MSO-003 June 2017 Question Paper

Answer any five of the following questions in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Explain the ideas of Lewis Henry Morgan and Karl Marx on development and progress.
2. Discuss the various perspectives of social change.
3. Examine the major barriers to development.
4. Critically examine the concept of sustainable development.
5. What is dependency theory of underdevelopment? Explain its central ideas.
6. Examine the criticisms of the growth models of economic development.
7. Discuss the various plans of development in Post-independent India.
8. Examine the initiatives for the protection of indigenous and traditional knowledge.
9. Discuss the contemporary social challenges in Brazil.
10. Examine the debates on large dams with suitable examples.