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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Composition of Indian SocietyUnit 2: Family, Marriage and Kinship in IndiaUnit 3: Caste System
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Tribe, Village and ReligionUnit 5: Processes of Social Change
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 2 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 24 topics
01Unit 1: Composition of Indian Society
4 टॉपिक+
- Unity in diversity
- Religious, linguistic and regional diversity
- Rural, urban and tribal communities
- Approaches to the study of Indian society
02Unit 2: Family, Marriage and Kinship in India
5 टॉपिक+
- Hindu joint family: features and changes
- Hindu marriage as a sacrament
- Muslim marriage: nikah and mehr
- Kinship in north and south India (Irawati Karve)
- Changes in family and marriage
03Unit 3: Caste System
6 टॉपिक+
- Varna and jati
- Features of caste (G.S. Ghurye)
- Purity and pollution (Louis Dumont)
- Jajmani system
- Dominant caste (M.N. Srinivas)
- Changes in caste; caste and politics
04Unit 4: Tribe, Village and Religion
4 टॉपिक+
- Tribes: features and classification
- Scheduled Tribes and tribal problems
- Indian village: structure and studies
- Religion in Indian society
05Unit 5: Processes of Social Change
5 टॉपिक+
- Sanskritisation
- Westernisation
- Modernisation of Indian tradition
- Little and great tradition; universalisation and parochialisation
- Secularisation and globalisation
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Describe the religious, linguistic and regional diversity and unity of Indian society
- Explain the Hindu joint family, Hindu and Muslim marriage and kinship patterns in India
- Explain the features of caste, jajmani system and dominant caste and the changes in caste
- Describe tribal and village social structure in India
- Explain Sanskritisation, Westernisation, modernisation and globalisation as processes of change
- Use the works of Ghurye, Srinivas, Karve and Dumont in answers
यह किसके लिए है
- B.A Semester 2 students with Sociology as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
- Aspirants of UPSC / UPPSC Indian society topics
आपको क्या चाहिए
- Introduction to Sociology (Semester 1) or basic sociological concepts
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
सवाल
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University and others) for B.A Sociology, Semester 2. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.
How will I be tested?
Unit-wise MCQ tests, short and long answer practice in university exam pattern, and a final mock paper.
Are case studies of Uttar Pradesh villages included?
Yes, examples from UP villages and tribes (such as the Tharu) are used along with the classic village studies.
