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Overview for Indigenous Sports.
Indigenous Sports is a 2-credit VAC (0-0-2) under UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a practical-only indigenous games paper (vac.du.ac.in/indigenous-sports.html credit tiles). As per the official VAC page at vac.du.ac.in (live DU subdomain, syllabus collapse section), the course has four practical blocks — Unit I Indigenous Games and Physical Fitness (16 hours) on significance of indigenous games; Unit II Indigenous Games/Sports and Mental Fitness (16 hours) on group dynamics and team building; Unit III Recreation and Leisure Games (12 hours) on leisure to relieve youth stress; and Unit IV Indigenous Sports on International Platform (16 hours) on pursuit of excellence among youth — totalling 60 hours practical with 0 lecture, 0 tutorial, 2 practical (tiles and syllabus headings). Examination is as per University guidelines with file and demonstration. Students often lose marks by treating it as theory about 'games' without demonstrating a specific indigenous game's rules and by skipping the mental-fitness reflection, which the viva asks for (as of 12 Sept 2026).
Under NEP/UGCF, Indigenous Sports is a popular 2-credit VAC at Delhi University. All undergraduate programmes can opt for it via the VAC pool, typically in the first year. Reviving India’s traditional games. This page brings together syllabus, previous year papers and study material so you can see the taught order and exam pattern together.
What you will study (broad UGCF outline — verify from your college): The DU syllabus is organised into four units. For Indigenous Sports, the broad coverage is:
Exam pattern & marking: Typically 2 credits, evaluated via continuous assessment, assignments, presentations and a 50-75 marks semester-end theory/practical paper. Questions are short notes (5 marks) and applied long answers (10 marks) from the four units, plus field work or community engagement for many VACs. Examiners look for unit-wise structure, one relevant example per answer, and a clear conclusion.
How to prepare & what is missing: Start with Units 1-4 above, then solve the PYQs shown on this page to mark which unit each question came from. That mapping tells you which units repeat most (usually the middle units). Right now the IMP questions / detailed notes PDF for this paper may not be uploaded yet — the list below shows what is currently available. If your college shares the official IMP Q&A PDF, it will automatically appear above with an IMP Q tag.
Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's Value Added Course handout.
