Category: sociology Optional

Relevance: Sociology:  Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage. Types and forms of family. Family structures of some kind are found

Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race. Challenges of Social

Relevance: Challenges of Social Transformation: Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability. Women who have no decision-making role in

Syllabus: Religion and Society News in short: The Gujarat government said it would approach the Supreme Court challenging the stay granted

Syllabus: Violence against women. News In short: The Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man of marital rape and ruled that

Relevance: Gender; Inequality: Caste System: Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre

Sociology: Caste System: Untouchability – forms and perspectives. Challenges of Social Transformation: Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.

RELEVANCE : Sociology Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race NEWS IN

RELEVANCE : Sociology Religion and Society: Sociological theories of religion. Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults. NEWS

Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India. Challenges of Social Transformation: violence against

Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus Challenges of Social Transformation: Caste Conflicts NEWS IN SHORT: A couple who was married nearly 28

Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health. Violence against Women NEWS IN