SOCIOLOGYSTRATEGY:Rank63,TanaiSultania,CSE2016

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SOCIOLOGYSTRATEGY

TanaiSultania,Rank63,CSE2016

ThisisthestrategyIfollowed.Pleasechooseonewhichsuitsyouastherecanneverbesinglestrategytosucceedin
thisexam.

Marks:

Paper1136

Paper2157

In2015,Ihad93(Paper1)and116(Paper2),allduetomyfault.HadfocusedmoreonGSandneglectedsociology
thusclearedmainsmarginallyandmissedfinallistby12marks.

ThusthistimeIpreparedcomprehensivelybymemorizingthesyllabus,andfocusingoneachandeverytopic
mentioned.Knowingthesyllabuswellisimportanttocorrelateinanswerwriting.

Manyquestions(RTE,NREGA,globalizationandInformalsector,sexratio,inequalitiesandacutepovertyas
challengestosocialtransformation)looklikeGSquestionsbutarefromaparticulartopicinsyllabusandhenceitis
veryimportanttocorrelateandwriteaccordingly.

IhadattendedMohapatrasirsclasses(Vajiramandravi)andthusclassnotesweremybasenotesforboththe
papers.

MyBookList:

Paper1

Mohapatrasirnotes

UpendrasirClassNotesAvailableinBookstores

Harlambos(thickone)forfewchapters

VikashRanjansirBook(Fundamentalsofsociology)selectedchapters

Topics:(Eachtopichassubtopicsalso,pleasekeepthesyllabusinfrontwhilestudyinganytopicorsubtopic)

1.SociologyTheDiscipline:Mohapatrasirnotes

2.SociologyasscienceUpendrasirnotesandFundamentalsofsociology

3.ReseachmethodandanalysisUpendrasirnotesandFundamentalsofsociology

4.SociologicalthinkersMohapatrasirandUpendrasirnotes.(GiventhequestionsbeingaskedIrecommend
readingIGNOUBAorRitzerforthispart)(Pleasedoreferadditionalsourceforthispart)

5.StratificationandmobilityMohapatrasirnotes,Harlambos(forMobilitystudies),Upendrasirnotes(For
Genderstratification,sourcesandcausesofmobility),Fundamentalsofsociology(fordefinitionsofconcepts)

6.WorksandeconomiclifeFundamentalsofsociology(Manyignorethispartbutlotsofquestionsbeingasked
fromthispartnow)

7.PoliticsandsocietyUpendrasirnotes,Mohapatrasirnotes(forcontemporarytheoriesonpower)

8.Religionandsociety(a)SociologicaltheoriesofreligionHaralambos

(b)Typesofreligiouspractices:animism,monism,pluralism,sects,cultsFundamentalsofsociology

(c)Religioninmodernsociety:religionandscience,secularization,religiousrevivalism,fundamentalism
UpendrasirandMohapatrasirnotes

9.SystemsofkinshipUpendrasirnotes,Harlambos(selective)

10.SocialChangeinModernSocietyUpendrasirnotes(Sociologicaltheoriesofsocialchange,Agentsofsocial
change),Mohapatrasirnotes(Developmentanddependency.)

Paper2:

Keptsyllabusinfront,accordingtoeachtopicandsubtopicpreparedtheentirepaper:(Somehelpwasrequiredfrom
internetfortopics/subtopicsnotavailableanywhereelse)

Forentirepaper,IreferredtoMohapatrasirandSindhurimamnotes(availableinmarket)andthe12subtopics
likepopulationdynamicswhichwerenotthereineitherofthem,studiedfromVikasranjansirbook(Applied
sociology)
Sometopicslikevillagestudies,Greenrevolutionmohapatrasirhasgivenstudieswhichhelpedalotasdirect
questionswereaskedfromtheseparts.

SimilarlyontopicslikeIndustrialisationandurbanisation,challengesofsocialtransformation,sindhurimamnotesare
brilliantandonceagainstudiesandtheoriesaregiven

Thispaperalsoneedscurrentaffairsforwhichregularnewspaperwouldsuffice.

Myinputs:

Shortnotesareveryimportantextrafocusonthemisnecessary.Needtoavoidrepetition,providenewpointsin
almosteveryline.

Idefinedtheconceptin12linesineveryquestion.Eg:verticalmobility,closed
society,revolution,pluralism,fundamentalism,informalsector,development.Wheneversuchtermswerementioned,i
definedthemandderivedmyanswerfromdefinitionitself.

Goingthroughpreviouspapersisimportant.Almost45questionsarerepeated.Educationandmobility,oldage
problems,ethnicityandreligion,valueneutrality.Questionsonthesehavebeenaskedinpast3yearswithoutfail!

BulletPointsvsparagraphdebate:Iwroteinpointswhereverpossiblebutitsallbasedononescomfort.Its
completelyyourchoiceanddoesntmakedifference.Butinsomeanswerslikebenefitsofqualitativeresearch,its
bettertolistadvantagesordisadvantagesinpoints.

Underlinedkeywordsinallanswerstomakeiteasyforexaminer.

Paper1:

Ididnotgiveoverdoseoftheoriesandthinkersinpaper1,gavelotsofcontemporaryexamplesandobservations.
Butmentioningsomeviewsofthinkersisimportanttogivelegitimacytoownviewsandthoughts.

Choiceofquestionsisalsoimportant,lastyearIattemptedmanysimilarquestionsPositivism,nonpositivism,value
neutrality,scienceandsociologyinwhichcontentwasbeingrepeatedtosomeextent.Iavoideditthistime.Butifyou
havecontenttoattemptalltheseandnotrepeat,shoulddefinitelygoforit.

Attemptingquestionslike:

Religiouspluralism(gaveexampleslikeObamagivingholidayondiwali,canadaapologisingforkomagatamaruand
inductingpeoplefrommultiplereligionsincabinet,Frenchburkinibanrevokedbycourtandothercurrentissues)

Developmentandsocialchange(usedviewsofDramartyasen,mahbubulhaqandconnectedtocurrentindian
scenario.Economic,political,socialdevelopmentlinkedtosocialissuesofcaste,class,gender,raceandthusmobility)

Globalisationandinformalsector(wroteaboutMNCswhichhavedepartmentslikeHR,financeetcthusinformalises
workforcebydividingthemandreducingbargainingskills,workfromhome,pinkslips,riseofknowledgebased
industries(danielbell),outsourcing,contractualisation,)

workedformethistimeastheyaremoreonnonconventionalsideandgivescopeforexamplesandcontemporary
data.

Paper2:

QuestionslikeRTE,NREGA,Poverty,slums,sexratiolooklikeGSanswersbutarepartofsyllabusandthus
correlationisveryimportantinthispapertowriteaccordingly.

Multidimensionalapproachisneededforthispaper
 Eg:environmentmovementsinindiaArealsosocial(aswomenandchildissues,peasants,tribesissuesget
interlinked).Thusarebeingcallednewsocialmovements

NREGAhasgender,migration,urbanruralconflict,poverty,castedimensions.

Usingcontemporarydatainanswers:

Eg:sexratioimplication:Girlsfromsouthernstatesaremarriedinstateslikepunjabandharyanasomeare
evensoldleadstotrafficking,prostitution,childmarriages.Thesewereinnewsrecently

Dalitmovementschangefromritualtosecularmovements.DalitprideyatrainUnahadseculardemands
land,manualscavengingabolition,employment.

EthnicityissuesManipur(Nagas,meitis,kukisinsidervsoutsider),Nagaland(greaternagalim),economicsonsofsoil
policy,reservationdemandsfromdominantethnicgroups

UsingcasestudiesinquestionslikeVillagestudies,greenrevolution,slumshelpsasitgivescredibilitytoansweras
theresearchershaveactuallygivengroundrealitiesinalldimensionscaste,class,gender,ethnicity,economic,political.

Answerwriting:

Triedtoinculcatealltheinputssharedaboveintheanswerwriting.Maintainedintroductionbodyconclusionformat.

Testseries:

IattendedMohapatrasirandVikasRanjansirstestseries.Manyothersarethere(Vision,AdityaMongrasir,NICE
IASforwhichIcannotprovidereviews)

MohapatrasirQuestionsanddiscussionsessionsaregreatandextremelyhelpful,contemporaryapproachand
scenariosgivenbysirareveryrelevant.PapersareexactlylikeUPSCformat.Theonlydrawbackissirdoesntcheck
copies.

VikasRanjansirFocusonanswerstructurewhichishelpful,Sircheckscopieshimself.

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