Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC)

Agriculture | Botany | Chemistry | Civil Engineering | Commerce | Computer Science | Economics
Defence & Strategic Studies | Electrical Engineering | Electronics Engineering | Essay (Compulsory)
English Literature | English (Compulsory) | Geography | Geology | Hindi Literature | History | Law
Mathematics | Management (only for mains) | Mechanical Engineering | Medical Science | Physics
Philosophy | Political Science | Psychology | Public Administration | Punjabi Literature
Punjabi (Compulsory) | Sanskrit | Sociology | Statistics | Urdu Language
Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry | Zoology

Unit I

Basic Concepts

Society	Community, Association, Institutions
Social groups	Primary, Secondary, Reference groups
Social Structure	Status and Role : Ascribed and Achieved Status, Role set, Role Conflict
Norms & Values	Conformity and Deviance
Culture	Cultural change, Cultural Relativism, Cultural lag, Cultural diffusion and Acculturation
Socio-Cultural	Socialization, Co-operation, Assimilation
Processes	Integration, Competition , Conflict, Accommodation

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Unit II

Marriage, Family and Kinship

Marriage	Forms, Types and Changing patterns
Family	Types, Functions and Changing patterns
Kinship	Terms and Usage’s, Rules of residence, Descent and Inheritance

Economic, Political and Religious Institutions

• Economic systems of simple and complex societies, Barter
• Exchange and market economy.
• Political institutions in simple and complex societies.
• Religion in simple and complex societies.

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Unit III

• Social stratification and social inequalities : Caste, Class, Age and Sex.



• Types of Society : Tribal, Agrarian, Industrial and Post Industrial, Communities, Rural and Urban differences, Rural-Urban Continuum.

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Unit IV

• Social Demography : Population Size, Growth, Composition; Fertility, Mortality , Migration; Population Policy of India.



• Gender and Society : Sex, Gender, Gender roles, Gender justice and Women Empowerment.

Weaker Section :

• Social discrimination and social justice.



• Constitutional provisions regarding Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.