by skipping the Sthitapragya/Yama-Niyama distinctions viva tests (as of 12 Sept 2026).

Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's The Gita: Navigating Life Challenges handout. Verify paper codes and units for your batch.