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PAPER 1 - FUNDAMENTALS OF
SOCIOLOGY
1. Sociology - The Discipline:
2. Sociology as Science:
3. Research Methods and Analysis:
4. Sociological Thinkers:
5. Stratification and Mobility:
6. Works and Economic Life:
7. Politics and Society:
8. Religion and Society:
9. Systems of Kinship:
10. Social Change in Modern Society:
INDIAN SOCIETY: STRUCTURE AND
CHANGE
1. Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society:
2. Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:
3. Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
4. Caste System:
5. Tribal Communities in India:
6. Social Classes in India
7. Systems of Kinship in India:
8. Religion and Society:
9. Visions of Social Change in India:
10. Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:
11. Industrialization and Urbanization in India:.
12. Politics and Society:
13. Social Movements in Modern India
14. Population Dynamics:
15. Challenges of Social Transformation:
OVERLAP WITH GS
● GS Paper I (5-6 QUESTIONS)
● Political philosophies such as capitalism, communism, socialism, etc. and their effects on society.
● Highlights of Indian society, Diversity in India.
● Impacts of globalisation on Indian culture.
● Role of women and women’s organisation, poverty and developmental issues, population and
associated issues, urbanization.
● Social empowerment, communalism, secularism and regionalism.
● GS Paper IV
● Human Values- role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values; reformers
and administrators, lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders.
Q. Indebtedness is one of the serious issues leading to farmers’ suicides. Discuss reasons
and suggest solutions.
WHY OPT FOR SOCIOLOGY?
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