Exam Details

Subject Rural Social Development
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts (Rural Development)
Department School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Describe the various schemes/programmes for girls' education in India.
OR
Explain the nutritional status and common nutritional problems among the rural children in India.

2. Discuss the various programmes of empowerment of the scheduled castes.
OR
Highlight the important features of Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1986.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each:

Explain the factors contributing educational backwardness of rural women.

What are the services provided under ICDS? Discuss.

Describe the various schemes for the promotion of rural industries.

4. Attempt any four of the following in about 200 words each

Women's Empowerment Framework

Women and Micro-Credit

Children at Work

Tribal Sub-Plan

Khadi and Village Industries

Family Courts

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:

Girl Child Discrimination

Swayamsidha

Maternal Health Programmes

Social Construction of Gender

Denotified and Nomadic Tribes of India

Public Interest Litigation

Safeguard for Personal Liberty of Women

Artisans and craftsmen


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship and Rural Development
  • Land Reforms and Rural Development
  • Research Methods in Rural Development
  • Rural Development Planning and Management
  • Rural Development: Indian Context
  • Rural Development: Programmes
  • Rural Social Development
  • Voluntary Action in Rural Development