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July 2019 and January 2020
Note: Answer any five question selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
SECTION-I
- What do you understand by “top- down” approach to development? What are its main criticisms?
- What is the genesis of sustainable development and how has it evolved over a period?
- What is the relationship between Gender and Development? Discuss.
- Critically evaluate Gandhian perspective on development.
SECTION-II
- What is the role of welfare state in addressing social inequality in society?
- What do you understand by globalization? Discuss its main features.
- Write a note on the emergence and growth of Green Peace Movement.
- Discuss the role of ICTs in the growth of service economy
July 2018 and January 2019
Note: Answer any five question selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
SECTION-I
- Critically examine the ‘growth model’ of development.
- Bring out the salient features of Dependency Theory of Development.
- What is the relationship between Gender and Development? Discuss.
- What do you understand by Human Development and how is it measured?
SECTION-II
- How does TRIPPS regime affect indigenous knowledge?
- What do you understand by globalization? Discuss its main features.
- How civil society is significant for the empowerment of the marginalized?
- Discuss the issues of displacement due to ‘big dams’ in the context of Indian society.
July 2017 and January 2018
Note: Answer any five question selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
SECTION-1
- How is the capitalist model different from the socialist model of development? Discuss.
- Bring out the salient features of Marxian perspective on development.
- Critically examine the gender perspective on Development.
- What do you understand by Human Development and how is it measured?
SECTION-II
- Examine the nature of knowledge society with particular reference to India.
- Critically examine the cultural and social dimensions of globalisation.
- How is the civil society significant for the empowerment of the marginalized?
- Write a note on the People’s Science Movement.
July 2016 and January 2017
Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
Section-1
- What is the liberal perspective on development?
- Bring out the salient features of Gandhian perspective on development.
- Critically examine the gender perspective on Development.
- Critically examine the main arguments of ‘Dependency Theory’ of Underdevelopment?
Section-II
- How has the proliferation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) affecting the nature of employment in India?
- Critically examine the cultural and social dimensions of globalisation.
- Bring out the debates revolving around large dams in India, with suitable examples.
- Write a note on the Green Peace Movement.
July 2015 and January 2016
Answer any five question selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
Section-1
- Critically examine the idea of sustainable development.
- Bring out the salient features of Gandhian perspective on development.
- Critically examine the gender perspective on Development.
- What do you understand by ‘social development’, how is it different from growth oriented development?
Section-II
- What do you understand by ‘Knowledge Society’, and what are its main dimensions?
- Critically examine the implication of globalisation and privatisation for indigenous knowledge systems.
- Bring out the debates revolving around large dams in India, with suitable examples.
- Are grassroots movements part of civil society initiatives? Discuss.
