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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

 

Date & Time: 30/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

PART –A

Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each                      (2×10=20 Marks)

1. Explain Social Structure.
2. Define social Mobility.
3. Explain Feudalism.
4. Name important village studies.
5. Define Village.
6. Explain Structuralism.
7. What do you mean by collective sentiment?
8. Explain Sanskritisation.
9. Explain Demography.
10. Define Urbanisation.

PART – B

Answer any five questions in about 300 words each                     (5×8=40 marks)

1. Explain the problems faced by village people.
2. Analyse the historical approach to the study of social structure in India.
3. Explain critically ‘Asiatic Mode of Production’.
4. Write a short note on M.N.Srinivas’s conceptualisation of social change and mobility.
5. Explain the various characteristic features of urban stratification in India today.
6. How would you assess the rise of middle class among tribals in India?
7. Write a critical note on the privatisation of health care system in our country today.

PART – C

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

1. Write an essay with critical inputs on the various approaches to the study of Indian social structure.
2. Critically analyse the traditional characteristics of village in India.
3. How would you evaluate the rise of nationalism in India?
4. Explore the structural changes Indian society witnessing due to Globalisation.

 

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