LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
LT 31
HT 2804 - SUBALTERN STUDIES: WOMEN AND DALITS
Date & Time : 28-04-2006/9.00-12.00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
(4  5 = 20 marks)
PART – A
Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each:
1.
Autonomous Domain’
2.
1919 Act and Women’s Voting Right
3.
Trafficking of women
4.
‘Violence against Women’
5.
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
6.
Article 17 under the Fundamental Rights
PART – B
(2  10 = 20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each:
7.
Who are the ‘elites’ according to Guha? Explain their role in the freedom
struggle
8.
Highlight the role of women during the freedom struggle
9.
Mention the national and state level monitoring bodies for women.
10. What are the provisions in the Constitution that protect the dalits
PART – C
(2  20 = 60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each:
11. Spell out the issues that are addressed in the ‘Subaltern Manifesto’.
12. Trace the history of the dalits and point out the discrimination that exists in
contemporary India
13. What are the provisions of the Prevention of Atrocities Act of 1989 and Rules of
1995?
14. Describe the legal protection of women under the national and international
human rights law.
15. “We have never asked for privileges. What we have asked for is social justice,
economic justice and political justice”. Substantiate
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