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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Elective Course in M.A. Sociology
MSOE-004: Urban Sociology
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Maximum Marks: 100
Programme Code: MSO
Weightage: 30%
Course Code: MSOE-004
Assignment Code: MSOE-004/AST/TMA/2019-20
Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.
Section-I
Question 1. Define the concept of urban and discuss some of its categories of towns according to the Indian census.
Question 2. What is the concept of metropolis? Describe the major features of a metropolis in India.
Question 3. Describe and discuss E.W Burgess’ ‘concentric zone theory’ with suitable illustrations.
Question 4. How many types of cities are their? Discuss with examples from India.
Question 5. Describe the origin and development of sociological studies in the area of urban in different universities in India.
Section-II
Question 6. The focus of sociologists on the question of urban society increased as and when the urbanisation rate grew as per the census. Discuss.
Question 7. Highlight the changes in the pattern of marriage in urban India with suitable examples.
Question 8. Is the Indian economy dependent on the rural production or urban production? Discuss.
Question 9. Define poverty and discuss the linkage between rural and urban poverty.
Question 10. How does the environmental pollution affect the people in the cities? Discus its sociological aspects.
Validity:
These assignments are valid for two admission cycles (July 2019 and January 2020). Validity is given below:
1. Those who are enrolled in July 2019, it is valid upto June 2020 Term End Examination and you must submit assignment to the Coordinator of your study centre latest by 31st March 2020
2. Those who are enrolled in January 2020, it is valid upto December 2020 Term End Examination and you must submit assignment to the Coordinator of your study centre latest by 30th September 2020
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