A. Introducing Indian Society:
(i) Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Indology (G.S. Ghurye): Link 1
- Structural functionalism (M. N. Srinivas): Link 1 – Link 2
- Marxist sociology (A. R. Desai): Link 1
(ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Social background of Indian nationalism: Link 1 (section 3.4)
- Modernization of Indian tradition: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Protests and movements during the colonial period: Link 1
B. Social Structure:
(i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- The Idea of Indian village and village studies: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Agrarian social structure: Link 1 – Link 2
- Evolution of land tenure system: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Land reforms: Link 1 – Link 1 – Link 3 – Link 4
(ii) Caste System: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Perspectives on the study of caste systems: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4 (section 7.2)
- Features of caste system: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 (section 10.2)
- Untouchability: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4
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(iii) Tribal communities in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Definitional problems: Link 1 – Link 2
- Geographical spread: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Colonial policies and tribes: Link 1 – Link 2
- Issues of integration and autonomy: Link 1 – Link 2
- More links: Link 1 – Link 2
(iv) Social classes in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
(v) Systems of Kinship in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Lineage and descent in India: Kinship 1 Kinship 2 Kinship 3 Kinship 4
- Types of kinship systems: Same as above
- Family and marriage in India: Family 1 Family 2 Family 3 Marriage 1 Marriage 2 Marriage 3 Marriage 4
- Household dimensions of the family: Household 1 Household 2
- Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4 – Link 5
(vi) Religion and Society: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Religious communities in India: Tribal religion Hinduism Jainism and Buddhism Christianity Islam Sikhism
- Problems of religious minorities: Link 1 – Link 2
C. Social Changes in India:
(i) Visions of Social Change in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2 Link for Social Change
- Idea of development planning and mixed economy: Link 1 – Link 2
- Constitution, law and social change: Link 1
- Education and social change: Link 1 – Link 2
(ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4
- poverty alleviation schemes: Link 1
- Green revolution and social change: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture: Link 1 – Link 2
- Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration: Rural labour Link 2 (Rural Labour) Migration 1 Migration 2 Migration 3 Migration 4
(iii) Industrialization and Urbanization in India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Evolution of modern industry in India: Link 1
- Growth of urban settlements in India: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4 – Link 5
- Working class – structure, growth, class mobilization: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Informal sector: Link 1
- Child labor: Link 1
- Slums and deprivation in urban areas: Link 1
(iv) Politics and Society: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Nation, democracy and citizenship: Citizenship
- Political parties: Link 1
- Pressure group: Link 1
- Social and political elite: Link 1
- Regionalism and decentralization of power: Link 1
- Secularization: Link 1
(v) Social movements in Modern India: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Peasants and farmers movements: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3
- Women’s movement: Link 1
- Backward classes and Dalit movement: Link 1 – Link 2
- Environmental movements: Link 1
- Ethnicity and Identity movements: Link 1
(vi) Population dynamics: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Population size, growth, composition and distribution: Link 1 – Link 2 Please refer to latest census Link 3
- Components of population growth: birth, death, migration: Link 1 – Link 2
- Population policy and family planning: Link 1 – Link 2
- Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health: Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4 – Link 5
(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation: UPSC Sociology notes paper 2
- Crisis of development: Link 1 – Link 2
- Poverty, deprivation and inequality: Link – Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 – Link 4
- Violence against women: Link 1
- Caste conflicts: Link 1 – Link 2
- Ethnic conflicts: Link 1 – Link 2
- Communalism: Link 1
- Religious revivalism: Link 1 – Link 2
- Illiteracy and disparities in education: Link 1 – Link 2 (section 3.3 of this PDF)
UPSC Sociology – Paper 1
IGNOU topic wise notes
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Thanks a lot !
Hi is this ashish sir’s strategy on how to read IGNOU?
Rather than studying ignou and bulky books, if someone like to go through faculty notes…it will be useful in scoring high marks or not.
Questions demand your own appreciation of a sociological issue. Faculty notes would give you their appreciation. This is not say they are not relevant. Please use them to supplement text books. And, books are not bulky if you stick to syllabus topics.
All the best!
On some topics there is no link . Like in caste system, what does it mean?
They are the one’s for which relevant PDFs could not be found.
In
Section C (Rural and Agrarian transformation in India)
and (Indusrialisation and Urbanisation in India – growth of urban settlements link 4 )
these links r not opening….
and yes d way in which d notes r sorted out r great..thanks
Thanks for your comment!
We do not have any link for Rural and Agrarian transformation in India.
Indusrialisation and Urbanisation in India – growth of urban settlements link 4: is working fine from our end. Kindly retry.
What about caste system materials
I’m not able to find a link
Sir, in some topics like Family , Mariiage – Why are there 2 3 pdf of same topics? Do they have same content ? Do we have to read all the pdf on same topcs from page-to-page or we can just can keep on supplementinf information from the pdfs instead of reading the 2 3 pdfs page-to-page on same topics. ( For example – for marriage and family topics in paper 2, there are Marriage1, Marriage 2, Marriage 3, Marriage 4, Family 1, Family 2, Family 3 files)
Hello Sir,
Should i read the complete pdf link attached or just the topic mentioned in the syllabus? For instance, Religious revivalism
You can go for selective reading. Please keep PYQs and syllabus with you while reading.