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MSO-4 Solved Assignment English Medium 2023-24 for July 2023 and January 2024 Session

M.S.O-04 SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA 

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Masters in Sociology

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)

Programme Code: MSO

Course Code: MSO-004

Assignment Code: MSO-004/AST/TMA/2023-24

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%

Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.

Section-I

1. Describe the heritage of social thought in India which led to the emergence of sociology.
2. Discuss with suitable examples the major research on villages in India. 
3. Define the concept of caste and discuss the Brahminic perspective on caste in India with suitable examples.
4. Explain with examples the forces of social and technological changes that impact the kinship institution in India.
5. Describe the changing values and life-style amongst the middle class woman. 

Section-II

6. What are the major agrarian classes in India? Discuss with reference to the contributions of different Sociologists.
7. Discuss the relationship between tribe and caste in India with suitable examples.
8. Discuss critically the concepts of caste, class and gender in India. 20
9. How does the rural and urban societies change during a social or natural disaster like an epidemic or earthquake. Discuss critically.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following:
11. a) Concept of Sanskritization
12. b) Globalisation and its impact
13. c) Define social movement.
14. d) Social change and Social revolution.

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