Exam Details

Subject Urban Sociology
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts in Sociology
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What is Urban Planning? Elucidate the main objectives of National Urbanisation Policy.

2. Critically examine the concept and technique of Social Area Analysis.

3. What do you understand by 'Post-modern Urbanism' Explain.

4. Discuss the concentric zone model of structure and growth of a city.

5. "In most cities, the poor survive by working in the informal sector." Discuss with the help of a case study.

6. Examine the sociological perspective to the understanding of urban life.

7. Explain the nature and character of a merchant city.

8. Explain the theory of human ecology of urban areas.

9. Discuss the impact of urbanisation on environment.

10. What is 'urban poverty'? Explain the nature and extent of urban poverty in India.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Diaspora and Transnational Communities
  • Indian Economic Policy
  • Research Methodologies and Methods
  • Sociological Theories and Concepts
  • Sociology of Education
  • Sociology in India
  • Sociology of Development
  • Sociology of Religion
  • Urban Sociology