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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010

    SO 1806  – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 03-11-10                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Part-A

 

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

 

1. What is global warming?
2. Write a short note on the Green Fest 2010 celebrated by Loyola College on Oct.1.
3. What are the various categories of nuclear households?
4. Indicate the reasons for the constant increase of nuclear households with females as their

heads.

5. What is the role of caste panchayat in rural India?
6. What are the four popular and traditional methods of treatment of diseases in India?
7. Indicate the important factors that contribute social differentiation among Indian tribes today.
8. What are the main objectives of tribal policies in modern India?
9. What is the implication of introducing spectacles in pre-modern India?
10. Mention two main water borne and air borne diseases that affect the Chennai slum dwellers.

 

Part-B

 

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

 

11. Explain historiographic and geographic approaches to health and disease in India.
12. Critically evaluate the impact of urbanization on rural India.
13. Discuss the health problems in rural India and how they are treated?
14. Expound the important sources of subsistence in the tribal society.
15. What are the dreadful diseases that affect the Indian tribes? How does the Government of

India help them to combat these diseases?

16. Highlight the research finding of Lukacs on Harappan civilization.
17. Explain the origin and development of western medical practice in Travancore.

 

Part-C

 

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

 

18. Discuss the social and cultural approaches to health and diseases in India.
19. Present a comparative study of diseases that are prevalent in urban, slum, rural and tribal

societies in modern India.

20. Highlight the legitimate demands of Tribal movements in India.
21. What were the reasons for the wide spread of smallpox in pre-modern India and how were

they treated?

 

 

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