Exam Details

Subject Land Reforms and Rural Development
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts (Rural Development)
Department School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

What do you mean by land reforms? Discuss in brief the significance and major contributions of land reforms for rural development.

Examine land reforms related initiatives of Non-Governmental Organisations in India.

Critically examine the philosophy, the concept and the working of Bhoodan and Gramdan Movements in India.

Describe the changes in land tenure during the British rule.

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 400 words each:

Describe major initiatives related to Land reforms in Sri Lanka.

Identify the issues behind Land Satyagraha launched in Chhattisgarh.

Discuss the contributions of Land reforms for poverty alleviation and economic equality.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 200 words each:

Land tenure system during Vedic Period.

Nature of rural power structure in India.

National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 2003 (NRRP).

Significant features of militant mass movements.

Social Movements and Peasant Movements

Contributions of Ekta Parishad in Madhya Pradesh.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each

Peasant Movement in Avadh

Caste System in India

Land Management System in Bangladesh

Sanyasi Revolt

Land Reforms and Women Empowerment

Computerisation of Land Records

Land revenue system of Sher Shah Suri

Agrarian economy and rural economic inequality


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  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
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  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
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Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship and Rural Development
  • Land Reforms and Rural Development
  • Research Methods in Rural Development
  • Rural Development Planning and Management
  • Rural Development: Indian Context
  • Rural Development: Programmes
  • Rural Social Development
  • Voluntary Action in Rural Development