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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 EXAMINATION
Course Title: Advanced Rural Sociology
Course Code: AEM 506
Credit Unit: 3
Total Score: 70 Marks
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
INSTRUCTION:
Answer Compulsory question 1 (30 marks) and any 4 questions (10 marks each).
1a) differentiate between the following
- Sociology and rural sociology 4mrks
- Change and social change 4mrks
- Group and group dynamics 4mrks
- Rural and urban 4mrks
- Patrilineal and matrilineal 4mrks
b) Advanced five (5) characteristics of urban settlements
5mrks
c) State five problems of rural societies 5mrks
Total = 3o mrks
2a) The following factors affect innovation positively and negatively.
Discuss
- Relative advantage 2mrks
- Cost 2mrks
- Complexity 2mrks
- Visibility 2mrks
- Divisibility 2mrks
Total = 10mrks
3a) Discuss the criteria used in defining rural/urban settlements. 10mrks
4a) Discuss the evolutionary theory of development
- Proponents 2mrks
- Founder/year 2mrks
- Stages of development 6mrks
Total = 10mrks
5a) Describe the measurement of change under the following subtopics
- Economic indicators 2mrks
- Demography 2mrks
- Social indicator 2mrks
b) Discuss any two (2) sources of change 4mrks
Total = 10mrks
6a) Stages of group development is inevitable. Discuss
10mrks
7) Explain
- State the importance of sociology to Agricultural development
6mrks
- What is group structure? 2mrks
- What is poverty ? 2mrks
Total = 10mrks
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