STPGT Sociology_Syllabus

Sl. No.	Tripura PGT Sociology Selection Test for Post Graduate Teacher (STPGT) Online Topic-Wise Model MCQs	Start Test
Unit – I : General Sociology
(a)	Emergence of Sociology as an Academic Discipline	Link
	Sociological Perspectives	Link
	Scientific Character of Sociology	Link
	Sociology: Nature, Scope and Significance	Link
(b)	Basic Concepts: Society	Link
	Basic Concepts: Community	Link
	Basic Concepts: Association	Link
	Basic Concepts: Institution	Link
	Basic Concepts: Organization	Link
	Basic Concepts: Status and Role	Link
	Basic Concepts: Culture	Link
	Basic Concepts: Norms and Values	Link
	Basic Concepts: Socialization	Link
	Basic Concepts: Social Conformity and Deviance	Link
	Basic Concepts: Ethnicity and Race	Link
	Basic Concepts: Sex and Gender	Link
(c)	Social Control: Concept, Types, Agencies and Significance	Link
(d)	Social Change: Concept, Types, Factors and Theories	Link
	Liberalization and Globalisation	Link
(e)	Social Stratification: Concept, Types and Theories	Link
	Social Mobility: Caste, Class and Gender	Link
(f)	Social Perspectives of Religion	Link
(g)	Social Group: Concept, Types and Significance	Link
Unit – II : Sociological Thought
(a)	A. Comte: Law of Three Stages	Link
	A. Comte: Positivism	Link
	A. Comte: Social Statics and Dynamics	Link
	A. Comte: Hierarchy of Sciences	Link
(b)	Herbert Spencer: Organicism	Link
	Herbert Spencer: Social Evolution	Link
(c)	Émile Durkheim: Social Fact	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Division of Labour	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Suicide	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Religion	Link
(d)	Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism	Link
	Karl Marx: Historical Materialism	Link
	Karl Marx: Base and Superstructure	Link
	Karl Marx: Class and Class Struggle	Link
	Karl Marx: Alienation	Link
	Karl Marx: Social Revolution	Link
(e)	Max Weber: Methodology	Link
	Max Weber: Social Action	Link
	Max Weber: Power and Authority	Link
	Max Weber: Bureaucracy	Link
	Max Weber: Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism	Link
(f)	Vilfredo Pareto: Residue and Derivation	Link
	Vilfredo Pareto: Circulation of Elite	Link
Unit – III : Sociological Theories
(a)	Nature and Task of Theory	Link
	Macro and Micro Sociology	Link
(b)	Functionalism: General Propositions; Views of T. Parsons	Link
	Functionalism: General Propositions; Views of R. K. Merton	Link
(c)	Conflict Perspective: General Propositions; Views of R. Dahrendorf	Link
	Conflict Perspective: General Propositions; Views of L. A. Coser	Link
(d)	Social Interaction Perspective - General Propositions; Views of Mead	Link
	Social Interaction Perspective - General Propositions; Views of Blumer	Link
Unit – IV : Research Methodology
(a)	Social Research: Concepts, Characteristics, Types, Importance, Various Steps in Formulation and Reporting	Link
	Social Survey: Concepts, Characteristics, Types, Importance, Various Steps in Formulation and Reporting	Link
(b)	Hypothesis	Link
(c)	Research Design- Meaning, Function and Phases	Link
	Differences in Designing Quantitative and Qualitative Research	Link
(d)	Sampling	Link
(e)	Techniques of Data Collection	Link
Unit – V : Indian Society and Culture
(a)	Society in Pre – British India	Link
(b)	British Rule and Its Impact upon Indian Society	Link
(c)	Genesis of Sociology in India	Link
	Indological	Link
	Historical Dialectical	Link
	Subaltern Perspectives	Link
(d)	Indian Social Institutions:
	Family-Structure, Functions and Changes	Link
	Marriage-Forms, Functions and Changes	Link
	Kinship- Concept, Types, Rules of Descent and Usages	Link
(e)	Changes in Indian Society - Sanskritization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Westernization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Modernization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Secularization	Link
	Introduction of Local Self-Government	Link
	Land Reform and Its Consequences	Link
(f)	Caste: Concept, Characteristics and Changing Perspective	Link
	Tribe: Concept, Characteristics and Changing Perspective	Link
(g)	Rural Society in India and Its Emerging Issues	Link
	Urban Society in India and Its Emerging Issues	Link
(h)	Indian Social Problems –
i.	Population Explosion	Link
	Poverty	Link
	Illiteracy	Link
	Unemployment	Link
ii.	Communalism	Link
	Regionalism	Link
	Terrorism and Insurgency	Link
iii.	Corruption	Link
iv.	Environmental Issues	Link
v.	Problems of Weaker Sections – SC	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – ST	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – OBC	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Minorities	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Children	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Gender Justice	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Women Related Issues	Link