BA General (Distance Mode)

(For Indian Defence Personnel)

ASSIGNMENTS Final Year

(Session 2016-17)

Centre for Distance and Open Learning

Jamia Millia Islamia
Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg
New Delhi 110025
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 Instructions for BA General Final Year (Distance Mode)
Assignments 2016-17
The students are required to read carefully and follow the instructions given
below before preparing the Assignments Responses (ARs);

Submission of one assignment response in each course of the

programme is compulsory.

The Assignment Responses (ARs) may be submitted by hand at your

unit or place fixed by Indian Air Force/Navy to the Concerned
Official of the unit latest by February 05, 2017 without late fee &
with late fee up to March 05, 2017.

It is compulsory to send/submit each course assignment response in

the Assignment Booklet Provided with SLM only.

The Assignment Responses (ARs) will not be accepted in other

Format/Files/Pages etc.

You have to write the Assignment Responses in your own hand

writing only. Typed/printed/computerized/photocopy/scan copy of
assignment responses will not be accepted.

You have to write your name, registration/roll number and other

details in the space provided on the cover page of the Assignment
Booklet.
Please remember to keep a photocopy of your assignment
responses, just in case the ones you submitted are lost in transit or
process.

Recollect your Evaluated Assignments Responses after evaluation

from the unit or place where you have submitted your assignments.
Kindly contact the concerned official in the unit for the same.

For further information regarding assignments and their submission

read your programme guide carefully.

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 TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Course Code BPS 04

Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Critically examine the realist theory of international politics.

2. Define the concept of power and discus its various elements.
3. What is balance of power? Examine the method of adoption in achieving balance of power.
4. Discus the determinants of foreign policy.
5. Examine the impact of globalization on international politics.

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title: Government and Policies in India Course Code BPS 05

Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Discuss the Salient features of Indian constitution.

2. Discuss the fundamental rights to freedom in Indian constitution.
3. Discuss the position and power of the President of India.
4. Evaluate the power of the supreme court of India.
5. Discuss the impact of cast and religion on Indian policy.

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title: History of Modern India: 1707 to 1950 Course Code BHIS 04
Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Discuss the rise of regional states in India during the 18th century.
2. Review the achievement of Lord Cornwallis.
3. Analyze the consequence of the revolt of 1857.
4. Discuss the contribution of Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan in modernization Indian Muslims.
5. Critically analyze the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian nation movement.

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title: The Modern World 17th to 20th Century Course Code BHIS 05
Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. What are the causes of French revolution?

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 2. Give an account of unification of Germany.
3. State the event of Russian revolution of 1917. What was its political impact?
4. What was the economic impact of the great depression?
5. What were the causes of the collapse of USSR?

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title: Social Change and Social Problems in India Course Code BSO 04
Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. What is social change? Describe the cyclical theory of social change.

2. Discus the role of Sanskritization as a process of social change in India.
3. Discus any one theoretical framework to explain social problem in India.
4. What is poverty? Discus its major causes with suitable examples.
5. Describe the socio cultural dimension of casteism in India.

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Title: Media and Society Course Code BSO 05

Session 2016-17 Maximum Marks - 30
Attempt any three questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1) What is mass media? Discus its nature and scope.

2) Critically evaluate the Marxian perspective on media theory.
3) Critically evaluate the representation of women in media.
4) Discus the role of print media in public opinion.
5) Discus the role of internet in the making of a network society.

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