RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER
SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN SOCIOLOGY FOR
COLLEGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
PAPER-I
Unit I: Basic concepts-
Meaning, Definition, Subject-matter, Scope, Nature and Perspectives of
Sociology, Sociology and Enlightenment.
Society, Culture, Community, Norms and Values, Institutions,
Associations and Social Structure, Social System.
Social Groups: Meaning, Types, Status and Role, Norms and Values and
Types of membership.
Social Control: Meaning, Types, Agencies and Theories.
Socialization: Meaning, Stages and Theories, Sub-concepts of
Socialization.
Status and Role, Meaning, Types, Interplay between Status and Role,
Role Conflict, Norms and Values.
Social Stratification: Meaning, Forms and Theories, Pattern of
Inequalities.
Social Processes- Assimilation, Competition, Conflict and Co-operation,
Accommodation, Associate and Dissociative Process.
Social Change and Social Mobility- Meaning, Patterns, Factors and
Theories.
Social Deviance: Meaning, Types and Theories.
Social Interaction: Meaning and Types.
Unit II: Western Sociological Thinkers/Thought-
Auguste Comte: Comte's views on Sociological Methods and Sociology.
Law of Three Stages, Hierarchy of Sciences. Comte's views on Science.
Religion of Humanity.
Hebert Spencer: Classification of Social Systems or Society. Stages of
Societal Evolution. Societal Institutions. Organic and Super-Organic
Analogy. Principles of Sociology.
Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour in Society. Social Facts and Rules
of Sociological Method. Suicide and its types. The Elementary Forms of
Religious Life. Durkheim on Education.
Max Weber: Weber's Methodology. Study of Religions. Social
Stratification and Types of Authority. Bureaucracy. Social Action.
Karl Marx: Types of Society. Dialectical Materialism. Class Structures.
Class Conflict and Social Change. Capital, Labour Theory of Value and
Surplus Value.
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Georg Simmel: Problem Areas of Sociology. Group Affiliation. Social
Differentiation. Conflict as Social Form. Exchanges as Social Form.
Vilfredo Pareto: The Rise and Fall of the Elites. Theory of Sentiments.
Pareto's views on General Sociology. The Interface between Social,
Economic and Political Phenomena. The Social System.
Unit III: Indian Social System: Structure and Change-
Characteristics of Indian Society, Unity, Plurality and Diversity.
Ancient Indian Social System: Varnashram System and Purushartha,
Sanskara, Karma and Education.
Indian Social Institutions: Family, Marriage and Kinship, Education,
Religion, Caste, Economy and Polity.
Class Structure in India: Agrarian, Industrial.
Dynamics in Caste and Class in Indian Society: Pattern of Mobility and
Inequality.
Gender Relations and Women Empowerment: Status of Women in India
and Women Empowerment; Social Legislations for Women, Domestic
Violence, Dowry and Issues of Divorce, Crime against Women.
Deviance and Crime: Juvenile Delinquency, Cyber Crime, Crime
against Children, White Collar Crime.
Challenges before Indian Society: Poverty, Illiteracy, Unemployment,
Regionalism, Communalism, Casteism, Corruption, Terrorism, Socio-
Cultural Exclusion.
Pathologies of Development: Problems of Weaker Sections and
Minorities, Problems of SCs, STs, OBCs, Marginalized groups and
Children.
Planned Change in India- Indian Society, Five Year Plans, Panchayati
Raj, Welfarist Policies and Sustainable Development.
Globalization and its Impact on Indian Society.
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Note: - Pattern of Question Paper
1. Objective type paper
2. Maximum Marks : 75
3. Number of Questions : 150
4. Duration of Paper : Three Hours
5. All questions carry equal marks.
6. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English &
Hindi.
7. There will be Negative Marking.
