No. of Printed Pages : 7 MRD-101 MASTER OF ARTS (RURAL DEVELOPMENT) / oo P.G. DIPLOMA IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT / _ CRD nN Term-End Examination ha December, 2010 MRD-101 : RURAL DEVELOPMENT : INDIAN CONTEXT Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : (i) Answer all the five questions. (ii) All questions carry equal marks. (iii) Answers to Questions no. 1 and 2 should not exceed 800 words each. aS 1. Describe the important theories of development. 20 OR What do you understand by the concept of caste ? 20 Discuss the issue of social mobility in Indian villages. 2. Discuss the problems and challenges faced by 20 agricultural extension services in India. oR What are the essential ingredients of 20 empowerment ? Explain the role of self-help groups as a strategy for empowerment of weaker sections. MRD-101 1 P.T.O.3. Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each. (i) What do you mean by wage employment? 10 How the wage employment programmes helped in generating employment for rural poor ? (ii) Describe the role of organised banking in 10 providing rural credit. (iii) Explain the concept of communication and 10 point out main barriers to communication. 4. Answer any four of the following in about 200 words each :- (i) Characteristics of Little and Great 5 Traditions. (ii) Comilla model of Cooperatives. 5 (ii) Compilation and updating of Land 5 Records. (iv) Administrative set-up at the State Level. 5 (v) Basic strategy of the Green Revolution. 5 (vi) Characteristics of social change. 5 MRD-101 25. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each :- (i) | Demography. 4 (i) Marital status of Rural Population. 4 (iii) Sen’s Index of Poverty. 4 (iv) District Integrated Rural Development 4 Programme in Sri Lanka. (v) Grameen Banks. 4 (vi) State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks. (vii) Major Recommendations of L.M. Singhvi 4 Committee. (viii) Village Knowledge Centre. 4 MRD-101 3 P.T.O.