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