LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2808 – SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

 

 

 

Date & Time: 27/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00    Dept. No.                                               Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A

Answer ALL the following in 30 words each :                                           (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. Was social exclusion practised in ancient India? Give an example to justify your position.
2. Define “Dalits”.
3. Give any one literary reference to ‘Teendacheri’in the Middle Ages.
4. What are the indicators of social exclusion in urban India?
5. Mention any one law that prevents the practice of untouchability.
6. Indicate any one incident of massacre of Dalits after Independence.
7. Mention any two common diseases prevalent among the lowest stratum of people in Indian

society

8. What are the main causes for the high mortality rate amongst the Scheduled Caste in India?
9. Is the demand for the implementation of reservation policy in private sector justifiable? Explain.
10. Suggest any one radical strategy to include the excluded Dalits in the mainstream society.

 

PART-B

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words :                                                (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

11. How does Manusmriti exclude the Shudras from the society?
12. Highlight the characteristics of the caste system.
13. Delineate briefly on the practice of untouchability in the Middle Ages.
14. How are the Dalit women exploited in rural India?
15. Explain the ‘Keeripatti syndrome’.
16. How does the deprivation of human dignity due to the practice of untouchability affect the

health of its victims?

17. Can more education and employment opportunities to the Dalits help them to get well integrated

into the society? – Explian.

 

PART-C

Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words :                                  (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

18. What are the various categories of people excluded from the mainstream social life in India?

Discuss the reasons for their exclusion?

19. Based on your recent visit, discuss the various forms of exclusions of Dalits in rural area.
20. Critically evaluate the “positive discrimination” strategy of the Government to uplift the

downtrodden Dalits.

21. “The alienation of land and lack of education affect the general health of Dalits in rural

India”- Discuss.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

SO 2809 – SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

 

 

Date : 11-04-2011             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Part-A

 

Answer ALL the following in 30 words each :                                           (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

1. Indicate some fundamental factors that account for the exclusion of some categories of people in India.
2. What is the etymological meaning of Harijan?
3. Trace the origin of the practice of untouchability in Chozha dynasty?
4. Indicate some major diseases prevalent among the Dalits dwelling in Chennai slums.
5. Mention any one demand of Periyar to include the excluded Dalits.
6. Referring to the villages of your ethnographic study, distinguish “murder” from “massacre” of Dalits.
7. Explain the notion of negative innate capital.
8. What is the essence of PCR Act?
9. Can Samathuvapuram stand as a paradigm for social integration of the excluded?
10. What are the demands of the Backward Class in Uthapuram?

 

Part-B

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words :                                                                   (5 x8=40 marks)

 

11. According to Dr B.R.Ambedkar, how does Manusmiriti discriminate the Shudras?
12. What are the factors that rigidified caste system in the Middle Ages in Tamil Nadu?
13. According to J.H.Hutton, what are the restrictions imposed on the Adi-dravidars in Ramnad district in

Pre-Independent India?

14. Explain the various types of exploitation that the Dalit women undergo in rural areas.

15.With the paradigm of Melavalavu panchayat, discuss the obstacles that hinder the political

empowerment of Dalits.

16. Explain the significance of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribe Atrocity Prevention Act 1989.
17. Based on your ethnographic study of some villages in Madurai District, suggest some effective

strategies to include the excluded Dalits in the mainstream social life.

 

Part-C

Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words :                                                       (2×20=40 marks)

 

18. “As a mark of protest against Hinduism, Dr B.R.Ambedkar and his followers embraced Buddhism”-

Discuss.

19. Discuss the different forms of segregation of Dalits in rural areas.
20. Examine the reasons for inter-caste conflicts in Madurai District from 1990.
21. What are the diseases prevalent among the Dalits in rural areas and what are the important methods of

treatment?

 

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