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Sociology (HUQP22)

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Sociology (HUQP22)

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Sociology (HUQP22)

Note:
i. The Question Paper which will have 75 questions.
ii. All questions will be based on Subject-Specific Knowledge.
iii. All questions are compulsory.
iv. The Questions will be Bilingual (English/Hindi).

Sociology (HUQP22)

Basic Concepts in Sociology:


• UNIT – I
Sociology: Definition, nature and scope; Relationship with other Social Sciences: Psychology,
Anthropology, History, Economics and Political Science.
• UNIT – II
Basic Concepts: Social Structure, Society, Social Organization, Community, Association,Norms, Values.
• UNIT – III
Status and Role: Types of status and role and their interrelationship
• UNIT – IV
Socialization: Meaning, types, processes and agencies. Theories of self (Freud, Cooley and Mead)
Culture: Meaning, characteristics; material and non-material culture; cultural lag. Culture and civilization.

Social Processes and Problems:


• UNIT – I
Social Processes: Cooperation, Accommodation, Assimilation, Competition and Conflict.
• UNIT – II
Social Groups: Definition, characteristics, types (primary and secondary; in-group and out- group;
Reference group and Peer group).
• UNIT – III
Social Institutions: Marriage; Family; Kinship
Education, Religion and Economy: Meaning and Functions
• UNIT – IV
Social Control: Meaning, Significance and agencies.
Social Deviance: Meaning, characteristics, forms and factors.

Society, Culture and Social Change:


• UNIT – I
Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industrial and Post-Industrial.
• UNIT – II
Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material.Socialization: Importance, Process
and Stages.
Social Control: Types and Means

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• UNIT – III
Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization,Globalization and
Secularization.
• UNIT – IV
Social Stratification: Types, theories of stratificationsocial mobility and its types.

Indian Society:
• UNIT – I
Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional basis of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a
Pluralistic Society.
• UNIT – II
Caste, theories of Caste system and its Changing Dimensions in India; Dominant caste.
• UNIT – III
Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization,Prophetization and
Universalization.
• UNIT – IV
Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Problems of Women; Problems of Dalits, OBCs and
Minorities; Affirmative Actions.

Social Research:
• UNIT – I
Social Research: Definition, Nature and Purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and
Subjectivity in Social Research.
• UNIT – II
Research Methods: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & significance; Sampling and
Sampling Procedure.
• UNIT – III
Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule and CaseStudy; Types
of Data.
• UNIT – IV
Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data;
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.

Social Problems in India:


• UNIT – I
Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological
Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie and suicide (Durkheim) Labeling (Becker).
• UNIT – II
Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class, Gender and Ethnicity.
• UNIT – III
Problems and Issues: Female Feticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Divorce; Problems of Aged.
• UNIT – IV
Social Disorganization: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Communalism, Drug Addiction,
Suicide, Nepotism, Prostitution and AIDS.

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