Schedule of Sociology Answer writing cum Guidance Program

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Schedule of Sociology Answer writing cum Guidance Program

Features of this SGP – 2025:

• Duration: 3 months
• Answer writing Practice as per the schedule (4 Days a
week)
• 3 Questions will be uploaded on Course portal.
• 360 Degree review feedbacks within 48 hours.

FEE:
• 1 Question/day : Rs. 3000 for full course.
• 2 Questions/day : Rs. 5000 for full course.

Why to choose SGP – 2025?

• Evaluation within 48 hours of submission.
• Enrolled aspirants will be able to see evaluated copies of
their batchmates.
• Text Doubt Clearing Facility
• Submission timing is flexible.
• Valid till Mains 2025.
 Schedule of Sociology Answer writing cum Guidance Program
PAPER – I
Date Topics
16th
of 1. Sociology - The Discipline:
November (a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology.
(b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.
(c) Sociology and common sense.
17th of 2. Sociology as Science:
November (a) Science, scientific method and critique.
(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
(c) Positivism and its critique.
(d) Fact value and objectivity.
( e) Non-positivist methodologies.

18th of 2. Sociology as Science:

November (a) Science, scientific method and critique.
(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
(c) Positivism and its critique.
(d) Fact value and objectivity.
( e) Non-positivist methodologies.
19th of 3. Research Methods and Analysis:
November (a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.
(b) Techniques of data collection.
(c) ) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity

20th–22nd of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

November
23rd of 3. Research Methods and Analysis:
November (a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.
(b) Techniques of data collection.
(c) ) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity

24th of 4. Sociological Thinkers:

November (a) Karl Marx - Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
(b) Emile Durkhteim - Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
(c) Max Weber - Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and
the spirit of capitalism.
(d) Talcolt Parsons - Social system, pattern variables.
(e) Robert K. Merton - Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference
groups.
(f) Mead - Self and identity.
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25th of 4. Sociological Thinkers:

November (a) Karl Marx - Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
(b) Emile Durkhteim - Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
(c) Max Weber - Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and
the spirit of capitalism.
(d) Talcolt Parsons - Social system, pattern variables.
(e) Robert K. Merton - Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference
groups.
(f) Mead - Self and identity.

26th of 4. Sociological Thinkers:

November (a) Karl Marx - Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
(b) Emile Durkhteim - Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
(c) Max Weber - Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and
the spirit of capitalism.
(d) Talcolt Parsons - Social system, pattern variables.
(e) Robert K. Merton - Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance,
reference groups.
(f) Mead - Self and identity.

27th –29th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

November
30th of 5. Stratification and Mobility :
November (a) Concepts - equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.
(b) Theories of social stratification - Structural func tionalist theory, Marxist theory,
Weberian theory.
(c) Dimensions - Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.
(d) Social mobility - open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of
mobility.
1st of 5. Stratification and Mobility :
December (a) Concepts - equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.
(b) Theories of social stratification - Structural func tionalist theory, Marxist theory,
Weberian theory.
(c) Dimensions - Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.
(d) Social mobility - open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of
mobility.

2nd of 6. Works and Economic Life :

December
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(a) Social organization of work in different types of society - slave society, feudal society,
industrial capitalist society
(b) Formal and informal organization of work.
(c) Labour and society.

3rd of 6. Works and Economic Life :

December (a) Social organization of work in different types of society - slave society, feudal society,
industrial capitalist society
(b) Formal and informal organization of work.
(c) Labour and society.

4th-6th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

December
7th of 7. Politics and Society:
December (a) Sociological theories of power.
(b) Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups and political parties.
(c) Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology.
(d) Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.

8th of 7. Politics and Society:

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

9th of 8. Religion and Society :

December (a) Sociological theories of religion.
(b) Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.
(c) Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism,
fundamentalism.
10th of 8. Religion and Society :
December (a) Sociological theories of religion.
(b) Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.
(c) Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism,
fundamentalism.
11th -13th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text
December
14th of 9. Systems of Kinship:
December (a) Family, household, marriage.
(b) Types and forms of family.
(c) Lineage and descent.
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(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.
(e) Contemporary trends.

15th of 9. Systems of Kinship:

December (a) Family, household, marriage.
(b) Types and forms of family.
(c) Lineage and descent.
(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.
(e) Contemporary trends.
16th of 10. Social Change in Modern Society :
December (a) Sociological theories of social change.
(b) Development and dependency.
(c) Agents of social change.
(d) Education and social change.
(e) Science, technology and social change

17th of 10. Social Change in Modern Society :

December (a) Sociological theories of social change.
(b) Development and dependency.
(c) Agents of social change.
(d) Education and social change.
(e) Science, technology and social change
18th -20th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text
December
21st of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
December
22nd of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
December
23rd of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
December
24th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
December
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PAPER – II
Date Topics

30th of A. Introducing Indian Society :

December (i) Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society :
(a) Indology (G.S. Ghure).
(b) Structural functionalism (M. N. Srinivas).
(c) Marxist sociology (A. R. Desai).

31st of (ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society :

December (a) Social background of Indian nationalism.
(b) Modernization of Indian tradition.
(c) Protests and movements during the colonial period.
(d) Social reforms
1st of B. Social structure
January (i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
(a) The idea of Indian village and village studies.
(b) Agrarian social structure— evolution of land tenure system, land reforms.

2nd of (ii) Caste System:

January (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont,
Andre Beteille.
(b) Features of caste system.
(c) Untouchability-forms and perspectives

3rd - 5th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

January
6th of (iii) Tribal Communities in India:
January (a) Definitional problems.
(b) Geographical spread.
(c) Colonial policies and tribes.
(d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

7th of (iii) Tribal Communities in India:

January (a) Definitional problems.
(b) Geographical spread.
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(c) Colonial policies and tribes.
(d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

8th of (iv) Social Classes in India:

January (a) Agrarian class structure.
(b) Industrial class structure.
(c) Middle classes in India.

9th of (iv) Social Classes in India:

January (a) Agrarian class structure.
(b) Industrial class structure.
(c) Middle classes in India.

10th-12th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

January
13th of (v) Systems of Kinship in India:
January (a) Lineage and descent in India.
(b) Types of kinship systems.
(c) Family and marriage in India.
(d) Household dimensions of the family.
(e) Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour.

14th of (v) Systems of Kinship in India:

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

15th of (vi) Religion and Society :

January (a) Religious communities in India.
(b) Problems of religious minorities.

16th of C. Social Changes in India:

January (i) Visions of Social Change in India:
(a) Idea of development planning and mixed economy.
(b) Constitution, law and social change.
(c) Education and social change.

17th-19th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

January
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20th of C. Social Changes in India:
January (i) Visions of Social Change in India:
(a) Idea of development planning and mixed economy.
(b) Constitution, law and social change.
(c) Education and social change.

21st of (ii) Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:

January (a) Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme,
cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes.
(b) Green revolution and social change.
(c) Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture.
(d) Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration.

22nd of (ii) Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:

January (a) Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme,
cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes.
(b) Green revolution and social change.
(c) Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture.
(d) Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration.

23rd of (iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:

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

24th – 26th Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

of January
27th of (iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:
January (a) Evolution of modern industry in India.
(b) Growth of urban settlements in India.
(c) Working class: structure, growth, class mobilization.
(d) Informal sector, child labour.
(e) Slums and deprivation in urban areas.

28th of (iv) Politics and Society :

January (a) Nation, democracy and citizenship.
(b) Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite.
(c) Regionalism and decentralization of power.
(d) Secularization.
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29th of (v) Social Movements in Modern India :
January (a) Peasants and farmers movements.
(b) Women’s movement.
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movements.
(d) Environmental movements.
(e) Ethnicity and Identity movements.

30th of (v) Social Movements in Modern India :

January (a) Peasants and farmers movements.
(b) Women’s movement.
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movements.
(d) Environmental movements.
(e) Ethnicity and Identity movements.

31st – 2nd Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

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February
3rd of (vi) Population Dynamics :
February (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution.
(b) Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.
(c) Population Policy and family planning.
(d) Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.

4th of (vi) Population Dynamics :

February (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution.
(b) Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.
(c) Population Policy and family planning.
(d) Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.

5th of (vii) Challenges of Social Transformation :

February (a) Crisis of development : displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.
(b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
(c) Violence against women.
(d) Caste conflicts.
(e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.
(f) Illiteracy and disparities in education.
6th of (vii) Challenges of Social Transformation :
February (a) Crisis of development : displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.
(b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
(c) Violence against women.
(d) Caste conflicts.
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(e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.
(f) Illiteracy and disparities in education.

7th – 9th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text

February
10th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
11th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
12th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
13th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
14th–16th of Doubt Clearing Facility regarding Evaluation through Text
February
17th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
18th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 2
February
19th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
February
20th of Miscellaneous Topics – Paper 1
February

NOTE:
** This Schedule is flexible. EnlightIAS Experts Team can make changes in it further.
**Submission timing is flexible.