MSO 004 : Sociology in India in English Solved Assignment 2025-26
Assignment Title : MSO 004 Sociology in India in English Solved Assignment 2025-26
Course Code : MSO 004
Course Title : Sociology in India
Assignment Code : MSO 004/TMA/2025-26
Maximum Marks : 100
Title : MSO 004 Solved Assignment in English 2025-26
Course : MA Sociology
University Name : IGNOU
Service Type : Solved Assignment (Soft Copy)
Language : English Medium
Semester : 1st Year
Session : Valid for Admission July 2025 and January 2026
Short Name : MSO 004
Assignment Code : MSO 004/TMA/2025-26
Product : Assignment of MSO 004 (IGNOU)
1. Describe the three major Western perspectives on Indian society and culture, and assess how they contributed to the emergence and development of sociology in India.
2. Examine the social structure of Indian villages from a sociological perspective.
3. Discuss the origin and development of the caste system in India from a colonial perspective.
4. Compare the ‘field-view’ and ‘book-view’ of caste in India.
5. Describe the main theoretical perspectives on the family.
6. Explain how caste and gender intersect to shape social roles and inequalities in Indian society. Support your answer with suitable examples.
7. What were the main concerns of the Constituent Assembly regarding tribal people, and how were these addressed in the Indian Constitution?
8. Briefly explain how religion and politics are interrelated in Indian society. Give one historical and one contemporary example to substantiate your answer.
9. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s view on development? industrialisation and village
10. What are the key features of new social movements? Discuss with examples.
