TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
FOUNDATION COURSES 2021
FC-2 INDIA’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
ASSESSMENT - II WEIGHTAGE: 50%
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Please note that there are TWO Sections in this assessment. Answer any ONE question
from each of the two sections. In total, you have to answer TWO questions.
2. All questions have equal weightage.
3. Please note that there may be internal choices of questions within each section.
4. For each question, students are required to write the answer in the form of an essay that
would be a maximum of approximately 500-800 words in length.
5. Do mention your Name and Enrollment Number in the front page of your answer sheet.
6. It is important that you write your answer corresponding to the Question Number, as given
in this document. Do not forget to mention the question number in your answer sheet.
7. Students are advised to write the essays in an introspective and reflective manner. Avoid
plagiarism.
8. Please submit your answer sheet via the Foundation Courses (2021) Assessment Link
provided in TISSOL. Within each course, there will be separate links provided for each
question. For example students answering Question 1 have to upload their answer sheets
corresponding to the submission link given under Question 1. In a similar way, students who
are answering Question 2 or 3 or 5 has to upload their answers corresponding to the
submission link for Question 2 or 3 or 5 respectively.
9. It is preferred that you upload your assignment in PDF format.
10. In case of any technical difficulties while submission, you can contact the Zoom
Technical Support Cell at the Computer Centre in TISS. For any other queries, please
contact your respective programme secretariat.
11. The date of submission of FC-2 assignment, Assessment II is 8th November 2021.
Please note that while you will be able to see your questions in advance, the link to submit
your assignment will be active only on 8th November 2021 and not before that.
12. The questions for this assignment are provided in the next page/below.
FC-2 Assessment II Questions
SECTION 1
Question 1.
Discuss the components of demographic change.
OR
Question 2.
What are the ways in which social inequalities get reproduced in the Indian education
system? Substantiate your answer with examples.
OR
Question 3.
Using rights perspective, critically comment on inequalities in access to health services?
OR
Question 4.
Explain the key environmental policy enforcement challenges in India.
SECTION 2
Question 5A.
Mental Health is more than the absence of mental illness. Explain with the help of examples.
OR
Question 5B.
What is the meaning of the term 'psychosocial'? Discuss some psychosocial determinants of
mental illnesses with the help of existing research literature.
OR
Question 6A.
While the Digital Divide has narrowed to some extent in the country, this is largely because
of the expansion of the private sector. What does this portend for both the future of the
Internet as well as inclusive and just societies?
OR
P.T.O.
Question 6B.
In the recent past, film actors and actresses have been in the media spotlight and at the
centre of narratives around drug abuse. Comment on this phenomenon in relation to ideas of
moral panics. How have social media users responded to these narratives offered by
mainstream media?
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