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 -II

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1. Unit I: Social Research

1. Social Survey and Social Research: Meaning and Types; Scientific Method.
2. Issues of Objectivity/Value Neutrality, Biases, Subjectivity and issues of ethics in Social Research.
3. Model, Paradigm and Theory building in Sociological Research.
4. Research Design: Meaning and Types.
5. Hypothesis: Meaning, Nature and Types.
6. Sampling: Meaning and Types.
7. Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Schedule and Questionnaire.
8. Methods of Data collection: Case Study Method, Content Analysis, Cultural study Approach, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography.

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2. Unit II: Perspectives on Indian Society

1. Rural Studies: M.N. Srinivas, S.C. Dube and Andre Beteille.
2. Urban Studies: MSA Rao, V. S. D'Souza, Meera Kosambi.
3. Tribal Studies: K.S. Singh, S. L. Doshi, Verginius Xaxa.
4. Gender Studies: Neera Desai, Sharmila Rege, Beena Agarwal.
5. Development of Sociology in India: Indological and Textual Perspective. Structural- Functional Perspective, Marxist Perspective, Civilizational Perspective, Synthesis of Textual and Field Views, Subaltern Perspective.

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3. Unit III: Classical Sociological Theories

1. The meaning and nature of Sociological theory: Structural-Functionalism, Neo- Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Marxian Theory, Neo-Marxism, Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology, Symbolic-Interactionism, Feminism, Structuralism, Structuration, Post- Structuralism, Post-Modernism.