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Thursday, August 2, 2012

RAS PRE Syllabus-Sociology (Code No. 28)


Sociology (Code No. 28)


Sociological Perspective
Sociology as a Science

Relation of Sociology with other Social Sciences :
Economic, Political Science and Social Anthropology.

Basic Concepts :
Society : Meaning, nature and characteristics.

Community : Meaning and characteristics, Relationship with society.

Association : Meaning and characteristics.
Social Institution : Meaning, characteristics and forms; functions, difference between Social institution and Association.

Social Group : Meaning and characteristics, Types - Primary and Secondary Reference Group.

Social Interaction : Contact, communication and interest fulfilment.
Culture : Meaning, characteristics, components and cultural processes.

Social Structure : Meaning, characteristics and theories.

Social Stratification : Meaning, bases, forms and theories.

Status and Role : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.

Norms and Values : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.

Social Processes : Meaning, nature and forms-cooperation, competition and conflict.

Socialization : Concept, types, agencies and theories.

Social Deviance : Meaning, Forms and theories.

Social Change : Meaning, factors and theories. Change, progress and development, Directed social change.
Magic, Religion and Science

Indian Society : Socio-cultural factors; Unity and diversity.

Caste in India : Features, origin and changing patterns.
Purusharatha and Varnasharma Vyavastha : Objectives, features and forms.

Marriage and Family in India : Features, forms, changes, problem and related legislation.

Kinship in India : Features, types and usages.

Residence and Descent : Rules, forms and primogeniture.

Status of Women in India : Changes, problems and related laws.

Population Problem in India : Causes, forms extent and remedies.

Current Social Problems in India : Casteism, communalism, regionalism, poverty, bondage of labour, child misuse, environmental pollutions, crime and juvenile delinquency and youth unrest.

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India : Problems, safeguard, Constitutional provisions and related legislation.

Induced Social Change in India : Aims, Plans, Projects & Schemes. Rural and Tribal Development strategies and Agencies.

Urbanization and Industrialization in India : Positive and negative implications for social life in India.
Panchayati Raj in India

Economic and Political Systems of simple and complex societies.

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