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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Master’s in Sociology
MSOE-004: Urban Sociology
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MSO
Course Code: MSOE-004
Assignment Code: MSOE-004/AST/TMA/2022-23
Maximum Marks: 100
Weightage: 30%
Answer any five question selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should
be in about 500 words each.
Section-I
1. Describe the ecological park theory with suitable examples. 20
2. Define the concept of city and discuss the town/city distinction according to the
Indian Census.
20
3. What are pre-industrial cities? Describe and discuss its features with an example. 20
4. Discuss the meaning of New Urban Sociology? What does it constitute? 20
5. How does the forces of technological and socio-cultural changes in society
impact the family. Discuss with examples.
20
6. Analyse the different aspects of social change in rural areas in India with
reference to life-style and social mobility.
20
Section-II
7. How has the occupational structure changed after economic liberalization,
privatization and globalization in urban India.
20
8. Which is more acute-urban poverty or rural poverty in India? Discuss critically
with examples.
20
9. In what ways does urban ecology and environment impact the lives of people
living in cities? Discuss
20
10. Discuss critically the role and responsibility of media in urban governance. 20
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