Note :-

1. Duration of Paper: 3 Hours
2. All Questions carry equal marks.
3. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi
4. There will be Negative Marking.
5. Objective type paper .

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Syllabus : Sociology -I

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1. Unit I: Basic concepts

1. Meaning, Definition, Subject-matter, Scope, Nature and Perspectives of Sociology, Sociology and Enlightenment.
2. Society, Culture, Community, Norms and Values, Institutions, Associations and Social System.
3. Social Groups: Meaning and Types, Status and Role, Norms and Values and types of membership.
4. Social Control: Meaning, Types, Agencies and Theories.
5. Socialization: Meaning, Stages and Theories, Sub concepts of Socialization.
6. Status and Role, Meaning, Types, Interplay between Status and Role, Role Conflict, Norms and Values.
7. Social Stratification: Meaning, Forms and Theories. Pattern of Inequalities.
8. Social Processes- Assimilation, Competition, Conflict and Co-operation, Accommodation, associate and Dissociative process.
9. Social Change and Social Mobility- Meaning, patterns, Factors and Theories.
10. Social Deviance: Meaning, Types and Theories.
11. Social Interaction: Meaning and Types.

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2. Unit II: Western Sociological Thinkers/Thought

1. Auguste Comte: Comte's views on Sociological Methods and Sociology. Law of Three Stages, Hierarchy of Sciences, Comte's views on Science, Religion of Humanity.
2. Hebert Spencer: Classification of Social Systems or Society, Stages of Societal Evolution, Societal Institutions. Organic and Super-Organic Analogy, Principles of Sociology.
3. Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour in society, Social facts and Rules of Sociological Method. Suicide and its types. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Durkheim of Education.
4. Max Weber: Weber's Methodology. Study of Religions. Social Stratification and Types of Authority, Bureaucracy, Social Action
5. Karl Marx: Types of Society. Dialectical Materialism. Class Structures. Class Conflict and Social Change. Capital, Labour Theory of Value and Surplus Value.
6. Georg Simmel: Problem Areas of Sociology. Group Affiliation. Social Differentiation. Conflict as Social Form. Exchanges as Social Form.
7. Vilfredo Pareto: The Rise and Fall of the Elites. Theory of Sentiments. Pareto's views on General Sociology. The interface between Social, Economic and Political Phenomena. The Social System.

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3. Unit III: Indian Social System: Structure and Change

1. Characteristics of Indian Society, Unity Plurality and Diversity.
2. Ancient Indian Social System: Varnashram System and Purushartha, Sanskara, Karma and Education.
3. Indian Social Institutions: Family, Marriage and Kinship, Education, Religion, Caste, Economy and Polity.
4. Class Structure in India: Agrarian, Industrial.
5. Dynamics in Caste and Class in Indian Society: Pattern of Mobility and Inequality.
6. Gender Relations and Women Empowerment: Status of Women in India and Women Empowerment; Social Legislations for women, Domestic Violence, Dowry and issues of Divorce, Crime against Women.
7. Deviance and Crime; Juvenile Delinquency, Cyber Crime, Crime against Children, White Collar Crime.
8. Challenges before Indian Society: Poverty, Illiteracy, Unemployment, Regionalism, Communalism, Casteism, Corruption, Terrorism, Socio-Cultural Exclusion.
9. Pathologies of Development: Problems of Weaker Sections and Minorities, Problems of SCs, STs, OBCs, Marginalized groups and Children.
10. Planned change in India- Indian Society, Five Year Plans Panchayati Raj, Welfarist Policies and Sustainable Development.
11. Globalization and its Impact on Indian Society