Mizoram PSC Syllabus 2021 - Syllabus for Prelims

The Mizoram Public Service Commission is the State Public Service Commission is provided under Article 315 of the Constituion of India to have a Public Service Commission to be consulted by the State Government on the matters of appointment to Civil Services and posts under the Government of Mizoram. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Mizoram Civil Services Main Exam.

Mizoram Civil Services Examination Syllabus

Optional Paper - Sociology

PAPER – I

(Fundamentals Of Sociology )

PART A

SOCIOLOGY - THE DISCIPLINE:

Social conditions in Europe for the emergence of Sociology
Nature and subject matter of Sociology
Scope and theoretical perspectives of Sociology
Relations with other social science

SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS:

Culture: elements, Transmission, Diffusion, Cultural lag
Socialization : Stages, agencies
Social Control: Functions, types, agencies
Social Grolups: Primary, Secondary, Reference Groups

MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND KINSHIP:

Marriage, types of marriage, functions of marriage
Family, types of family, functions of family, changing family structure
Kinship, types of kinship, rules of descent, lineage

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY:

Social stratification, features, determinants
Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation
Theories of social stratification, Functionalist Theory, Marxist Theory, Weberian Theory
Social mobility, open and closed systems, types of mobility,
Factors and barriers of social mobility.

PART B

SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHTS:

Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, religion and society
Karl Marx- Historical materialism, alienation, class struggle
Max Weber-Ideal types, social action, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism
Talcolt Parsons- Social system, pattern variables.
Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, reference groups

RESEARCH METHODS:

Research design
Types of research
Variables, hypothesis, sampling
Elements and steps of scientific research
Techniques of data collection
Problem of objectivity and value neutrality

ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS:

Politics: Nation, state, democracy, civil societySociological theories of power
Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.
Economies: Features of primitive economy, work and occupation in society
Organization of work in industrial/capitalist society
Religioin: Types of religious practices - animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.
Religion and science, contemporary trends in religion

SOCIAL CHANGE :

(a) Social change, nature and characteristics, development, progress

(b) Theories of social change, Evolutionary, Functional, Conflict, Cyclical

(d) Resistance to social change.

PAPER - II

(Indian Society: Structure And Change)

PART B

PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY:

Indology : GS. Ghurye’s perspectives on the study of Indian society
Marxist Sociology : A R Desai’s view on the relevance of Marxist Sociology in India
Social background of Indian nationalism.
Modernization of Indian tradition.
(c) Social reforms

RURAL AND AGRARIAN SECTORS:

The idea of Indian village and village studies
Land tenure system before independence
Land reforms after independence
Develpment planning and mixed economy
Green Revolution
Programmes for rual development
Community Development Programme
Recent schemes for poverty alleviation

TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN INDIA:

Definitional Problems
Features
Geographical distribution
Colonial politics and tribes
Issues of integration and autonomy
Tribal Welfare Programmes and Constitutional Safeguards

CASTE AND CLASSES IN INDIA

Features of Caste System
Untouchability - forms and perspectives
Chases in the Caste System
Agrarian class structure
Industrial class structurfe
Middle classes in India

PART B

POPULATION DYNAMICS AND URBANIZATION

Population size, growth, composition and distribution, literacy, density, longevity.
Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.
Population policy and family planning.
Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.
Urbanization, factors of unranization, rural-urban contunuum and contrast