SOCIOLOGY

Paper 1- 26th July to 13th September

Paper 2- 15th September to 1st November

PAPER 1

Topics Date PYQ

1.Sociology -The Discipline
(a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of 26 July
sociology.
(b) Scope of subject and comparison with other social sciences. 27 July 28 July
(c)Sociology and common sense 27 July

2. Sociology as Science

(a) Science, scientific method and critique. 29 July

(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology 29 July 31 July
(c) Positivism and it's critique 30 July
(d) Fact,value and objectivity 30 July
(e) Non-positivist methodologies 31 July

3. Research Methods and Analysis

(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods 1 Aug
(b) Techniques of data collection 1,2 Aug
(c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity 2 Aug 3 Aug

4. Sociological thinkers
(a) Karl Marx - Historical Materialism, mode of production 4&5 Aug
,Alienation,class struggle Marx,
(b) Emile Durkheim- Divison of labour,social facts, suicide, religion 6&7 Aug Mead -
and society 14 Aug
(c) Max Weber - Social action,ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, 8&9 Aug
Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism Durkhei
 (d) Talcott Parsons - Social system,pattern variables 10 Aug m,
(e) RK Merton - Latent and manifest functions, conformity and 11,12 Parsons-
deviance, reference groups 15 Aug
(f) Mead - Self and identity 13 Aug
Weber,
Merton -
16 Aug

Break/ Backlog - 17 Aug

5. Stratification and Mobility

(a) Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion,poverty and 18 Aug
deprivation
(b) Theories of social stratification - structural 19 Aug 22 & 23
functionalist,Marxist,Weberian theory Aug
(c) Dimensions - Social stratification of class,status groups,gender, 20 Aug
ethnicity and race
(d) Social mobility - open and closed systems,types of 21 Aug
mobility,sources and causes of mobility

6. Works and Economic Life

(a) Social organization of work in different societies - slave society, 24 Aug
feudal society, industrial capitalist society
(b) Formal and informal organization of work 24 Aug 25 Aug
(c) Labor and society 24 Aug

7. Politics and society

(a) Sociological theories of power 26 Aug
(b) Power elite, bureaucracy,pressure groups and political parties 27 Aug
(c) Nation,state, citizenship, democracy,civil society, ideology 28 Aug 30 Aug
(d) Protest, agitation,social movements, collective action, 29 Aug
revolution

8. Religion and Society

(a) Sociological theories of religion 31 Aug
(b) Types of religious practices - animism,monism, 1 Sep
pluralism,sects,cults 3 Sep
(c) Religion in modern society: religion and 2 Sep
science,secularization,religious revivalism,fundamentalism

9. Systems of Kinship
(a) Family, household, marriage 4 Sep
(b) Types and forms of family 5 Sep
(c) Lineage and descent 5 Sep 7 Sep
(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour 6 Sep
(e) Contemporary trends 6 Sep

10. Social Change in Modern Society

 (a) Sociological theories of social change 8 Sep
(b) Development and dependency 9 Sep 11 Sep
(c) Agents of social change 9 Sep
(d) Education and social change 10 Sep
(e) Science, technology and social change 10 Sep

Revision of Paper 1- 12 & 13 September

Break/ Backlogs - 14 September

Paper 2

Topics Date PYQ

A. Introducing Indian society
(i) Perspectives on the study of Indian Society
(a) Indology (GS Ghurye) 15,16 Sep
(b) Structural functionalism (MN Srinivas) 17,18 Sep 21 Sep
(c) Marxist sociology (AR Desai) 19,20 Sep

(ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society

(a) Social background of Indian nationalism 22 Sep
(b) Modernisation of Indian tradition 22 Sep
(c) Protests and movements during the colonial period 23 Sep 24 Sep
(d) Social reforms 23 Sep

B. Social Structure
(i) Rural and agrarian social structure
(a) The idea of Indian village and village studies 25 Sep
(b) Agrarian social structure - evolution of land tenure system,land 25 Sep 26 Sep
reforms

(ii) Caste system

(a) Perspectives on the study of caste system- GS Ghurye, MN 27,28 Sep
Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille
(b) Features of caste system 29 Sep 1 Oct
(c) Untouchability - forms and perspectives 30 Sep

(iii) Tribal communities in India

(a) Definitional problems 2 Oct
(b) Geographical spread 2 Oct
(c) Colonial policies and tribes 3 Oct 4 Oct
(d) Issues of integration and autonomy 3 Oct
(iv) Social classes in India
(a) Agrarian class structure 5 Oct
(b) Industrial class structure 5 Oct 6 Oct
(c) Middle classes in India 5 Oct

(v) Systems of kinship in India

(a) Lineage and descent in India 7 Oct
(b) Types of kinship systems 7 Oct
(c) Family and marriage in India 8 Oct
(d) Household dimensions of the family 8 Oct
(e) Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour 9 Oct 9 Oct

(vi) Religion and Society

(a) Religious communities in India 10 Oct
(b) Problems of religious minorities 10 Oct 11 Oct

C. Social changes in India

(i) Visions of social change in India

(a) Idea of development planning and mixed economy 12 Oct
(b) Constitution,law and social change 12 Oct 13 Oct
(c) Education and social change 12 Oct

(ii) Rural and agrarian transformation in India

(a) Programmes of rural development, community development 14 Oct
programme, cooperatives,poverty alleviation schemes
(b) Green revolution and social change 14 Oct
(c) Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture 15 Oct
(d) Problems of rural labour,bondage, migration 15 Oct 16 Oct

(iii) Industrialisation and Urbanization in India

(a) Evolution of modern industry in India 17 Oct
(b) Growth of urban settlements in India 17 Oct
(c) Working class: structure, growth,class mobilization 17 Oct
(d) Informal sector,child labour 18 Oct
(e) Slums and deprivation in urban areas 18 Oct 19 Oct

(iv) Politics and Society

(a) Nation, democracy and citizenship 20 Oct
(b) Political parties,pressure groups,social and political elite 20 Oct
(c) Regionalism and decentralization of power 21 Oct 22 Oct
(d) Secularization 21 Oct

(v) Social movements in modern India

(a) Peasants and farmers movements 23 Oct
(b) Women's movements 23 Oct
(c) Backward classes and Dalit movements 23 Oct
(d) Environmental movements 24 Oct 25 Oct
(e) Ethnicity and identity movement 24 Oct
(vi) Population Dynamics
(a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution 26 Oct
(b) Components of population growth: birth,death, migration 26 Oct
(c) Population policy and family planning 27 Oct
(d) Emerging issues: ageing,sex ratios,child and infant mortality, 27 Oct 28 Oct
reproductive health

(vii) Challenges of social transformation

(a) Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems 29 Oct
and sustainability
(b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities 29 Oct
(c) Violence against women 29 Oct
(d) Caste conflicts 30 Oct 31 Oct
(e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism 30 Oct
(f) Illiteracy and disparities in education 30 Oct

Revision of Paper 2 - 1st November