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Sociology (Subject Code-11)

Part A (Principles of Sociology)

Unit I Basic Concept: Social Group: types-Primary, Secondary, Reference Group Association, Institution, Community.

Unit II Society and its types: Tribal, Agrarian, Industrial Social System & Social Relationship-Status and Role-Norms and values.

Unit III The Indian Social System and Applied Sociology: Bases of Indian Society: Doctrine of Karma, Dharma, Vama Ashram System, Purushartha.

Unit IV Social Stratification: Caste System, Changing Patterns, Social Justice and Reservation Policy-Class Structure in India-Agrarian and Industrial.

Unit V Family & Marriage: Joint family: Its changing face, Marriage, Concept, Impact of recent Social Legislation.

Unit VI Economic and Political System in India: Jajmani System, Green Revolution-Caste and Religion as Social determinants of Politics in Post-independent India.

Unit VII Status of Women in Modern India: Impact of recent social legislation, Social justice and women's reservation.

Part B (Social Control and Social Change)

Unit I Concept Agencies of Social Control: Family, Education, State and Religion.

Unit II Social Change: Theories Cyclical & Linear.

Unit III Factors of Social Change: Economic, Cultural, Demographic and Technological.

Unit IV Process of Social Change in India: Concept of Sanskritisation, Westermisation and Modernisation.

Unit V Stimulants of Social Change: Social Planning - Five year Plans, Education & Communication-Social Reform Movements with special reference to Women and Dalits.

Philosophy (Subject Code-121 Section-A

1. Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibenitz, (Substances, God, Mind-Body Theory of Knowledge)
2. Empricism: Lock, Berkeley, Hume (Theory of knowledge, Theory of Truth, Matter, Self, God, Causality).
3. Criticism: Kant (Critical Method, Synthetic apriori judgement, space and time, categories, Transcendental unity of apperception. Thing-in-itself, Criticism of the proofs for the existence of God).
4. Idealism: Hegel (Dialectic, Theory of Truth, Absolute Idealism).
5. Logical Positivism: A.J. Ayer, (Verification Principle, Rejection of Metaphysics, Apriol Proposition, Function of Philisophy).
6. Phenomenology: Husserl (Method, Intentionally).
7. Existentialism: Sartre (Existence and Essence, Consciousness, Freedom and Responsibility)
8. Pragmatism: William James (General Features. Radical Empiricism, Theory of Truth).
9. Western Ethics: Hedonism, Kantian Ethics, Perfectionism, Theories of Punishment.

Section-B

1. Charvaka: Theory of Knowledge, Materialism.
2. Jainism: Syadvada, Saptabhaginaya, Anekatavada, Bondage and Liberation.
3. Budhism: Theory of Dependent origination, Momentariness, No-soul theory, Nirvana, Schools of Biddhism.
4. Sankhaya: Prakrti, Pursa, Causation, Theory of knowledge.
5. Yoga: Chittarvti, Chittabhumi, Eight-fold path, God.
6. Nyayavalsesika: Prama, Pramanas and Pramanyavada, Khyati, God, Categories, Causation, Alomism.
7. Mimansa: Prama, Pramanas and Pramanyavada, Khyati, Dharma.
8. Vedanta: Sankara, Ramanuja (Brahmna, Isvara, Atmaa, Jiva, Jagat, Maya, Avidya, Adhyasa, Khyati, Moksha).
9. Indian Ethics: Purusartha, Jain Ethics, Buddhist Ethics, Ethics of Gita, Gandhian Ethics.

UPPSC - Combined Lower Subordinate Services Exam 2009 Sociology Syllabus