LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

    SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 05/05/2008            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART A

Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each   (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

1. Mention the various approaches to study the Indian society.
2. What is demography?
3. Define urbanization.
4. What is a village?
5. What is meant by seasonal migration?
6. Give the meaning of Tribe.
7. Differentiate town and city.
8. Mention any two studies on villages and their significance.
9. What do you mean by caste mobility?
10. Write a short note on urban transportation.

 

PART B

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

 

1. What are the dominant economic activities of the tribal population?
2. Explain villages as participants in development and transformation.
3. Discuss the controversy between Elwin and Ghurye on the tribal policy.
4. Describe the morphology of urban India with a special emphasis on slums and squatter settlements.
5. Highlight the important features of religions in India.
6. Write a brief essay on backward classes and reservation.
7. Compare and contrast the problems faced by village and urban India.

 

PART C

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

 

1. Analyse the social and cultural approaches to health and diseases in India.
2. Highlight the importance of the political organizations of north eastern, central and south Indian tribes.
3. Elaborate on kinship, festivals, markets migration and collective sentiments of village India.
4. Write an essay on globalization in relation to politics, media and health care.

 

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