10. Concept of human growth and development:

Stages of growth – pre- natal, natal, infant, childhood, adolescence, maturity, senescence.

Factors affecting growth and development genetic, environmental, biochemical, nutritional, cultural and socio-economic.

Aging and senescence. Theories and observations -biological and chronological longevity. Human physique and somatotypes. Methodologies for growth studies.

Give a short account of the present-day growth studies in India. (1985)
Describe the methods of studying growth and physical development of children. Discuss the role of hormonal and nutritional factors on human growth and development. (1990)
Describe the stages of human physical growth and development and discuss the effect of nutrition and inbreeding on growth and development. (1991)
Discuss the changes which are taking place in the tribal societies in India and describe the factors responsible for this. (1992)
Write a note on Senescence (1995)
Describe the patterns of human physical growth and development from birth to maturity. (1995)
Write a note on Longitudinal growth (1997)
Write a note on Growth curves (1998)
What is meant by physical growth: norms? How are these made and how do they depict the growth status of a population? (1999)
Define growth and maturation and discuss the different factors affecting them. · (2001)
Write a note on Methods for the study of human growth (2002)
Differentiate between human growth and development and describe the various stages of human growth. (2003
Critically examine the role of nutritional, socio-economic and cultural factors on human growth and development. (2004)
Write a note on Aging (2005)
Critically discuss the factors affecting human growth and development. (2005)
Describe various methods of studying Human Growth specifying their merits and demerits. (2006)
Differentiate between ‘growth’ & development’. List the factors affecting human growth and development. (2009)
Discuss the theories of ‘Aging’. (2009)
Write a note in 150 words on Senescence and socio-economics in contemporary times (2010)
Describe different methods of studying human growth. (2011)
Define somatotype. Describe the salient features of different components of somatotype. (2011)
Explain any two biological theories of aging based on purposeful events (2012)
Write a note on Aging and Senescence in 150 words (2013)
Write a note in 150 words on Differentiate between Child Growth & Development (2013)
Write a note in 150 words on Cross-sectional methods of studying human growth. (2014)
What are the different stages of Growth? Describe any one of them in detail. (2014)
Discuss Ageing and Senescence. Describe either the biological or social theories of Ageing. (2014)
Write a note in 150 words on Longitudinal method of studying growth. (2015)
What is an anthropometic and somatotype? Describe Heath and Carter’s method of somatotyping. (2015)
Discuss different factors affecting growth and development in human beings. (2016)
Describe the various methods of studying growth highlighting their merits and demerits. {2017)
Discuss Sheldon’s method of somatotyping. (2017)
Write a note in 150 words on Issues of Elderly and Senescence in Developing and Developed Countries (2018)
Explain the mechanisms of human variation in gene frequencies. (2018)
Write a note in 150 words on Genetico -environmental factors affecting human growth. (2019)
Discuss the methods of studying human growth with their merits and demerits. (2019)
Write notes on the Senescence in about 150 words. (2020)
Secular trend in human growth can be positive, negative or neutral. Illustrate with examples. (2020)
Write notes on: Human adolescent growth spurt. (in about 150 words) (2021)
Discuss the physiological and evolutionary theories of aging. (2021)
Write notes on: Stages of human pre-natal development. (2022)
Why did Heath and Carter use anthropometric measurements instead of photographs of an individual to assess the somatotype? Elaborate their method. (2022)
Critically evaluate the reasons of reduction in age at menarche in human females over successive generations. (2022)
What is the mixed-longitudinal method of studying human growth? Discuss its merits and demerits. (2023)