DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Sociology) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
SOCIOLOGY OF MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Enumerate the characteristics of development with
suitable examples.
2. Describe the Millennium Development Goal (MDG).
3. Suggest the measures to curtail health issues.
4. Explain classical dependency theory with suitable
examples.
5. How social inequality affects the development?
6. Explain the views of Nehruvian mixed economy.
7. Discuss the problems of energy crisis.
8. Describe the characteristics of modernization.
Sub. Code
25
DE-3073
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sp3
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Discuss the various types of development with
illustrations.
10. Discuss capitalistic and socialist models of development
with suitable examples.
11. Enumerate the factors contributing to global warming
and suggest the remedies.
12. Bring out the salient features of modernization and its
impact on India.
13. What is third world models of development? Explain.
14. Critically analyse the mixed economy model of
development.
15. What is gender and human development? Explain its
importance.