SOCIOLOGY

  SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY By UPSC CSE-2018 Topper Chirumamilla Vinay Kumar  AIR 169 (Sociology Marks – 319)   Hello Friends! Sociology helped me a lot in developing new thoughts, perspectives and added value to my essays as well. In my first attempt when I was selected (AIR 464, CSE 2016) I had limited time to prepare […]

SOCIOLOGY OFFLINE CLASSES: Admissions Open! Dear Aspirant, Prelims notification will be out on 19th Feb 2019 and the exam will be held on 2nd June 2019. Mains will quickly follow. It is scheduled during Sep-Oct 2019. Given the constraints under which you are nurturing your dreams, here’s how we intend to make you ready for […]

Sociology Optional Program @ Insights Offline Centre, Bangalore Orientation Session | 9.30 AM | 21 October 2018 | Batch starts Dec 2018 NOTE: This orientation class will be followed by Discussion of Mains 2018 Sociology Optional paper What is sociology? Isaac Newton created history with his path breaking understanding of physics. But what if Newton […]

    Insights Offline SOCIOLOGY Test Series for UPSC Civil Services Mains – 2018   We are starting SOCIOLOGY optional offline test series for UPSC civil services mains – 2018. There will be orientation class on Sociology optional at Insights OGP centre tomorrow at 6.30 pm. It’s open only for Insights students – OGP, Core […]

    SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY Hemant Bhorkhade , Rank – 424 (CSE-2017) Sociology Marks 324     Hello friends, I am Hemant Bhorkhade and I have secured AIR 424 in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017. I am sharing here detailed strategy for Sociology as I have got good marks (156 + 168) in this subject this […]

    SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY By Anu Kumari, Rank – 2, UPSC CSE-2017, Sociology Marks – 318   To read Anu Kumari’s General Studies strategy, Click Here Firstly let me tell you that when I started preparing, I had never thought that I would be penning down my thoughts to help fellow aspirants some day. So, […]

    SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY Garima Lekhwani, Rank 136 CSE-2016, Sociology Marks – 290   Acing The Optional A brief introduction- My name is Garima Lekhwani. I’m 23 years old. I secured AIR 136 in UPSC CSE 2016 in my first attempt. I completed my schooling from CJM, Agra. Thereafter, I pursued B.Com. (Hons.) from Shri […]

  SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY Tanai Sultania, Rank 63, CSE – 2016 This is the strategy I followed. Please choose one which suits you as there can never be single strategy to succeed in this exam. Marks : Paper 1 — 136 Paper 2– 157 In 2015 ,I had 93(Paper 1) and 116(Paper 2), all due to […]

    UPSC IAS Civil Services Mains 2016: SOCIOLOGY Optional Question Paper – 1  

SOCIOLOGY PREPARATION STRATEGY Chandra Mohan Garg, Rank 25 CSE – 2015                                             PAPER-1                                                                  Book List Upendra Class Notes – Available in Delhi Book stores Aditya Mongra Printed Notes– Available on his Fb Page(https://www.facebook.com/groups/838734936170059/) […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 32 ARCHIVES Topic:Religion and Society (1) Define Sect,Cult and Religion.(150 words) (2) Write a note on Animism and Monism.(200 words) (3) Write a note on “Cultural Pluralism”. (150 words) Next Topic:Religion and Society

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 31 ARCHIVES Topic:Religion and Society : Sociological Theories of Religion (1) “According to Durkheim,the essence of religion in modern society is the same as religion in primitive society”,Comment. (250 words) (2) ” According to Weber, the religion was not just an opinion but a social reality which had […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 30 ARCHIVES Topic:Politics and Society (1) Marx views power as to be held by a particular group(dominant class) in society at the expense of the rest of the society(subordinate class).Explain (250 words) (2) Write a note on “Industrial Democracy”. (150 words) (3) Are social movements always influenced by […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 29 ARCHIVES Topic: politics and society (1) Write a note on protest and agitation.(200 words) (2) Highlight prerequisites of social movement, bring out the difference between social movement and revolution.(250 words) (3) Collective action in politics can bring integration and disintegration in society.comment (250 words) Next topic […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 28 ARCHIVES Topic: Politics and Society (1) What are the functions of Political Parties.(200 words) (2) What do you understand by Nation? Is the Nation same as the State? Discuss.(250 words) (3) Write a note on “Citizenship”.(150 words) (4) Critically examine the role of civil society in […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 27 ARCHIVES Topic:Politics and Society. (1) “Power is not a zero-sum game”. Discuss with reference to Weber’s and Parson’s views.(250 words). (2) Write a note on ” Power Elite”.(150 words). (3) Bureacracy in new capitalist economy. (150 words). (4) Examine the role of “Pressure Groups” in parliamentary […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 26 ARCHIVES Topic:Works and Economic Life (1) Human relation school of thought by Elton Mayo as a social organisation of work process in Industry.(200 words) (2) How do formal and informal organisation work influence labour’s mobility? Explain with examples.(200 words) (3) There hasbeen the substantial decline in […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 25 ARCHIVES Topic:Paper-I,Works and Economic Life. (1) What are the distinctive features of social organisation of work in slave society? How is it different from feudal society?(200 words) (2) What is formal organisation? ” The growth of bureacracy has resulted in extreme concentration of power at larger levels of […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 24 ARCHIVES Topic:- Paper-II, Caste system and Social Classes in India. (1) “Casteism is the modern edition of the caste system “.Do you agree with this statement? Discuss with arguments.(250 words) (2) Critically assess the forms in which untouchability continues to be practised.(200 words) (3) Changes that the agrarian […]

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 23 ARCHIVES Topic(Paper-II):Caste system and Social Classes in India (1)  Discuss the attributes of “Caste” according to G.S.Ghurye.(250 words) (2) “Perspectives on the study of caste by M.N.Srinivas and Andre Beteille”.write a note with sociological perspectives.(250 words) (3) Critically examine Louis Dumont’s concepts, “Purity and Pollution”,” Homohierarchicus” & “Hierarchy” […]