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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC, TNPSC, Banking and other competitive books are available at “BOOK MARK Photocopies, Spiral Binding available @ R.R. Xerox”
Ph.no:044‐45512113, Mobile: 9962486468 | 9677231075
SOCIOLOGY MAINS EXPECTED TOPICS Paper I
SHORT NOTES (10 to 20 marks)
• Sociology and common sense.
• Sociology and Psychology
• Induction and deduction methods
• Non- positivist method (phenomenological perspective)
• Types of Research(Exp &Non –Exp, Fundamental/Applied/Qualitative/Quantitative
• AGIL and Equilibrium
• Types of Authority
• Historical materialism
• Informal sector and social development
• Ethnicity as a system of social stratification
• I and ME
• Reference groups
• Manifest and Latent Function
• Political Parties and Pressure groups
• Notion of Labour in IT/ITES sector
LONG ANSWERS ( 20 to 30 marks)
• Tools of data collection(Questionnaire/Indepth interview)
• Quantitative/qualitative research
• Mode of production and Class Struggle
• Theory of Suicide
• Division of Labour
• Protestant ethics and spirit of capitalism
• Social structure and anomie
• Social media Networking and social change(Facebook/Linkedin)
• Globalization and Expansion of Informal jobs in developing countries
• Education, Globalization and social change
• Science and Religion
• Ideology and social movements
• Dependency theory and Globalization
• Theory of Bureaucracy (Weber)
• Theory of social change (Parsons)
• Globalization and its impact on local cultures
• Religious revivalism and fundamentalism.
• Exclusion, poverty and deprivation
• Modes of Political Participation
• Threats to Nationalism
SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC, TNPSC, Banking and other competitive books are available at “BOOK MARK Photocopies, Spiral Binding available @ R.R. Xerox”
Ph.no:044‐45512113, Mobile: 9962486468 | 9677231075
Paper II SHORT NOTES (10 to 20 marks)
• Reform movements during the colonial period.
• Purity and Pollution.
• Sanskritization and Dominant caste
• Generation Gap and social change (Gen Y)
• Patriarchy and changes
• Problems of religious minorities –Fundamentalism and communalism
• Modern Education, Globalization and social Change
• Constitutional Paradigm of social change
• Relevance of Land reforms in Globalization
• Urbanization and Migration
• IT sector and women
• Concept of community in today’s Globalized world
• Educational disparities
• Caste violence
• Social Networking media and participation
LONG ANSWERS (20 to 30marks) • Social Background of Indian Nationalism - A .R .Desai
• Modernization of Indian tradition –Structural and Cultural change
• Globalization and its impact on local cultures
• Religious revivalism and fundamentalism
• Caste –Continuity and change
• Tribal identity –Policies and Perspective.
• Emergence of new middle classes in India
• Entrepreneurial classes in Indian agrarian class structure
• Rural development programmes
• Regional autonomy and collective actions
• Secularization and secularism
• Religious revivalism in India
• Agrarian Unrest and farmers’ suicide
• Backward Classes mobilization(social movements) in India
• Family planning and emancipation of women
• Subaltern urbanization and challenges
• BPO sectors and work-life balance
• Generation Gap as a problem in today’s IT/ITES sector
• Stratification in modern industry
• Globalization and Local culture
SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC, TNPSC, Banking and other competitive books are available at “BOOK MARK Photocopies, Spiral Binding available @ R.R. Xerox”
Ph.no:044‐45512113, Mobile: 9962486468 | 9677231075
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAINS EXPECTED TOPICS
Paper – I • Role of Media, interest group, Civil society,
• Judicial Control over administration in India Context
• Regulation authority
• Anti – Development thesis
• Women and development
• Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries.
• Performance appraisal, Administrative ethics.
• Financial accountability and audit
• Wilson, Weber, M.P. Follett, Simon
• Leader ship Theories
• Public Policy – State Theories and Public Policy formulation.
Paper – II
• Problems of administration in coalition regime
• Corruption and administration
• Role of control and state agencies includes paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order,
countering insurgency and terrorism.
• Reforms in financial Management
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Parliamentary control of public expenditure
• Second ARC
• Urban local government: Finance and Problem areas
• Civil Service Good Governance initiatives
• Politics and administration with special reference to city Management
• PSU – impact of liberalization and privatization.
• District Administration: imperatives of development management and law and order
administration.
• Intra-Government Relationship.
SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC, TNPSC, Banking and other competitive books are available at “BOOK MARK Photocopies, Spiral Binding available @ R.R. Xerox”
Ph.no:044‐45512113, Mobile: 9962486468 | 9677231075
GEOGRAPHY MAINS EXPECTED TOPICS 1. Geomorphology:
• Channel morphology • Geosyncline • Continental draft theory Vs plate tectonics with reference to volcano • Fold mountain with reference to geosyncline • Endogentic forces
2. Climatology: • Urban climate- causes and impact • Climatic classification (both paper I& paper II)(more importance to be climate of koppen or potential evapotransperation • Hydrological cycle- and human interference • Heat budget • Tri cellular circulation and its role in world climate
3. Oceanography: • Ocean currents • Waves and tides and its significance • Exclusive economic zone • Significance of marine resources
4. Biogeography: • Soil genesis and its classifications • Need to conserve gene pool • Soil erosion (both Paper I& paper II)
5. Environmental Geography: • Principles of ecology and conservation • Man and environment interaction (with reference to man-animal conflict)
Human Geography: 1. Perspectives in Human Geography:
• Concepts of determinism and possiblism • Role of quantitative revolution in geography • Locational analysis and its importance in regional planning
2. Economic Geography: • Whitlelsey agricultural region • world industrial location pattern after liberalization • limits to growth
3. Population and Settlement Geography: • Rank size rule and primate city • Population as social capital • Migration: Pattern of the world
4. Regional Planning: • Types and methods of regionalization with suitable example • Growth pole and growth centre in regional development
5. Models, Theories and Laws in Human geography • Heartland and Rimland theories • Population theories • Von Thunen’s model of agricultural location (may be indirect question) • Rostov’s theory (may be indirect question)
SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC, TNPSC, Banking and other competitive books are available at “BOOK MARK Photocopies, Spiral Binding available @ R.R. Xerox”
Ph.no:044‐45512113, Mobile: 9962486468 | 9677231075
GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA 1. Physical Setting:
• Monsoon role in flood and drought • Western disturbance and its impact • Himalayan structure and Relief • Vegetation and Social Forestry • Soil Erosion
2. Resources: • Role of Non conventional energy resources to solve energy crisis (Both Paper I and
Paper II) • Problems of Water Resources & Methods of Conservation
3. Agriculture: • Agro climatic zone (may be specific to any one region) • Cropping pattern – Changing pattern in post green revolution period • Live stock population (More importance to milk production) • Seri-culture :
4. Industry: • Cottage industries • Aluminium Industries • Paper Industry
5. Transport, Communication and Trade: • Water ways – Role, Problems, Pattern • Railways • Importance of Ports
6. Cultural Setting: • Tribals and their problem • Workforce and old age population growth • Geographical basis for culture, race, language
7. Settlements: • Slums and its associated problems – strategy to reduce by effective town planning. • Types and pattern in morphology in rural settlement • Morphology of Indian Cities
8. Regional Development and Planning:
• Water Shed • Regional development strategy for any one region 1 : Dhandakaranya 2 : Andaman Nicobar Islands
9. Political Aspects: • Geo-political significance of Indian Ocean Rim • Geographical basis for Indian Fedaralism • Demand for new state hood as cultural and geographical reality but no economic base.
10. Contemporary Issues: • Environmental Impact Assessment • Interlinking of rivers and river water dispute • Disaster Management (Land slide)
Evergreen Questions : (BOTH PAPER I& PAPER II)
• Food Security • Sustainable Development • Regional Disparity • Climatic Change