LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

CO 37

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

    SO 2901 – SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA

 

 

 

Date : 26/04/2008            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

 

Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.      (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. What are the characteristics of a social movement?
2. Explain the historiographical method.
3. How is rebellion different from social movement?
4. What is an utopian movement?
5. Define backwardness.
6. Explain ‘Appiko movement’.
7. Explain the terms ‘deforestation’ and ‘aforestation’.
8. Expand SNDP.
9. What is meant by relative deprivation?
10. What does Periyar mean by Dravidian identity?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.         (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

11. Elucidate the role of social movements in social change.
12. Bring out the achievements of the SNDP movement.
13. Highlight upon the problems of dalits.
14. Explain Brahmo samaj as a reform movement.
15. Elucidate the different stages in the development of a social movement.
16. Trace the history to Chipko movement.
17. Write a brief note on the Aligarh movement.

 

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each. (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

18. Define social movement. Discuss the theories regarding the genesis of a social movement.
19. Bring out the essential aspects of Marxist dialectical framework.
20. Discuss the Mahar movement.
21. Write an essay on the non-Brahamin movement in Tamil Nadu.

 

 

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