LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009
SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH
Date & Time: 25/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART-A
Answer ALL the following in 30 words each: (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
- What is ecological involution?
- What is the rate of population increase in India according to the 2001 Census report?
- In India, what is the average size of the household of a non scheduled population?
- What are the reasons for the fertility decline in urban India?
- Write a short note on kinship and kinship network.
- Indicate some dreadful diseases that affect the Chennai slums?
- What are the important reasons for the rise of middle class in Tribal India?
- Mention some demands of Tribal movement.
- What is the implication of introducing spectacles in pre-modern India?
- How was smallpox treated in Pre-modern India?
PART-B
Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each : (5 x 8 = 40 marks)
- Highlight any one approach that helps to understand better the health and diseases in
India.
- Can urbanization and industrialization help India to progress? Explain.
- What are the positive and negative impacts of globalization?
- Explicate the health services available for Tribal India.
- Illustrate the health problems and medicines among Indian tribes.
- What were the major causes of death in Harappan civilization?
- Explain the spread of Malaria in nineteenth century Bombay presidency.
PART-C
Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words each : (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
- Explain the social and cultural approaches to health and diseases in India.
- Highlight the specific characteristics of Indian population.
- What are the various types of pollution that affects the urban population?
- Elucidate Gandhian perspective on food and health.