Sociology Optional 2023
Best UPSC Sociology Optional Classes in Trivandrum
Sociology optional is one of the highly popular optional subjects among the UPSC aspirants owing to its short and crisp syllabus, ease of understanding, and availability of good resources. Gallant IAS, teaches the Best UPSC Sociology Optional Classes in Trivandrum | Kerala.
Moreover, sociology optional has gained such immense popularity owing to several reasons including:
- Consistency: This subject has been highly consistent among the top rankers over the years.
- Scoring Potential: It offers great scoring potential as one can easily score 300+ marks with decent writing practice.
- Relevance to the job role: The theoretical knowledge of the subject has huge applied potential. It introduces the aspirant with the societal norms and practices making him efficient in understanding and evaluating the policy decisions. It involves the study of human society in detail which is very much relevant to the job role.
Gallant IAS provides India’s best coaching for IAS aspirants with Sociology optional with comprehensive study material, test series, and mentorship. It covers world sociology, and Indian Sociology in Paper 1 and Paper 2 respectively. There are exclusive sessions for solving previous year’s questions. Sociology optional has the advantage of overlapping with GS1, GS2, GS3, and GS4 syllabi also it enriches essay papers immensely. There is no background required to start, No formulas or theories to learn by heart, and no need to invest a lot of time in current affairs coverage if you choose Sociology optional.
UPSC Aspirants with any degree background can take sociology optional. Also it’s a scoring optional, recent Toppers over past decade proves the same We conduct sessions on two or three days on weekly basis. Every session is followed by answer writing and feedback sittings.
How to prepare for Sociology as an optional subject in UPSC Mains?
Sociology Optional is a preferred choice among many UPSC aspirants owing to its generic syllabus. For Best UPSC Sociology Optional Classes in Trivandrum ,Kerala you can choose Gallant IAS. However, there are various theories that can be extremely difficult to understand without expert guidance. Hence, first and foremost, it is important to seek external guidance if you do not have any mentor or senior who can guide you with the subject. Thereafter, following approach can be used to enhance your preparation:
- Analyze the UPSC Sociology optional syllabus carefully: First and foremost, it is important to mind-map the syllabus carefully. Go through the entire syllabus once or twice to understand the topics that you need to cover from each part of the syllabus.
- Start with NCERTs: Sociology is introduced in Class XIth for the first time. Hence, the NCERTs of Class XIth and XIIth will prove to be extremely beneficial for basic understanding of the syllabus. Go through the NCERTs once or twice to understand the basic concepts of the subject.
- Glance through previous year papers: Glance through the previous year papers to understand what kind of questions are being asked in the syllabus. Thereafter go through the answer scripts of toppers’ to understand how to write the answers.
- Complete the UPSC Sociology optional syllabus : Next, refer to the standard books to complete the syllabus topic-by-topic. Make small notes for all the topics that are quick to revise.
- Revision and Answer-writing: Once you have completed about 60-70% of the syllabus, start with answer-writing practice. Start with answering the previous year questions and then start with mock tests.
- Full-Length Tests: Writing full-length tests is extremely important to master time management. You should have a practice of attempting all the questions in the 3 hours time limit. Hence, make sure you write full-length tests in a simulated environment.
Gallant IAS provides the best coaching for Sociology optional UPSC. Join us today to kick-start your UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam preparation.
Course Curriculum
| Sociology Optional 2023 | |||
| Introduction | Sociology Optional | 00:33:00 | ||
| Emergence of sociology, Modernity and Social Change | Sociology Optional | 01:07:00 | ||
| Emergence of sociology, Modernity and Social Change | Sociology Optional.pdf | 00:10:00 | ||
| Scope of Sociology | Module -1.B | Sociology Optional | 00:48:00 | ||
| Sociology and other social sciences | Module -1.B | Part -2 |Sociology Optional | 00:12:00 | ||
| Sociology and Common Sense | Module -1.C |Sociology Optional | 00:35:00 | ||
| PYQs | Module -1 | Sociology Optional | 00:27:00 | ||
| UNIT 1 Notes | Sociology Optional.pdf | 00:10:00 | ||
| Sociology as a Science | Module -2.A | Part 1 | Sociology Optional | 00:28:00 | ||
| Sociology as a Science | Module -2.B | Part 2 | Sociology Optional | 00:26:00 | ||
| SOCIOLOGY PRACTICE TEST.pdf | 00:10:00 | ||
| Fact Value and Objectivity | Module -2.C | Sociology Optional | 01:00:00 | ||
| Theories of Religion | Module – 8 | Sociology Optional | 00:49:00 | ||
| Family, Household and Marriage | Module – 9 | Sociology Optional | 00:47:00 | ||
| Work and Economic life | Module – 6 | Sociology Optional | 00:40:00 | ||
| Stratification and Mobility | Module – 5 | Part-1 | Sociology Optional | 00:42:00 | ||
| Stratification and Mobility | Module – 5 | Part-2 | Sociology Optional | 00:32:00 | ||
| Stratification and Mobility | Module – 5 | Part-3 | Sociology Optional | 00:25:00 | ||
| Social Change in Modern Society | Module – 10 | Sociology Optional | 00:42:00 | ||
| Politics and Society | Module – 7 | Sociology Optional | 00:26:00 | ||
| Politics and Society | Module – 7 | Part -2 | Sociology Optional | 00:32:00 | ||
| Politics and Society | Module – 7 | Part -3 | Sociology Optional | 00:28:00 | ||
| Research Methods| Module – 3 | Part -1 | Sociology Optional | 00:17:00 | ||
| Research Methods| Module – 3 | Part -2 | Sociology Optional | 00:42:00 | ||
| Karl Marx | Sociology Optional | 00:30:00 | ||
| Max Weber | Sociology Optional | 00:19:00 | ||
| Talcott Parsons | Sociology Optional | 00:25:00 | ||
| Emile Durkheim | Sociology Optional | 00:30:00 | ||
| Robert K. Merton | Sociology Optional | 00:23:00 | ||
| George Herbert Mead | Sociology Optional | 00:17:00 | ||
| Indian Society | Module – 1| Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:47:00 | ||
| Impact of Colonialism | Module – 2| Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:39:00 | ||
| Tribal Community in India| Module – 3| Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:30:00 | ||
| Rural & Agrarian Transformation in India | Module – 4| Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:42:00 | ||
| Religion and Society | Module – 5 | Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:27:00 | ||
| Politics and Society| Module – 6 | Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:30:00 | ||
| System of Kinship in India | Module – 7 | Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 00:52:00 | ||
| Industrialization & Urbanization in India| Module – 8 | Paper -2 | Section -A | Sociology Optional | 01:05:00 | ||
