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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

M.A Social Science (PREVIOUS & FINAL) YEAR

ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS (2015-2016)

PROF. G. RAM REDDY CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION (RECOGNISED BY THE DISTANCE EDUCATION BUREAU, UGC, NEW DELHI)

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY (A University with Potential for Excellence and Re-Accredited by NAAC with “A” Grade)

DIRECTOR Prof. H.VENKATESHWARLU

Hyderabad – 7 , Telangana State

PROF.G.RAM REDDY CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD – 500 007

Dear Students,

Every student of M.A.Social Science (Previous & Final) Year has to write and submit Assignment for each paper compulsorily. Each assignment carries 20 marks. The marks awarded to you will be

forwarded to the Controller of Examination, OU for inclusion in the University Examination marks. If you

fail to submit Internal Assignments before the stipulated date, the internal marks will not be added to

University examination marks under any circumstances. The assignment marks will not be accepted after

the stipulated date,

You are required to pay Rs.300/- fee towards Internal Assignment marks through DD (in favour of Director,

PGRRCDE, OU) and submit the same along with assignment at the concerned counter on or before 05-06-2016 and obtain proper submission receipt.

ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT THE DD WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Assignments on Printed / Photocopy / Typed papers will not be accepted and will not be valued at any cost. Only hand written Assignments will be accepted and valued. Methodology for writing the Assignments:

1. First read the subject matter in the course material that is supplied to you.

2. If possible read the subject matter in the books suggested for further reading.

3. You are welcome to use the PGRRCDE Library on all working days including Sunday for collecting

information on the topic of your assignments.

(10.30 am to 5.00 pm).

4. Give a final reading to the answer you have written and see whether you can delete unimportant or

repetitive words.

5. The cover page of the each theory assignments must have information as given in FORMAT below.

FORMAT

1. NAME OF THE STUDENT :

2. ENROLLMENT NUMBER :

3. M.A. (Previous & Final)year :

4. NAME OF THE PAPER CODE :

5. DATE OF SUBMISSION :

6. Write the above said details clearly on every subject assignments paper, otherwise your paper will not

be valued.

7. Tag all the assignments paper wise and submit assignment number wise.

8. Submit the assignments on or before 05-06-2016 at the concerned counter at PGRRCDE, OU on any

working day and obtain receipt.

Prof.H.VENKATESHWARLU DIRECTOR

M.A. SOCIOLOGY PREVIOUS YEAR

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - I: DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THOUGHT

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Organic Solidarity

2. Collective Consciousness

3. Alienation

4. Bureaucracy

5. Circulation of Elites

SECTION – B

UNIT – I : Answer the following questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10

1. Discuss August Comte Contribution to the development of Sociology and Society.

2. Discuss the concept and functions of Division of Labours as analysed by Emile Durkhein


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - II: SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

SECTION - A

UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Concept of Development

2. Wefine of Region

3. Wefine Economic Development

4. What is planning ?

5. What is a plan Strategy ?

SECTION – B


1. What do you understand by Development ? Explain Economic and Social Development

2. Discuss the Problems of Regional Development ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - III: RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Importance of Rural Sociology

2. Panchayat Raj System in India

3. Migration

4. Explain the Features of Rural Community

5. Rural Economy.

SECTION – B


1. Role of the Mass Media in Rural Development …. Explain ?

2. Write about Telangana armed Struggle ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - IV: INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Define Industrial Sociology ?

2. Explain Industrial Relations

3. Concept of work

4. Define Trade Union ?

5. What is Industrial Dispute ?

SECTION – B


1. Role of the Mass Media in Rural Development …. Explain ?

2. Write about formal and informed and mixed relations in an organization.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - V: METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Hypothesis

2. Sources of Data

3. Exploratory Design

4. Observation

5. Interview Schedule

SECTION – B


1. Define Social Research and Explain the steps in Social Research.

2. Define Sampling and explain different of Sampling.

M.A. PHILOSOPHY FINAL YEAR

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - I: HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Phenomenology

2. Existentialism

3. Pragmatism

4. Dialectical –Materialism

5. Logical Atomism

SECTION – B


1. Describe the Characteristics of Contemporary Western – Philosophy ?

2. Give a comparative analysis of the Doctrine of emergent evaluation according to Morgoa and Alexander ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - II: HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Brahman in Visistadvaita

2. Sufism

3. Ethics in Dvaita

4. Supermind

5. God in Islam Philosophy

SECTION – B


1. Concept of Maya

2. Describe Soul.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - III: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY & FUTUROLOGY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. What is Philosophy, and History ?

2. What is Dialectics ?

3. Evaluation ?

4. What is the object of the History ?

5. Myth ?

SECTION – B


1. Write a note on Marx Biographical Introduction ?

2. Explain about Sri. Aurobindo’s meaning of History and Philosophy ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - IV: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Nature of Religion

2. Revelation

3. Religion and Morality

4. The Concept of God

5. Sigmond Freund

SECTION – B


1. What is Religious Experience ? State the Types of – Religious Experiences.

2. What is culture ? Explain the Religion in Cultural perspective.

M.A. PHILOSOPHY PREVIOUS YEAR

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT


SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Problem of substance

2. Aristotles’s theory of Causation

3. Characteristics of Modern Philosophy

4. Spinoza’s Universal Substance.

5. Dialectical Materialism

SECTION – B


1. Write about the Plato’s Theory (doctrine) of Ideas.

2. Reconciliation of Empiricism and Rationalism.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT


SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Concept of Dharma

2. Prakriti

3. Southranlika School

4. Nature of substance in Jainism

5. Atomism in Vaiseshika

SECTION – B


1. Describe Theory of causation in Sankhya Philosophy.

2. Anatmavada in Buddism.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - III: MORAL PHILOSOPHY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Vedas ?

2. Moral Philosophy and Religion

3. Hedonism ?

4. What is Punishment ?

5. Ashrama Dharmas ?

SECTION – B


1. Explain about Reformative Theory ?

2. What is Marxism ? Explain about Dialectical Materialism ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - IV: LOGIC AND EPISTEMOLOGY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Nature of Logic ?

2. Logic and other Sciences

3. Define the term Logic

4. Syllogism

5. Analogy

SECTION – B


1. Define Logic and Explain its nature and Scope ?

2. Discuss the proposition and Judgement.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - V: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Nature of Social Philosophy.

2. Origin of Society

3. Plato – the Republic

4. Human Cycle

5. Democracy and its forms

SECTION – B


1. Explain the general characteristics of Political Philosophy ?

2. Write a note on the Karl Marx to Materialism ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT


SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Phenomenology

2. Existentialism

3. Pragmatism

4. Dialectical –Materialism

5. Logical Atomism

SECTION – B


1. Describe the Characteristics of Contemporary Western – Philosophy ?

2. Give a comparative analysis of the Doctrine of emergent evaluation according to Morgoa and Alexander ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT


SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Brahman in Visistadvaita

2. Sufism

3. Ethics in Dvaita

4. Supermind

5. God in Islam Philosophy

SECTION – B


1. Concept of Maya

2. Describe Soul.


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - III: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY & FUTUROLOGY

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. What is Philosophy, and History ?

2. What is Dialectics ?

3. Evaluation ?

4. What is the object of the History ?

5. Myth ?

SECTION – B


1. Write a note on Marx Biographical Introduction ?

2. Explain about Sri. Aurobindo’s meaning of History and Philosophy ?


INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

PAPER - IV: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

SECTION - A UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10 1. Nature of Religion

2. Revelation

3. Religion and Morality

4. The Concept of God

5. Sigmond Freund

SECTION – B


1. What is Religious Experience ? State the Types of – Religious Experiences.

2. What is culture ? Explain the Religion in Cultural perspective.

M.A. PSYCHOLOGY PREVIOUS YEAR

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – I : STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10

1. Descriptive Statistics

2. Measurement

3. Ratio Scale

4. Sampling

5. - Z - score

UNIT – II : Answer the following Questions (each question carries Five marks) 2x5=10

1. What is a Sample ? Discuss different types of Sampling Methods ?

2. What is a Hypothesis ? Briefly explain different types of Hypothesis ?


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – II : SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS


1. Explain the effect of role expectations on role enactment.

2. Define Social perception

3. Define Impression formation

4. Explain about Impression Management

5. Explain factors influencing the development of prejudice


1. Discuss the different components of an attitude with an example.

2. Explain group processes and group structure.


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – III : COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY UNIT – I : Answer the following short questions (each question carries two marks) 5x2=10

1. EBBINGHAUS’s method

2. Stroop Effect

3. Metamemory

4. Retrieval Through Reconstruction

5. Artificial Intelligence


1. Multistore Model

2. Hierarchical Network Model


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – IV : PERSONALITY THEORIES AND ASSESSMENT


1. Instincts (According to Freud)

2. Fictional Finalism

3. Personifications

4. Functional Autonomy

5. Projective Tests


1. Defense Mechanisms

2. Principles of Observational Learning.

M.A. PSYCHOLOGY FINAL YEAR

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – I : ABNORMAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

SECTION – A


1. What is abnormal Psychology. Mention the historical basis for abnormal Psychology.

2. Explain symptoms, causes and treatment for anxiety neurosis, Phobias and OCD.

3. Compare between Psychoneuroses and Psychoses.

4. Explain what is schizophrenia, its symptoms, causal factors and treatment.

5. Explain briefly about mood disorders

SECTION – B UNIT – II : Answer the following Questions (each question carries Five marks) 2x5=10

1. Describe the different levels of mental retardation and discuss their primary causes and intervention programmes.

2. What is addiction and what are those factors leading to addiction. Describe the etiology for substance abuse.


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – II : LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT

SECTION – A


1. Teratogens

2. Puberty

3. Crystallized Intelligence

4. Levinson’s theory on Occupational development

5. Institutionalization of the aged.


1. Elucidate on Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial development.

2. Discuss the theories of Moral development propagated by piaget and Kohlberg.


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – III : FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (A)

SECTION – A


1. Bench Mark

2. Project Design

3. Porter Lawler theory of Motivation

4. Hersey & Blanchard’s theory of leadership

5. Barriers to effective Communication


1. Functional & Dysfunctional aspects of Bureaucratic Model.

2. Likerts four systems of Management.


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – III : FOUNDATIONS AND THEORETICAL APPORACHES TO COUNSELLING (B)


1. Role and values of a counselor

2. Code of ethics

3. Counselling records

4. Arbuckle’s philosophical Model

5. Humanistic Approach to counseling.


1. Write briefly about RET.

2. Discuss in brief about Gestalt therapy


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – IV : HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES (A)

SECTION – A


1. Define Job Analysis

2. Write about the Delphi Technique

3. Define quality of work Life

4. Write about organizational Culture

5. Write about Howared and Seth Model


1. Explain in detail about performance appraisal methods

2. Describe the role of Psychological Principles in advertisements.


INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

Paper – IV : COUNSELLING SKILLS AND APPLICATIONS (B)

SECTION – A


1. Pre-helping phase

2. Advanced accurate empathy

3. Dynamic self understanding

4. Crave Analysis

5. Family Counselling


1. Theoretical basis of Eagen’s model of helping

2. Force field Analysis

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