SOCIOLOGYTESTSCHEDULEBatch:09thApril

Test Date
No. of
Test
Test
1

09
April,
2016

Sections
Covered

TopicsCovered

PrimarySource
(Important)

Additional
Reference

PaperI
FUNDAMENTALSOF
SOCIOLOGY
(FromUnits:4&5)

4.SociologicalThinkers:
(a)KarlMarxHistoricalmaterialism,modeofproduction,
alienation,classstruggle.
(b)EmileDurkheimDivisionoflabour,socialfact,suicide,
religionandsociety.
(c)MaxWeberSocialaction,idealtypes,authority,bureaucracy,
protestantethicandthespiritofcapitalism.
(d)TalcottParsonsSocialsystem,patternvariables.
(e)RobertK.MertonLatentandmanifestfunctions,conformity
anddeviance,referencegroups
(f)MeadSelfandidentity.

Sociology:Themesand
Perspective:Haralambosand
Holborn
IGNOUB.A.ESO13
SociologicalTheory:George
Ritzer

SocialThought:R.K.
Mukherjee
Sociology:Anthony
Giddens

Sociology:AGuidetoProblems
andLiterature:T.B.Bottomore
IGNOUB.A.ESO13
Sociology:Themesand
Perspectives:Haralambosand
Holborn
IGNOUB.A.ESO11
IGNOUB.A.ESO14

Sociology:Anthony
Giddens

PoliticalTheory:O.P.Gauba&
Sociology:AnthonyGiddens
Sociology:Themesand
Perspectives:Haralambosand
Holborn
IGNOUB.A.ESO11
IGNOUM.A.MSO003

Sociology:Anthony
Giddens

5.StratificationandMobility:
(a)Conceptsequality,inequality,hierarchy,exclusion,poverty
anddeprivation
(b)TheoriesofsocialstratificationStructuralfunctionalist
theory,Marxisttheory,Weberiantheory.
(c)DimensionsSocialstratificationofclass,statusgroups,
gender,ethnicityandrace.
(d)Socialmobilityopenandclosedsystems,typesofmobility,
sourcesandcausesofmobility.

Test
2

07
May,
2016

PaperI
FUNDAMENTALSOF
SOCIOLOGY
(FromUnits:1,2,3&6)

1.SociologyTheDiscipline:
(a)ModernityandsocialchangesinEuropeandemergenceof
sociology.
(b)Scopeofthesubjectandcomparisonwithothersocial
sciences.
(c)Sociologyandcommonsense.
2.SociologyasScience:
(a)Science,scientificmethodandcritique.
(b)Majortheoreticalstrandsofresearchmethodology.
(c)Positivismanditscritique.
(d)Factvalueandobjectivity.
(e)Nonpositivistmethodologies.
3.ResearchMethodsandAnalysis:
(a)Qualitativeandquantitativemethods.
(b)Techniquesofdatacollection.
(c)Variables,sampling,hypothesis,reliabilityandvalidity.
6.WorksandEconomicLife:
(a)Socialorganizationofworkindifferenttypesofsociety
slavesociety,feudalsociety,industrial/capitalistsociety.
(b)Formalandinformalorganizationofwork
(c)Labourandsociety.

Test
3

21
May,
2016

PaperI
FUNDAMENTALSOF
SOCIOLOGY
(FromUnits:7,8,9&
10)

7.PoliticsandSociety:
(a)Sociologicaltheoriesofpower
(b)Powerelite,bureaucracy,pressuregroups,andpolitical
parties.
(c)Nation,state,citizenship,democracy,civilsociety,ideology.
(d)Protest,agitation,socialmovements,collectiveaction,
revolution.
8.ReligionandSociety:
(a)Sociologicaltheoriesofreligion.
(b)Typesofreligiouspractices:animism,monism,pluralism,
sects,cults.
(c)Religioninmodernsociety:religionandscience,
secularization,religiousrevivalism,fundamentalism.
9.SystemsofKinship:
(a)Family,household,marriage.
(b)Typesandformsoffamily.
(c)Lineageanddescent
(d)Patriarchyandsexualdivisionoflabour
(e)Contemporarytrends.
10.SocialChangeinModernSociety:
(a)Sociologicaltheoriesofsocialchange.
(b)Developmentanddependency.
(c)Agentsofsocialchange.
(d)Educationandsocialchange.
(e)Science,technologyandsocialchange
(f)Illiteracyanddisparitiesineducation

Test
4

28
May,
2016

REVISION

CompleteSyllabusofPaperI

Test
5

11
June,
2016

PaperII
A.IntroducingIndian
Society

A.IntroducingIndianSociety:
(i)PerspectivesonthestudyofIndiansociety:
(a)Indology(GS.Ghurye).
(b)Structuralfunctionalism(MNSrinivas).

IndianSociologicalThought:
B.K.Nagla
SocialBackgroundofIndian
Nationalism:A.R.Desai

SocialAnthropology:D.N.
Majumdar

B.SocialStructure

A.(ii)ImpactofcolonialruleonIndiansociety:
(a)SocialbackgroundofIndiannationalism.
(b)ModernizationofIndiantradition.
(c)Protestsandmovementsduringthecolonialperiod.
(d)Socialreforms
B.SocialStructure:
(i)RuralandAgrarianSocialStructure:
(a)TheideaofIndianvillageandvillagestudies
(b)Agrariansocialstructureevolutionoflandtenuresystem,
landreforms.

Tradition:YogendraSingh
RuralSociology:Doshi&Jain
IGNOUM.A.MSO004
IndianSocialSystemRam
Ahuja
IGNOUB.A.ESO14
IndianSocietyandCulture:
NadeemHasnain

(ii)CasteSystem:
(a)Perspectivesonthestudyofcastesystems:G.S.Ghurye,MN
Srinivas,LouisDumont,AndreBeteille.
(b)Featuresofcastesystem.
(c)Untouchabilityformsandperspectives
(iii)TribalcommunitiesinIndia:
(a)Definitionalproblems.
(b)Geographicalspread.
(c)Colonialpoliciesandtribes.
(d)Issuesofintegrationandautonomy.

Test
6

25
June,
2016

PaperII
A.IntroducingIndian
Society

(iv)SocialClassesinIndia:
(a)Agrarianclassstructure.
(b)Industrialclassstructure.
(c)MiddleclassesinIndia.

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B.SocialStructure
+
C.SocialChangesin
India

(v)SystemsofKinshipinIndia:
(a)LineageanddescentinIndia.
(b)Typesofkinshipsystems.
(c)FamilyandmarriageinIndia.
(d)Householddimensionsofthefamily.
(e)Patriarchy,entitlementsandsexualdivisionoflabour.

IGNOUM.A.MSO004
IndianSocietyandCulture:
NadeemHasnain
IGNOUB.A.ESO12
SocialChangeinIndia:
YogendraSingh
RuralSociology:Doshi&Jain
SocialProblemsinIndia:Ram
Ahuja
IGNOUM.A.MSOE004

Family,Marriageand
KinshipinIndia:Patricia
Oberoi

IGNOUM.A.MSO004
PoliticsinIndia:PaulBrass
ContemporaryIndia:Chandhoke
&Priyadarshi
SocialMovementsinIndia:
GhanshyamShah
PrinciplesofPopulationStudies:
Bhede&Kanitkar
IGNOUB.A.ESO16
WomeninIndia:NeeraDesai
IndianSocialSystem:Ram
Ahuja
IGNOUB.A.ESO16
SocialProblemsinIndia:Ram
Ahuja

(vi)ReligionandSociety:
(a)ReligiouscommunitiesinIndia.
(b)Problemsofreligiousminorities.
C.SocialChangesinIndia:
(i)VisionsofSocialChangeinIndia:
(a)Ideaofdevelopmentplanningandmixedeconomy.
(b)Constitution,lawandsocialchange.
(c)Educationandsocialchange.
(ii)RuralandAgrariantransformationinIndia:
(a)Programmesofruraldevelopment,CommunityDevelopment
Programme,cooperatives,povertyalleviationschemes.
(b)Greenrevolutionandsocialchange.
(c)ChangingmodesofproductioninIndianagriculture.
(d)Problemsofrurallabour,bondage,migration.

Test
7

02July,
2016

PaperII
C.SocialChangesin
India

(iii)IndustrializationandUrbanisationinIndia:
(a)EvolutionofmodernindustryinIndia.
(b)GrowthofurbansettlementsinIndia.
(c)Workingclass:structure,growth,classmobilization.
(d)Informalsector,childlabour
(e)Slumsanddeprivationinurbanareas.
(v)SocialMovementsinModernIndia:
(a)Peasantsandfarmersmovements.
(b)Womensmovement.
(c)Dalitmovement.
(d)Environmentalmovements.
(e)EthnicityandIdentitymovements.
(iv)PoliticsandSociety:
(a)Nation,democracyandcitizenship.
(b)Politicalparties,pressuregroups,socialandpoliticalelite.
(c)Regionalismanddecentralizationofpower.
(d)Secularization
(vi)PopulationDynamics:
(a)Populationsize,growth,compositionanddistribution.
(b)Componentsofpopulationgrowth:birth,death,migration.
(c)Populationpolicyandfamilyplanning.
(d)Emergingissues:ageing,sexratios,childandinfant
mortality,reproductivehealth.
(vii)ChallengesofSocialTransformation:
(a)Crisisofdevelopment:displacement,environmentalproblems
andsustainability.
(b)Poverty,deprivationandinequalities.
(c)Violenceagainstwomen.
(d)Casteconflicts.
(e)Ethnicconflicts,communalism,religiousrevivalism.
(f)Illiteracyanddisparitiesineducation.

Test
8

20
August,
2016

REVISION

CompleteSyllabusofPaperII

Test
9

17
Sept.,
2016

FULLLENGTH
MOCKTESTI

[MorningSession:9:30AMto12:30PM]
CompleteSyllabusofPaperI

Test
10

01
Oct.,
2016

FULLLENGTH
MOCKTESTII

[MorningSession:9:30AMto12:30PM]
CompleteSyllabusofPaperII

Test
11

22
Oct.,
2016

FULLLENGTH
MOCKTESTIII

[MorningSession:9:30AMto12:30PM]
CompleteSyllabusofPaperI

Test
12

12
Nov.,
2016

FULLLENGTH
MOCKTESTIV

[MorningSession:9:30AMto12:30PM]
CompleteSyllabusofPaperII