Paper I: भारतीय समाज के पथ प्रदर्शक (Pioneers of Indian Sociology)

Unit-I: G. S. Ghurye: Caste; Indian Sadhus; Rururban Community; D. N. Majumdar: Caste; Tribal Integration.

Unit-II: Radhakamal Mukerjee: Social Structure of Values; Social Ecology.

Unit-III: D.P. Mukerjee: Indian Culture and Diversities; Modernity; Indian Youth; Marxology.

Unit-IV: Irawati Karve : Kinship in India; I.P. Desai: Indian Family.

Paper-II: अनुसंधान की पद्धत्तियां (Research Methodology)

Unit-I: Meaning and Significance of Social Research; Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research Steps of Scientific Research: Formulation of Research Problem.

Unit-II: Hypothesis: Its Types and Sources; Problems of Objectivity. Objectivity Versus Subjectivity, Value Neutrality. Ethical Issues in Social Research. Plagiarism and Copyrights.

Unit-III: Types of Research: Basic and Applied: Historical and Comparative; Descriptive, Exploratory, Explanatory, and Diagnostic.

Unit-IV: Data Collection: Primary and Secondary Source; Census: Observation; Case Study; Content Analysis.

Paper III: भारत में ग्रामीण समाज (Rural Society in India (Optional III-A))

Unit I: Distinctive Features of Rural Society; Institutions of Village Community: Caste; Family, and Jajmani. Concept of Peasant Society.

Unit II: Social Consequences of Land Reforms; Green Revolution; Land Tenure, Systems in India; Agrarian Class Structure; Changing Dimensions of Rural Social Structure.

Unit III: Community Development Programme; I.R.D.P.; TRYSEM; Jawahar Rojgar Yojna; MNREGA; Panchayati Raj; Changing Rural Power Structure.

Unit IV: Rural Poverty; Agrarian Crisis; Agrarian Unrest; Peasant Suicides; Contemporary Peasant Movements in India.

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