LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010
SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH
Date : 03-11-10 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
Part-A
Answer ALL the following questions in 30 words each : (10 x 2=20 marks)
- What is global warming?
- Write a short note on the Green Fest 2010 celebrated by Loyola College on Oct.1.
- What are the various categories of nuclear households?
- Indicate the reasons for the constant increase of nuclear households with females as their
heads.
- What is the role of caste panchayat in rural India?
- What are the four popular and traditional methods of treatment of diseases in India?
- Indicate the important factors that contribute social differentiation among Indian tribes today.
- What are the main objectives of tribal policies in modern India?
- What is the implication of introducing spectacles in pre-modern India?
- Mention two main water borne and air borne diseases that affect the Chennai slum dwellers.
Part-B
Answer any FIVE of the following questions in 300 words each : (5 x8=40 marks)
- Explain historiographic and geographic approaches to health and disease in India.
- Critically evaluate the impact of urbanization on rural India.
- Discuss the health problems in rural India and how they are treated?
- Expound the important sources of subsistence in the tribal society.
- What are the dreadful diseases that affect the Indian tribes? How does the Government of
India help them to combat these diseases?
- Highlight the research finding of Lukacs on Harappan civilization.
- Explain the origin and development of western medical practice in Travancore.
Part-C
Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words each : (2×20=40 marks)
- Discuss the social and cultural approaches to health and diseases in India.
- Present a comparative study of diseases that are prevalent in urban, slum, rural and tribal
societies in modern India.
- Highlight the legitimate demands of Tribal movements in India.
- What were the reasons for the wide spread of smallpox in pre-modern India and how were
they treated?
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