SW 3954 – RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1)

Date : 03/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

SECTION – A

Answer all questions. Answer to each question should not exceed 50 words: 10 x 2 = 20

What do mean by Rural Development?
Define Poverty.
What are the types of Migration?
Mention any four functions of BDO.
Expand WTO, IMF, and UNDP & RTI.
Write any four unique problems faced by youth in Rural areas.
Name the central minister for the Rural Development.
Write any four Programmes of Marthandam.
List out any four voluntary organizations working for the Rural Community Development at the State level.
What is Democratic Decentralization?

SECTION – B

Answer any Four questions. Answer to each question should not exceed 300 words: 4 x 10 = 40

Critically analyse the functioning of Self Help Group in Rural TamilNadu.
Discuss the problems of unemployment in Rural Areas and suggest measures to address the same.
List out the important features of Rural India from your Field Work Exposure.
Write a short note on Gandhiji’s Wardha project.
Describe the functions and the financial aspects of municipal government in India.

SECTION – C

Answer any Two questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words: 2 x 20 = 40

Discuss the major problems of Rural communities in India and highlight the initiatives taken by the government to address them.
“Globalisation is unifying and connecting countries and regions like never before”-Comment
From your field work exposure bring out the problems faced by Panchayat Raj Institution in Rural India.