IGNOU MGPS Guess Paper for December 2026: Fifteen MGP Papers, a Two-Hour Format and the Questions That Hold Their Slot

MGPS Exams in December 2026: MGP-001 on 2 December, MGPE-013 on 30 December

These dates come from IGNOU’s tentative date sheet for the December 2026 term-end examination, headed 21 September 2026, which gave learners until 25 September 2026 to report discrepancies to datesheet@ignou.ac.in. Every one of the 16 MGP and MGPE theory codes appears on it, each on its own date. The sheet places each code in a morning slot (10 AM to 1 PM) or an evening slot (2 PM to 5 PM); confirm the column for each code on the sheet itself or on your hall ticket, and see how the two IGNOU exam slots work if the timing is new to you.

Reports of a further revision circulated in the first week of October 2026, but the file at IGNOU’s address was still the 21 September version on 13 October 2026. If IGNOU posts a newer sheet, its dates replace the ones below, and ignouproject.com’s December 2026 date sheet guide follows the change.

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Seven Backlog Papers Between 17 and 24 December

A first-year learner sits eight papers. Three come on consecutive days, MGP-001, MGP-002 and MGP-003 from 2 to 4 December, and the other five fall on 9, 15, 17, 18 and 24 December. A second-year learner who takes all seven options sits MGPE-008 on 12 December and MGP-005 on 19 December, then faces two three-day runs: MGPE-012, MGPE-015 and MGPE-016 from 21 to 23 December, and MGPE-010, MGPE-011 and MGPE-013 from 28 to 30 December.

The hardest stretch belongs to anyone carrying papers from both years. MGPE-007, MGPE-014 and MGP-005 fall on 17, 18 and 19 December; Sunday 20 December is free; then MGPE-012, MGPE-015, MGPE-016 and MGPE-006 follow from 21 to 24 December. That is seven papers in eight days. No two MGPS codes share a date on the 21 September sheet, so there is no clash to report.

• Finish MGP-001, MGP-002 and MGP-003 revision before 1 December. The run from 2 to 4 December leaves no gap day.
• Carrying both years? Revise MGPE-012, MGPE-015 and MGPE-016 before 17 December, because only Sunday 20 December separates the two runs.
• The run sheet further down marks every back-to-back pair among the codes you tick.

These dates apply only if the December 2026 exam form was submitted. The IGNOU exam fee rules cover what the form costs, paying the exam fee online covers the payment step, and finding your IGNOU exam centre explains the centre printed on the hall ticket.

What the Two-Hour MGPS Paper Counts For, and the Figure IGNOU Does Not Print

The MGPS term-end paper is a 2-hour, 50-mark sitting, and IGNOU prints no weightage figure for it. None of the fifteen MGP papers from December 2022 to December 2025 carries a weightage line, and neither does the MAGPS assignment booklet for 2024-25 or the 2025-26 MGPE-008 assignment file. The July 2026 Common Prospectus is silent on it for MGPS too. How the TMA and the term-end paper combine into a course grade is set out in the MGPS Programme Guide, so check it there instead of trusting a figure carried over from another programme.

What the papers do show is the size of each answer. An MGP TMA question is worth 20 marks out of 100 and asks for about 500 words. A term-end question is worth 10 marks out of 50 and asks for 400 or 500 words in about 24 minutes, with no books open. The exam answer is the same length as the TMA answer and earns half the marks per question, which is why answer length, not volume of reading, decides how an MGP paper goes.

Results come as grade points. Once they are out, the IGNOU percentage calculator converts them for a job or admission form.

MGPS Guess Paper, IGNOU’s Old MGP Paper or a Solved Paper: Picking the Right One

An IGNOU MGPS guess paper is a revision set of important and recurring questions for one course code, such as MGP-005, with model answers, prepared by a publisher from IGNOU’s past papers and the syllabus. Learners also call it important questions, expected questions or a model paper, and all three names describe the same product.

A previous year question paper is the actual paper IGNOU set in an earlier term-end examination, such as the December 2025 MGP-005 paper, and IGNOU’s archive gives it away free. A solved question paper is that actual IGNOU paper with a publisher’s model answers added.

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The order that works for most MGPS learners is simple. Open the two newest IGNOU papers for your code first, because they are free and show whether the paper has sections and what word limit it prints. Then use a guess paper to practise model answers at 10-mark length. For MGP-005 the old papers are an unusually strong guide, since several themes kept the same question number for five sittings. For MGP-002 they are a weaker template, because the section rule has changed twice since December 2022.

Model answers to individual past sittings are listed among the solved versions of older IGNOU papers, and guess paper sets for other IGNOU programmes sit on the main guess paper page.

MGP and MGPE Codes, Credits and the Fifty-Mark Paper Layout

The MA in Gandhi and Peace Studies carries 64 credits: 32 in Year 1 and 32 in Year 2, with every theory course worth 4 credits, according to section 3.25 of the July 2026 Common Prospectus. The 32 Year 2 credits are MGP-005 plus 28 optional credits, which the prospectus fills with the seven 4-credit options, or with five options and an 8-credit project taken in place of two. The IGNOU prospectus explained covers where these tables sit.

Year 1: The Eight Codes PGDGPS Shares

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These eight courses are also the whole of the Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhi and Peace Studies (PGDGPS), 32 credits, in section 8.11 of the same prospectus, so a PGDGPS learner sits the same papers on the same dates. The PG Certificate (PGCGPS) uses four of the codes: MGP-001, MGP-005, MGPE-007 and MGPE-008.

Year 2: MGP-005 and the Seven Options

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Fifty Marks in Two Hours: How the Three Newest MGP Papers Are Laid Out

The MGP-001, MGP-002 and MGP-005 papers of December 2025 are each 2 hours and 50 marks, with ten questions and any five to be answered at 10 marks each. MGP-001 and MGP-005 ask for about 500 words an answer and at least two answers from each section; MGP-002 asks for about 400 words. None of the three prints a weightage line.

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Two hours across five answers leaves 24 minutes for each. Take 10 minutes to choose questions and plan, and 22 minutes remain for every answer: about 23 words a minute for a 500-word MGP-001 or MGP-005 answer, and about 18 for a 400-word MGP-002 answer. Writing at that pace is what an MGP paper tests, so practise it before December rather than in the hall. The five-answer timer below repeats the arithmetic for any planning time between 0 and 20 minutes.

The same 2-hour, 50-mark heading appears on the two other MGPS papers checked for format: MGP-004 in June 2023 and MGPE-008 in December 2023.

Distance or Online: Two Different MGP-001 Papers

The MGP-001 paper for the online programme runs 3 hours for 100 marks, while the distance MGPS paper runs 2 hours for 50 marks, so the two are different examinations. The online version, headed MGPOL and filed in the June 2023 folder of IGNOU’s archive as an MGP-001 paper for online learners, sets seventeen questions in three sections, of which twelve are answered.

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MGPS is the distance (ODL) code. The online version is listed as MAGPSOL in the July 2026 Common Prospectus and as MGPSOL on IGNOU’s online programme sheet, and a set written for one format trains the wrong answer length for the other. MGPS is also not MPS, which is IGNOU’s MA in Political Science; search engines mix the two up.

Where IGNOU’s Own MGPS Documents Disagree

Fifteen MGP Papers Side by Side, December 2022 to December 2025

Seven MGP-005 themes appeared in all five IGNOU papers from December 2022 to December 2025, and four of them sat at the same question number every time: the meaning of peace at Q1, well-being at Q2, peace and democracy at Q3, and peace movements at Q10. No other course in this comparison is that fixed.

MGP-005: Four Questions That Never Moved

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One MGP-005 question came back almost word for word. Q8 in June 2025 and Q8 in December 2025 both asked learners to explain the statement that ahimsa is the means and truth the end; the December 2025 paper misprints the word as “Ahmisa”. The conflict-resolution question changed its angle each time (intervention, coercion, pacific settlement, negotiation), so a set that drills one method alone would leave Q7 half covered.

MGP-001: Q4 Is Always an Early Satyagraha

Q4 of MGP-001 asked about Champaran or Kheda in every one of the five IGNOU papers from June 2023 to December 2025: Kheda in June 2023 and December 2025, Champaran in December 2023, December 2024 and June 2025. Q2 asked about the influences that shaped Gandhi, through Ruskin, the London years or Western thought, in all five, and Section II asked about the constructive programme in all five.

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A 10-mark frame for the Q4 slot, built on the two satyagrahas IGNOU has rotated, keeps the answer near 500 words:

1. Setting, in two or three sentences: indigo cultivators in Champaran in 1917, or Kheda peasants seeking revenue relief after crop failure in 1918.
2. Method: inquiry and recorded testimony, open defiance of an order, non-payment, and the discipline asked of volunteers.
3. Outcome: what the administration conceded, and what it did not.
4. Significance: why the episode is called a turning point, and how it fed the Non-Cooperation Movement, which the same paper asked about in four of the five sittings, three times at Q5.

December 2025 also brought the first short-note question in these five MGP-001 papers: Q9 split into Savarkar and Tilak at 5 marks each.

MGP-002: The Section Rule That Comes and Goes

The MGP-002 paper has switched its layout twice since December 2022. It printed no sections in December 2022, two sections with an at-least-two-from-each rule in December 2023, no sections again in December 2024 and June 2025, and two sections in December 2025. Its word limit fell from about 500 words to about 400 words in December 2024 and has stayed there.

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MGP-002 spreads its questions across more themes than MGP-005 and moves them between question numbers, so no single slot is safe. The two themes that came back in four of five papers, the critique of modern civilisation and the religious traditions behind Gandhi’s thought, are the sensible first answers to prepare.

How the MGP Counts Were Made

The counts come from fifteen IGNOU term-end papers, each compared in full by ignouproject.com on 13 October 2026: MGP-001 for June 2023, December 2023, December 2024, June 2025 and December 2025, and MGP-002 and MGP-005 for December 2022, December 2023, December 2024, June 2025 and December 2025. December 2025 is the newest sitting counted, because IGNOU had not posted the June 2026 papers by 13 October 2026, and its archive did not return the June 2024 files for these three codes. Matching is topic-level and a human judgement: Champaran and Kheda are counted as one early-satyagraha theme and shown separately in the table. A count such as 5 of 5 describes what IGNOU has asked; it says nothing about what IGNOU will ask in December 2026.

The theme tables cover MGP-001, MGP-002 and MGP-005. For the other MGP and MGPE codes, the format is confirmed against the latest IGNOU paper on WhatsApp before a set is sent. IGNOU’s own files behind the counts:

• MGP-001: MGP-001 June 2023, MGP-001 December 2023, MGP-001 December 2024, MGP-001 June 2025, MGP-001 December 2025
• MGP-002: MGP-002 December 2022, MGP-002 December 2023, MGP-002 December 2024, MGP-002 June 2025, MGP-002 December 2025
• MGP-005: MGP-005 December 2022, MGP-005 December 2023, MGP-005 December 2024, MGP-005 June 2025, MGP-005 December 2025
• Format only: MGP-004 June 2023, MGPE-008 December 2023

Files from December 2024 sit at addresses with no session in them, so the session above is the one printed on page 1 of each paper.

Five Steps Between Your MGP Code and a Ready Set

A set starts from one course code and ends as model answers timed for a 2-hour paper. The five steps:

1. Code and year. The set starts from your MGP or MGPE code and your year (Year 1, Year 2 or both), because that decides which December run you face.
2. The newest IGNOU papers for that code. The December 2025 paper and the sittings before it fix the layout: sections or none, 400 or 500 words, and any short notes.
3. Themes ranked by how often they returned. Themes such as the MGP-005 Q1 to Q3 trio get full model answers first; a theme seen once gets a shorter answer.
4. Answers written to the clock. Each answer is pitched at 10 marks and the printed word limit, so it can be written in about 22 minutes.
5. Medium and format confirmed. English or Hindi is agreed on WhatsApp, then the PDF is shared or the printed copy is dispatched.

Limits of an MGPS Guess Paper, and the Hours It Can Save

MGPS Run Sheet and Five-Answer Timer, Free to Use

Both tools run in your browser and send nothing anywhere. Their dates and layouts are the same as the tables above.

Where the MGP Question Papers and the 21 September Sheet Sit on ignou.ac.in

IGNOU’s past MGP papers are free on ignou.ac.in, and IGNOU’s December 2025 question paper list names all sixteen MGP and MGPE codes, from MGP-001 to MGPE-016. To open them:

1. Open the question paper list for the session you want and search the page for MGP.
2. Download the file for your code. The Hindi version follows the English one inside the same file; there is no separate Hindi download.
3. Check the session printed on page 1, because some MGP files sit at addresses with no session in them.
4. For the dates, open the tentative December 2026 sheet linked in the exam-date section above and check the slot for each code.

IGNOU’s June 2026 question paper list was still empty on 13 October 2026, so the newest MGP papers available are from December 2025. Older sittings are gathered by programme on IGNOU last year papers by programme, and how IGNOU date sheets are published explains the tentative, revised and final stages a sheet goes through.

Before 2 December and After 30 December: Admit Card, Result, Revaluation

When IGNOU releases the December hall ticket, it carries the centre and slot for every MGP code you registered. Check it against the date table above as soon as it appears.

After 30 December, the IGNOU term-end result appears code by code. Learners re-sitting a paper from June can confirm the earlier status on the June 2026 result page before December. TMA marks on the grade card show whether the assignment half of each course has been recorded; a paper that looks under-marked can go for revaluation of a term-end answer script; and the final grade card and the IGNOU CGPA calculator cover the end of the programme.

What MGPS Learners Pair With a Revision Set

Most MGPS orders that include a guess paper also involve the TMA. The MGPS handwritten assignment page covers the sixteen MGP and MGPE assignments, and solved IGNOU assignments are the typed alternative. For deeper reading than a guess paper, IGNOU help books and guide books online cover the same codes, and the full list of service charges puts every price in one place.

Learners taking the 8-credit MGPE-017 in place of two options will find its MGPE-017 project guidance on a separate page.

Medium: MGP Papers Print Hindi Straight After English

IGNOU examines MGPS in English and Hindi. The July 2026 Common Prospectus and IGNOU’s MGPS programme page both give English and Hindi as the medium, and the MGP papers print the Hindi version straight after the English in one file, with the same ten questions and the same instructions. The Hindi text of the December 2025 MGP-001 paper and the June 2025 MGP-002 paper spells Gandhi’s name two different ways, which changes nothing in the questions.

Each set is prepared for the upcoming term-end examination, in every medium IGNOU examines that course in, and the medium for your course code is confirmed on WhatsApp before you pay.

Every MGPS set sold now targets the December 2026 papers, which open on 2 December. A set prepared for June 2026 is a different product, even for the same code.

Sending an MGPS Order on WhatsApp

1. Send your MGP and MGPE codes to +91 93546 37830, with your year and the format you want, PDF or printed copy.
2. Confirm the medium, English or Hindi, for each code.
3. Pay for the codes; printed orders add the courier charge once.
4. Receive the PDF on WhatsApp, or the courier details for the printed copy.

The rate is ₹49 per subject code for a solved guess paper as a PDF, or ₹100 per subject code as a printed copy. Printed copies carry a one-time courier charge of ₹100 per order, whatever the number of subject codes; the PDF has no courier charge.

The PDF is shared on WhatsApp once payment is confirmed. A printed copy is dispatched the next day after payment is confirmed, and the courier details are shared on WhatsApp. No arrival date is promised, because transit time depends on the courier and your location.

There is no minimum order: one subject or ten, same rate per format.

₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code

Learners who prefer a shop page to a chat can browse the Shri Chakradhar Publication guess paper store, which belongs to the same publisher.

How This MGPS Page Was Checked, and by Whom

IGNOU documents. The course codes, titles and credits come from section 3.25 of the July 2026 Common Prospectus. The dates come from IGNOU’s tentative December 2026 date sheet dated 21 September 2026. The paper layouts and question themes come from the fifteen MGP papers linked in the evidence section, plus the June 2023 MGP-004 and December 2023 MGPE-008 papers for format, and the online MGP-001 paper for comparison.

ignouproject.com’s analysis. The theme tables, the counts, the time arithmetic and the answer frame are the publisher’s own work. Theme matching is a judgement, explained in the counting method above.

Commercial terms. The prices, the courier charge and the dispatch rule are ignouproject.com’s own terms and are not IGNOU rules.

Written and reviewed by BK Sahni, Founder, Shri Chakradhar Publication Pvt. Ltd. and ignouproject.com, who has guided 5,00,000 students till date. ORCID 0009-0005-8092-459X.

Published 13 October 2026. Last reviewed 13 October 2026. Next review: March 2027, when the June 2027 tentative date sheet is expected, or earlier if IGNOU revises the December 2026 sheet.

Limits stated plainly: the December 2026 sheet is still tentative; the June 2024 MGP papers were not available from IGNOU’s archive, and the June 2026 papers had not been posted; the theme tables cover three of the sixteen codes; and a count of past questions is not a forecast.

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