Paper-I : History of Sociological Thought

1. The Emergence of Sociology : Transition from Social Philosophy to Sociology-The Intellectual Context, 2. Auguste Comte, 3. Emile Durkheim, 4. Karl Mark : Materialistic Conception of History, Dialec-tical Materialism and Class-Struggle, 5. Max Weber, 6. Herbert Spencer, 

Paper-II : Applied Sociology

1. Applied Sociology—Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance, 2. Social System/Order : Meaning, Definition, Characteris-tics, Elements and Types, 3. Social Policy : Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and its Formulation, 4. Social Planning—Meaning, Objective, Nature, Limita-tions and Requisites of Effective Planning, 5. Social Problems, 6. Population Explosion in India (Imbalanced Population Growth), 7. Poverty, 8. Unemployment, 9. Child Labour, 10. Alcoholism and Drug-Addiction, 11. Inequality or Differentiation of Caste and Gender, 12. Family Disorganization, 13. Domestic Violence.