M.Sc Medical Sociology Question Paper

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 1807 /SO 1805/ 1802 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 08-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART-A

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

 

  1. Distinguish between sociology in medicine and sociology of medicine.
  2. Define “Aetiology”.
  3. Write a short note on the convergence of sociology and medicine.
  4. What is the principal role of medical sociologists in the contemporary world?
  5. Write a short note on the historical perspective of illness.
  6. What is Hippocratic Oath?
  7. What do we mean by ‘Trepanation’?
  8. What are the specific characteristics of primitive and folk medicines?
  9. What is meant by Multi-speciality hospitals?
  10. Explain social epidemiology.

 

PART-B

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

 

  1. Trace the socio-historical roots of biomedical model of health.
  2. Present a brief sketch on the status of medical sociology.
  3. Discuss the social and psychological factors in Health and Illness.
  4. How can one transform the modern hospitals into community health care centres?
  5. What are the different modes of transmission of HIV?
  6. What are the physical and mental manifestations of good health?
  7. Discuss briefly the growth of hospital industry.

 

 

PART-C

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

 

  1. Write an essay on Gender and health.
  2. G.Gordon says, “Parsons’ concept of the Sick-role has to be rejected”. Examine in detail the

arguments put forward by him.

  1. Discuss the various models of health care delivery.
  2. Explain the development of medicine in 16th and 17th centuries.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 1805/SO 1803/MS 1800 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

 

Date : 04-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

 

Answer the following questions in about 30 words each:                                     (10×2=20)

 

  1. Define Sociology.
  2. List the salient features of community.
  3. What is an institution?
  4. Explain the term ‘Social structure’.
  5. Define culture
  6. What is xenocentrism?
  7. Outline the importance of social groups.
  8. Differentiate between formal and informal methods of social control.
  9. What is a social norm?
  10. What are the important sources of social change?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each:                            (5 x 8 =40)

 

 

  1. Is Sociology a science? Substantiate.
  2. Explain the concept of ‘Sociological Imagination’ with suitable example.
  3. Elucidate the role and importance of culture to the individual and society.
  4. Explain the different types of social groups and the criteria involved in the classification.
  5. Critically examine the different types of deviance.
  6. Analyze the factors of social change.
  7. Elucidate the functional theories of social change.

 

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 1200 words each:       (2 x 20 = 40)

 

  1. Define socialization. What are the important agents of socialization? Explain with example the role of different agents of socialization.
  2. What are social processes? Examine the associative social processes explaining the factors facilitating and hindering each of the processes.
  3. Define deviance. Illustrate the factors facilitating deviance.
  4. What is Social change? Critically examine the cyclical theories of social change.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2008 Medical Anthropology Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 1809 – MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

 

 

 

Date : 13-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

 

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

 

  1. Name the concept that talks about unifying or reconciling opposing schools of thought?
  2. What is ethnomedicine?
  3. Relate culture to personality in the context of medical anthropology.
  4. What do anthropologists mean by ‘enlightenment model’?
  5. Make your analysis of psychosocial and cultural aspects of health and illness.
  6. Explain about folk sector in medical system.
  7. Show the underlying unity between body, person and power.
  8. Briefly explain about medical anthropology as social network?
  9. Demonstrate the dynamics of constructionist approach in medical anthropology.
  10. Does rumour have a role in medical research? Explain.

 

PART – B

 

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

 

  1. Give your critical evaluation of medical anthropology.
  2. Patients are cured mostly by self-belief more than medicine. Discuss.
  3. How would you apply Antonio Gramsci’s analysis of hegemony to medical anthropology?
  4. How do medical systems relate to medical pluralism?
  5. Fake Malaria: Understanding of disease in Tanzania. Explain.
  6. Patienthood is a social state and not simply a biological one. Discuss.
  7. Write a note on one of the explanatory models in interpreting sickness and illness.

 

PART – C

 

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

 

  1. Discuss the relationship between cultural values and assumptions and medicine and medical systems.
  2. Do you agree that illness representation is culturally constructed? Argue your case in detail by providing examples.
  3. Discuss in detail medical systems as main object of medical anthropology.
  4. What are the major issues that are involved in medical research? Give examples from India.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 1808/1803/SO1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 11-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Part-A

 

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

 

  1. “Men depend on nature but nature does not depend on Men”-Comment.
  2. Spell out the rate of natural increase of Indian population based on the 2001 Census report.
  3. Indicate some reasons for the sharp decline of the population of Parsis in India?
  4. Point out some impacts of industrialization on Indian population.
  5. Write a short note on festivals and rituals in rural India.
  6. Explain briefly “seasonal migration”.
  7. What are the foundations of classification of Indian Tribes?
  8. What is the specific characteristic of Narmada Movement?
  9. What is the sociological implication of introducing spectacles in pre-modern India?
  10. State the reasons for Gandhi’s objection to the use of modern medicines.

 

Part-B

 

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

 

  1. Explain the positive impact of urbanization in India.
  2. Which social category in India has the highest deficit of women and what are the reasons?
  3. How do you explain the spectacular increase of Muslim population in India?
  4. Highlight the changes that the tribal communities in India are undergoing currently.
  5. Write a short note on tribal medicines in India.
  6. Discuss health and disease in Harappan civilization.
  7. Explain the role of Medical Missionaries in the Telegu country in Modern India.

 

Part-C

 

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

 

  1. Critically evaluate various approaches to health and diseases in India.
  2. Discuss the different types of pollution and health problems of urban population in India.
  3. Illustrate the economic organization and social differentiation among the tribes.
  4. Discuss the medical and surgical practices in Mughal India.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 3875 / SO 3875 – HEALTH COMMUNICATION

 

 

 

Date : 10-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

SECTION A

(10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

  1. Write a brief note on feed back
  2. What is meant by Global village?
  3. Elucidate the types of communication.
  4. What do you understand by communication hiatus? When does it occur?
  5. Explain the concept of cognitive consonance.
  6. What is meant by telemedicine?
  7. Explicate the concept of sociology of communication.
  8. What is vertical and horizontal communication?
  9. Explain the concept of opinion leadership with suitable example.
  10. Spell out any two features of communication between Non-medical staff and patient.

SECTION B

(5 × 8 = 40 Marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

  1. What are the elements of communication?
  2. Bring out the importance of interpersonal communication in health counseling.
  3. Explain the role of participatory communication in a health campaign
  4. Explicate the scope of telemedicine today.
  5. Bring out the relation between communication and development.
  6. What is organizational communication? State its implication for health.
  7. Outline the impact of print media on health awareness.

 

SECTION C

(2 × 20 = 40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

  1. Discuss the role of TV advertisements in health related issues.
  2. What are the campaign strategies for a campaign on ‘immunization’ planned by a Governmental agency?
  3. Discuss the techniques and principles of propaganda
  4. Evaluate the communication strategies adopted in India with a view to promote

family planning in India.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2008 Community Health And Social Medicine Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

         MS 3803 / SO 3803 – COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

 

 

 

Date : 03-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

SECTION A

(10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

  1. Elucidate any two problems in defining community.
  2. State the meaning of social medicine.
  3. Write a short note on Unani-Tibb system of medicine.
  4. What is osteopathy?
  5. What are ‘IDDM and NIDDM’?
  6. Name the four areas of concern one needs to pay attention to during rehabilitation.
  7. List out the roles a physician is expected to play in a modern hospital.
  8. Write a short note on hospital as a social entity.
  9. Outline the propositions of labeling theory.
  10. Does illness cause deviant behavior? Explain.

SECTION B

(5 × 8 = 40 Marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

  1. Describe the state of social medicine in India.
  2. Briefly discuss medieval medicine.
  3. What are dangers of treating patients with communicable diseases in ordinary wards?
  4. Highlight community-based approaches to health care.
  5. Explain the role of counseling in rehabilitation.
  6. Identify the socio-demographic variables related to medicare-seeking behaviour.
  7. How is deviance understood by functionalist?

 

SECTION C

(2 × 20 = 40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

  1. Describe the natural history of diseases.
  2. Trace the development of modern medicine through ages.
  3. Discuss various methods of raising health awareness.
  4. Examine the Madhya Pradesh experiment in over-hauling hospitals.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2008 Classical Sociological Theory Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 1806 – CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

 

Date : 06-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Part – A

 

Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each:                                      (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Fetishism of commodities.
  2. Religion of Humanity
  3. Anomie
  4. Repressive Law
  5. Imitation Theory
  6. Manifest Function
  7. Enlightenment
  8. Dramaturgy
  9. Production relation
  10. Social Statics

 

Part – B

 

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

 

  1. Examine the nature of Comtean positivism.
  2. Explain how alienation leads to dehumanization?
  3. What is Stigma? How does it devalue a person’s social identity?
  4. What are the four dimensions of collective conscience?
  5. What are the four key functional imperatives that society must fulfill in order to survive?
  6. What are the main characteristics of ‘Ideal Type’?
  7. What is symbolic interactionism.

 

Part – C

 

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

 

  1. Examine the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of sociological theory.
  2. ‘Suicide is an index to decay in social solidarity’. Critically evaluate in the light of Durkheim’s work on suicide.
  3. Examine in detail the theory of structural functionalism propounded by Talcott Parsons
  4. Write a detailed essay on historical materialism

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2008 Case History And Counselling Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 3804/SO 3804  – CASE HISTORY AND COUNSELLING

 

 

 

Date : 05-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART – A

 

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

 

    1. Define counseling.
    2. What is psychotherapy?
    3. Mention the three types of crisis counseling.
    4. When is cognitive behaviour therapy used?
    5. Name the two associations which have published the code of ethics in

counseling.

    1. Define confidentiality in counseling?
    2. Differentiate empathy from sympathy.
    3. Write a short note on the self disclosure skill of a counselor.
    4. What are the goals of a counselor in the relationship establishment stage of counseling?
    5. Define a case study.

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PART – B

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

 

    1. What are the common myths in counseling? Explain with facts.
    2. Briefly explain Gestalt therapy with an example.
    3. Highlight the ethical issues of counseling.
    4. Differentiate verbal and non-verbal skills of counseling. Dwell on the attentive and listening skills of a counselor.
    5. What is depression? How do you counsel a depressed person?
    6. Elaborate the various types of case studies?
    7. Write a short note on counseling a bereaved.

 

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each.                                      (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. What is psychoanalysis? Describe any two models of counseling.
  2. Explain the process of counseling
  3. What are the warning signs of suicide? Explain the various steps in

suicidal counseling.

  1. What are the three main principles of counseling? Write an essay on

planning a case study.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2008 Bio-Medical Ethics And Law Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

    MS 3951 /SO 3951 – BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS AND LAW

 

 

 

Date : 07-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART-A

 

Answer ALL the question in 30 words each.                                                (10 x 2 = 20)

 

  1. Why is acting ethically an important value?
  2. Explain the concept of “Paternalism” in medicine.
  3. What is Nuremberg Code?
  4. Differentiate Duty theory and Rights theory
  5. Mention the key ingredients in patient-doctor relationship
  6. Why theories are required to understand biomedical ethics?
  7. Define eugenics
  8. Explain Surrogacy
  9. What is passive euthanasia?
  10. Mention two ethical problems involved in cryopreservation of eggs, ovum and sperm.

 

PART-B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each.                            (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

 

 

  1. Discuss the process involved in the ethical decision making in health care setup

 

  1. Critically examine the role of religion in health care decision making

 

  1. What is “Sufficient information” in the process of informed consent?

 

  1. Evaluate the arguments against euthanasia

 

  1. What do you think about brain death as a criterion for death and how do you look at the implications of such a criterion?

 

  1. Is it ethical to commercialize and sell eggs and sperm for reproduction? – comment

 

 

 

  1. M.P., 39 years of age, comes to the Gynecology Department demanding abortion. She has been pregnant for two months and does not want the baby. She has had multiple, complete sexual contact with several men in recent years and consumes heroin. The doctor requests her informed consent to an HIV test but she refuses to consent. Should the doctor, believing that HIV is highly probable, perform the test and other preoperative analysis without her consent?

 

 

PART-C

 

Answer any TWO question in 1200 words each:                           (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

 

  1. Explain the guiding principles of biomedical ethics.

 

  1. Discuss critically the ethical issues raised by Assisted Reproductive Technology.

 

  1. Highlight the need for “surrogacy law” using the recent surrogate mother case in India

 

  1. A mother from a rural area gives birth to Siamese twins, who are slightly underweight. Their heads are unattached, and they each have two hands. They are joined together from below the costal margin, and hence are sharing many organs as well as their lower extremities, with a third but rudimentary leg arising from the posterior aspect. The doctors know that an operation must be carried out for the babies to have a chance, but the procedure itself is rather complicated. Furthermore, the doctors cannot determine the extent to which the vital organs are being shared. They know if an operation is to be carried out, only one of the twins will survive, and it will be a very costly procedure. The twins must be kept in the special care ward until they are fit to be operated on. They cannot survive outside the hospital. The parents do not care whether the twins will survive, and they just want to go home. Highlight the ethicolegal issues involved and suggest ways and means of addressing the same.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2009 Sociology Of Socially Excluded Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

OL 41

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2808 – SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

 

 

 

Date & Time: 27/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00    Dept. No.                                               Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A

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

 

  1. Was social exclusion practised in ancient India? Give an example to justify your position.
  2. Define “Dalits”.
  3. Give any one literary reference to ‘Teendacheri’in the Middle Ages.
  4. What are the indicators of social exclusion in urban India?
  5. Mention any one law that prevents the practice of untouchability.
  6. Indicate any one incident of massacre of Dalits after Independence.
  7. Mention any two common diseases prevalent among the lowest stratum of people in Indian

society

  1. What are the main causes for the high mortality rate amongst the Scheduled Caste in India?
  2. Is the demand for the implementation of reservation policy in private sector justifiable? Explain.
  3. Suggest any one radical strategy to include the excluded Dalits in the mainstream society.

 

PART-B

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words :                                                (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. How does Manusmriti exclude the Shudras from the society?
  2. Highlight the characteristics of the caste system.
  3. Delineate briefly on the practice of untouchability in the Middle Ages.
  4. How are the Dalit women exploited in rural India?
  5. Explain the ‘Keeripatti syndrome’.
  6. How does the deprivation of human dignity due to the practice of untouchability affect the

health of its victims?

  1. Can more education and employment opportunities to the Dalits help them to get well integrated

into the society? – Explian.

 

PART-C

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

 

  1. What are the various categories of people excluded from the mainstream social life in India?

Discuss the reasons for their exclusion?

  1. Based on your recent visit, discuss the various forms of exclusions of Dalits in rural area.
  2. Critically evaluate the “positive discrimination” strategy of the Government to uplift the

downtrodden Dalits.

  1. “The alienation of land and lack of education affect the general health of Dalits in rural

India”- Discuss.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2009 Sociology Of Health Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

OL 30

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1807 / 1802 / SO 1805 / 1802 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

 

 

 

Date & Time: 30/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00   Dept. No.                                                  Max. : 100 Marks

 

PART-A

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

 

  1. Who are the “Founding Fathers” of Medical Sociology?
  2. Mention any one disease that is prominent among the Afro-Americans. What is the reason?
  3. What do we mean by ‘Trepanation’?
  4. What are the important aspects of sick role according to Parsons?
  5. What is social epidemiology?
  6. Define stigma.
  7. Mention any two differences between primitive medicine and modern medicine.
  8. State any two reasons for considering modern hospital as a health care centre?
  9. Mention some institutions that care for and promote societal health.
  10. Define “Aetiology”.

 

PART-B

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each :                            (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. What could be the constructive role of Medical Sociologists in contemporary world?
  2. Highlight the central argument of labeling theory.
  3. What are the major criticisms of the sick role?
  4. What are the different modes of transmission of HIV?
  5. Discuss health and illness as social identities.
  6. What are the characteristics of primitive and folk medicines?
  7. What are the popular medicines used in seventeenth century?

 

 

PART-C

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

 

  1. Write an essay on gender and health.
  2. Discuss the social and psychological factors that promote or deteriorate health.
  3. What are the different models of health care?
  4. Explicate the growth of hospital industry.

 

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1801 / SO 1804 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 28/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00   Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each          (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Objective Idealism
  2. Materialism
  3. Public Sphere
  4. Military-Industrial Complex
  5. Dysfunction
  6. Role Distance
  7. Metaphysics
  8. Dialectics
  9. Anomic Suicide
  10. Monism.

 

 

                                                                       PART – B

            Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each                       (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Why does sociology rely on theoretical thinking?
  2. What does Foucault mean by clinic?
  3. Why has traditional theory ignored the ‘gendered’ nature of knowledge?
  4. Briefly explain the AGIL model
  5. Explain the law of three stages
  6. Explain the theory of power-elite.
  7. Why is there a ‘legitimation’ crisis?

 

 

PART – C

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

 

  1. The rise of Post-modernism is due to the grand failure of the meta-narratives. Elucidate.
  2. Critically evaluate Beck’s theory of risk society
  3. Critically analyse Marxian Historical Materialism.
  4. Examine in detail Durkheim’s study on suicide.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2009 Quantitative Research Methods Question Paper PDF Download

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

OL 41

FOURTH SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 4800/MS 4802/S0 4802 – QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Part – A

            Answer all the questions in about 30 words each                  (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Snowball sampling
  2. Extraneous variable
  3. Semi-structured interview
  4. Generalisation
  5. Sampling error
  6. Constructionism
  7. Informant factual question
  8. Structured interview
  9. Independent variable
  10. Epistemology

 

Part – B

Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each             (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. What are the advantages and limitations of a close ended questionnaire?
  2. What is the relationship between epistemology and methodology?
  3. What are the ways in which the term ‘diary’ is used in the context of social research?
  4. What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with systematic review?
  5. What are the general rules of data presentation?
  6. What is probability sampling and why is it important?
  7. What is the role of bibliography and what makes a good one?

 

Part – C

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

  1. Examine in detail the major criticism of quantitative research.
  2. Examine the types of interview. What are its advantages and disadvantages?
  3. Critically evaluate the steps involved in report writing.
  4. Examine in detail how tables and graphs are used in the presentation of grouped data.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1804/SO 1807 – QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 17/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A

 

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

 

  1. Elucidate any two assumptions of Life History Method.
  2. What is the principle characteristic of unobstrusive research?
  3. What are the possible reasons for the errors in the research?
  4. Distinguish ideographic method from nomothetic method of study.
  5. What are the assumptions of interview technique of data collection?
  6. What are the precautions a researcher has to take before finalizing the research topic?
  7. What is the significance of Participant Observation?
  8. Define “Content analysis”.
  9. What is the significance of Physical Traces method of study?
  10. What is the difference between the research methodology and methods?

 

PART-B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each :                            (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Bring out the relationship between validity and reliability in research.
  2. Discuss the process of constructing the theory.
  3. Suggest some guidelines to make interview as an effective technique of data

collection.

  1. What are the merits and demerits of Field Research?
  2. What are the different steps in Participant Observation?
  3. What are the different types of content analysis?
  4. Explicate natural accretions and decretions in Physical Trace method of study.

 

PART-C

 

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

 

  1. How does theory and research guide and enrich each other?
  2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of interview method of data collection.
  3. What are the various steps in Participant Observation and evaluate the observer’s roles?
  4. Critically evaluate the various sources for Life History Method of research.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1805 / 1800 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 25/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

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

 

  1. Define Community.
  2. Define the term ‘society’.
  3. What is an association?
  4. Mention the characteristic features of culture.
  5. Explain the concept of ethnocentrism.
  6. What is meant by the term ‘socialization’?
  7. Differentiate between associative and dissociative social processes.
  8. Define social control.
  9. Differentiate between primary and secondary groups.
  10. What are the sources of social change?

 

PART – B

 

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

 

  1. Explain the important uses of the discipline of sociology.
  2. Elucidate the concept of ‘sociological imagination’.
  3. Briefly describe the process of socialization.
  4. Delineate the importance of social group in social life.
  5. Define deviance. Illustrate the factors facilitating deviance.
  6. Explain with example the different associative social processes.
  7. Elucidate the conflict theory of social change.

 

PART – C

 

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

 

  1. Define Sociology. Discuss the nature and scope of sociology.
  2. Define culture. Elucidate the role of culture. Examine the growth of culture.
  3. Outline the important goals of social control. Explain with example the formal and informal methods of social control.
  4. What is social change? Discuss the factors of social change.

 

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2800 / SO 2803/ 2800 – ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

 

 

 

Date & Time: 20/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A

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

 

1.“The organization is above all, social. It is people.” Who is the author of this statement?

2.What is the significance of Hawthorne experiment?

3.How do type A personalities differ from type B personalities?

4.What is idiosyncratic credit?

5.Mention any one factor that affects the organizational culture.

6.What are the indicators of power?

7.How does charistmatic leadership differ from traditional leadership?

8.Point out some criteria for group effectiveness.

9.Who are the three constituents of perceptual process?

10.Mention some agents of organizational change.

 

PART-B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each :                (5×8=40 marks)

 

  1. Highlight the principles of organization.
  2. Expound the three determinants of personality traits.
  3. What are the various types of groups in an organisation?
  4. How is organizational culture created and maintained?
  5. Discuss the bases of power.
  6. Explicate the different approaches to organizational effectiveness.
  7. What are the different kinds of change that can take place in an organisation?

PART-C

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

 

  1. Illustrate the foundational experiment that paved the way for the emergence of the

discipline ‘Organisational Behaviour’.

  1. Discuss the process of learning in an organization.
  2. Delineate the process of decision-making. Suggest some ways to improve it in an

Organisational context.

  1. Discuss the sources of resistance to change.

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1809 – MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 05/05/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00  Dept. No.                                                  Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each            (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Ethnocentrism
  2. Reification
  3. Ethnomedicine
  4. Syncretism
  5. Illness narrative
  6. Medical pluralism
  7. Aetiology
  8. Situated risk
  9. Thick description
  10. Meaning of medicine.

 

PART – B

Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each                         (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. What is structural violence? List out its main characteristics.
  2. Outline the different ways in which medical anthropology relates to biomedicine.
  3. Explain the anthropological concept of culture.
  4. How does rumour act as a tool to deal with uncertainty in the context of medical research?
  5. Describe the main characteristics of medical systems.
  6. What is the contribution of anthropology of medicine to public health?
  7.  Briefly examine how appropriation of non-biomedical medicines into scientific pharmaceutical frame takes place.

 

PART – C

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

 

  1. Examine the four anthropological approaches to the study of illness representations.
  2. Critically evaluate the link between culture, person and bodily practice.
  3. Examine the distinction between illness and disease and its relevance to understanding how people deal with health and sickness.
  4. Examine in detail the challenges of antiretroviral treatment and HIV.

 

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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)

 

  1. What is ecological involution?
  2. What is the rate of population increase in India according to the 2001 Census report?
  3. In India, what is the average size of the household of a non scheduled population?
  4. What are the reasons for the fertility decline in urban India?
  5. Write a short note on kinship and kinship network.
  6. Indicate some dreadful diseases that affect the Chennai slums?
  7. What are the important reasons for the rise of middle class in Tribal India?
  8. Mention some demands of Tribal movement.
  9. What is the implication of introducing spectacles in pre-modern India?
  10. 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)

 

  1. Highlight any one approach that helps to understand better the health and diseases in

India.

  1. Can urbanization and industrialization help India to progress? Explain.
  2. What are the positive and negative impacts of globalization?
  3. Explicate the health services available for Tribal India.
  4. Illustrate the health problems and medicines among Indian tribes.
  5. What were the major causes of death in Harappan civilization?
  6. 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)

 

  1. Explain the social and cultural approaches to health and diseases in India.
  2. Highlight the specific characteristics of Indian population.
  3. What are the various types of pollution that affects the urban population?
  4. Elucidate Gandhian perspective on food and health.

 

 

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      LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2805/SO 2804 – HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 22/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A

 

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

 

  1. What is the primary objective of Human Resource Management?
  2. Why is Human Resource Management considered as a profession?
  3. Define Human Resource Planning according to Eric W.Vetter.
  4. What is the formula to calculate the rate of absenteeism in an organization?
  5. What are the various aspects of a job that job analysts focus during their analysis?
  6. What is the difference between job description and job specification?
  7. What is job grading and what is its utility?
  8. Make a diagrammatic presentation of the advantages of Computer-Based Training.
  9. According to Beach, what are the four major purposes of wage and salary programmes?
  10. Mention any two important benefits of performance appraisal.

 

PART-B

 

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

 

  1. Explain the Human Resource theory propounded by Milles.
  2. Discuss the evolution of HRM in India.
  3. What are the prerequisites for successful Human Resource Planning?
  4. Explain ‘Manpower Forecasting’ as one of the techniques of Human Resource Planning.
  5. What are the factors involved in the point method of job evaluation? What are its merits and

demerits?

  1. “Training and Development helps in optimizing the utilization of human resource”-Discuss.
  2. Explain the various determinants of rewards?

 

PART-C

 

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

 

  1. Discuss Human Resource Accounting and Audit in Hospitals.
  2. Delineate the process of Human Resource Planning.
  3. What are the various steps involved in the selection process.
  4. What is performance appraisal? What are the various constraints of performance appraisal?

 

 

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2802/SO 2805 – HOSPITAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

Date & Time: 22/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00         Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

 

SECTION- A

Answer ALL Questions in 30 words each:                                                    (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. What are the major types of financial decisions that a business firm makes?
  2. What is Capital Expenditure Budget?
  3. A project costs Rs.40, 00,000 and yields annually a profit of Rs.6, 00,000 after

Depreciation @12.5% but before tax at 50%. Calculate the payback period.

  1. What is meant by ‘Operating Cycle Concept’ in management of working capital?
  2. Define Cost of Capital.
  3. What is Working Capital?
  4. What are the motives for holding cash?
  5. What is Pay back Period?
  6. Calculate degree of operating leverage from the following data:
    1. Sales 2, 00,000 units @ Rs.4 per unit.
    2. Variable cost per unit @ Re. 0.70
    3. Fixed cost Rs.2, 00,000
    4. Interest charges Rs.7,336.
    5. What do you understand by operating leverage?

 

SECTION – B

Answer any FIVE only in about 300 words each:                                         (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. “The operative objective of financial management is to maximize wealth of the firm”- Discuss.

 

  1. Discuss the importance of capital Budgeting.

 

  1. Using the information given below, compute the Pay-Back Period under Traditional Pay-Back

Method. Comment on the results.

Initial Outlay                          Rs.80,000

Estimated Life                                    5 Years

Profit After Tax:

End of Year    1                      Rs.6,000

  • 14,000
  • 24,000
  • 16,000
  • Nil

Depreciation has been calculated under straight-line method. The cost of capital may be taken at

20%p.a and the P.V of Rs.1 at 20% p.a is given below:

Year:                 1          2          3          4          5

P.V factor        .83       .69       .58       .48       .40

 

  1. From the following information, extracted from the books of a manufacturing company,

compute the operating cycle in days and the amount of working capital required:

Period covered                                                     365 days

Average period of credit allowed by suppliers     16 days

Rs.

Average total of Debtors outstanding                               2,40,000

Raw Material consumption                                            22,00,000

Total Production cost                                                     50,00,000

Total Cost of Sales                                                        52,50,000

Sales for the year                                                           80,00,000

Value of Average Stock maintained                                1,60,000

Work in progress                                                             1,75,000

Finished Goods                                                                            1,30,000

 

  1. Summarized below are the Income and Expenditure forecasts for the months of March to July 2007.

Month                   Sales.(Rs.)                    Purchases.(Rs.)            Wages.(Rs.)

March                   60,000                         36,000                           9,000

April                     62,000                         38,000                           8,000

May                      64,000                         33,000                         10,000

June                      58,000                         39,000                           8,500

July                       56,000                         39,000                           9,500

Prepare cash budgets for 3 months starting from 1st May 2007.

  1. Cash balance on 1st May 2007 Rs.8,000
  2. Advance tax Rs.8,000 payable in March and June each.
  • Credit allowed by suppliers is 2 months and allowed to customer 1 month.
  1. Lag in payment of wages in one month.

 

 

 

 

  1. For varying level of debt-equity mix, the estimates of the cost of debt and equity. Find the

optimum debt equity mix

Capital after tax is given below:

Debt as % of total                         Cost of Debt              Cost of Equity

Capital Employed

0                                              7.0                             15.0

10                                              7.0                             15.0

20                                              7.0                             16.0

30                                              8.0                             17.0

40                                              9.0                             18.0

50                                            10.0                             21.0

60                                            11.0                             24.0

 

  1. Preferred Hospital Ltd issued 30,000, 15% Preference shares of Rs.100 each. The cost of issue was

Rs.30,000. Determine the cost of preference capital if shares    are   issued (a) at a premium of 10% and

(b) at a discount of 10%.

 

SECTION – C

 

Answer any Two in about 1200 words:                                      (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

18)  What do you mean by Optimum Capital Structure? Make a list of factors determining   Optimum

Capital Structure.

 

19) A Limited company is considering investment in a project requiring a capital outlay of

Rs.1, 00,000. Forecast for annual income after depreciation but before tax is as follows:

Year.                                        Rs.

  1.                                 50,000
  2. 50,000
  •                      40,000
  1. 40,000
  2. 20,000

Depreciation may be taken as 10% on original cost and taxation at 50% of net income.

You are required to evaluate the project according to each of the following methods.

  • Pay Back Method
  • Rate of Return on average investment method.
  • Discounted cash flow method taking cost of capital as 10%
  • Net present value index method.

 

  1. Explain various determinants of working capital of a concern.

 

21) Apex Hospital Ltd has the following capital structure:

Particulars                    Market Value               Book Value                 Cost %

Equity Capital              Rs.80,00,000              Rs.120,00,000             18

Preference Capital       Rs.30,00,000              Rs.20,00,000               15

Secured Debt               Rs.40,00,000               Rs.40,00,000               14

Cost of individual sources of capital is net of tax. Compute the Weighted Average

Cost of capital Based on Market Value and Book value.

 

 

 

 

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