Trend Analysis

Marks Weightage of each Chapters

PAPER 1 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Sociology – The Discipline 20 30 20 20 30

Sociology as a Science 20 40 30 50 30

Research Methods and Analysis 40 30 40 30 20

Sociology Thinkers 90 50 70 70 80

Stratification and Mobility 40 50 40 30 40

Works and Economic Life 40 30 30  30 30

Politics and Society 40 40 30 60 50

Religion and Society 30 30 50 40 30

Systems of Kinship 70 50 40 20 30
Social Change in Modern Society 40 50 50 50 60

PAPER II 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Perspectives on the study of Indian Society 40 10 10 30 10
Impact of colonial rule on Indian Society 40 10 40 30
Rural and Agrarian Social Structure 10 20 30
Caste System 60 50 60 50 20
Tribal communities in India 20 20 30 20 40
Social Classes in India 10 10 20
Systems of Kinship in India 10 30 30 50 20
Religion and Society 20 10 20 30 30
Visions of Social Change in India 10
Rural and Agrarian transformation in India 10 30 50 10 20
Industrialization and Urbanization in India 40 40 80 10 10
Politics and Society 30 20 20 10
Social Movements in Modern India 50 20 20 40 50
Population Dynamics 20 30 20 10 30
Challenges of Social Transformation & Generic 70 50 40 90 60