Unit I: Basic Concepts:
Society, community, association, institution. Culture-culture change, diffusion,
Cultural tag, Cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, acculturation.
Social Groups - Primary, secondary and reference groups.
Social structure, social system, social action.
Status and role, role conflict, role set.
Norms and values - conformity and deviance.
Law and customs.
Socio - cultural processes: Socialisation, assimilation, integration, co-operation, competition, conflict, accommodation, Social distance, relative deprivation.
Unit II: Marriage, Family and Kinship:
Marriage: Types and norms, marriage as contract, and as a sacrament.
Family: Types, functions and changes.
Kinships: Terms and usages, rules of residence, descent, inheritance.
Unit III: Social Stratification: Forms and functions; Caste and Class. Jajmani system, purity and pollution, dominant caste, sanskntisation.
Unit IV: Types of Society: Tribal, agrarian, industrial and post-industrial.
Unit V: Economy and Society: Man, nature and social production, economic systems of simple and complex societies, non-economic determinants of economic behaviour, market (free) economy and controlled (Planned) economy.
Unit VI: Industrial and Urban Society: Rural - Urban Continuum, urban growth and urbanisation - town, city and metropolis; basic features of industrial society; impact of automation on, society; industrialisation and environment.
Unit VII: Social Demography: Population size, growth, composition, and distribution in India; components of population growth - births, deaths and migration; causes and consequences of population growth; population and social development; population policy.
Unit VIII: Political Processes: Power, authority and legitimacy; political socialisation; pojitical modernisation, pressure groups; caste and politics.
Unit IX: Weaker Section and Minorities: Social justice - equal opportunity and special opportunity; protective discrimination; constitutional safeguards.
Unit X: Social Change: Theories of change; factors of change; science, technology and change. Social movements - Peasant Movement, Womens Movement, Backward Caste Movement, Dalit Movement.
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Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers:
Paper I General Studies - 150 marks
Paper II One subject to be selected from the list of optional subjects set out in Para 2 below
CBSE Pre-Medical 2006 Preliminary Exam
Preliminary examination to screen candidates for the main examination would be held on April 2, 2006.
The final examination for admission to various medical and dental colleges in the country would be held on May 14, 2006.
For more details visit the official websites www.cbse.nic.in
The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages: (i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services Main Exam. (Written & Interview) for selection of candidates for the various services and posts noted below. After appearing at the Preliminary Exam., candidates who are declared successful to have qualified for admission to the Main Exam, (held during October/November) have to apply again, in the detailed application form which is supplied to them. Number of vacancies for 2006 exams, have been notified as 495 approx. (liable to alteration).
(a) A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that Service will not be eligible to compete at this examination.
In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS after the Preliminary Examination of Civil Service Examination, is over and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services Main Examination notwithstanding h^/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination.
Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to
Every candidate appearing at the Civil Services Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination.
Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who are otherwise eligible.
Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven.
Note: 1. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the examination.
2. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary examination, he shall be
Union Public Service Commission holds Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination during May (Notification for Preliminary Exam, is generally issued during November/December).
Reservation is made for candidates belonging to Scheduled- Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.
Centres of Examination:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Aligarh, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), Chandigarh, Kochi (Cochin), Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Impbal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kohima, Lucknow, Chemiai (Madras), Madurai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Pondicherry, Portblair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Tirupati, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Udaipur
Scheme Of The Examination
The Combined Preliminary Examination will be of a Test for selection of candidates for the Main Examination for the different categories of posts, mentioned in the first paragraphs, and would comprise the following subjects:
Paper
No. of Questions
Marks
Duration
Part A General Intelligence &
General Awareness
100
100
2 Hrs
Part B Arithmetic
100
100
2 Hrs
Note :-
a. Both Parts A & B will be of objective type (multiple choice type).
b. Question Papers (Test Booklets) for both the Parts in Preliminary Exam will be set both in English and Hindi.
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and 1 (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
2. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (Multiple choice questions) and carry a-maximum of 450 marks in the subjects set out in sub-section (A) of Section II. This xamination is meant to serve as a screening test only;
The district administration has made all arrangements for the conduct of Civil Services Preliminary examination in the twin cities on Sunday.
District Collector R.V.Chandra Vadan addressing media persons at the Collectorate here on Saturday said the preliminary examination would be held in 40 centres in the city. The zonal/ supervisory officers and candidates should reach the centres well ahead of the scheduled time.
Examinations were also set up in Barkas, Kanchanbagh in the old city and adequate bandobust at every centre including those in the old city for the peaceful conduct of the exam. The Collector said that supervisorsshould be
Course: MA (Sociology)
Description: MA (Sociology)
Fee:
Eligibility: Any Degree from a recognised University
How To Apply:
Postal Admission: For application form and Information Brochure, write to the Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605 014, along with a Demand Draft for Rs.150/- drawn in favour of 'The Finance Officer, Pondicherry University" payable at Puducherry, with two typed address stickers.
Online Admission: It is a facility to submit your Admission Form through Online and download the same to submit 11 alongwith fee, to the Directorate by post. Visit www.pondiuni.org
Spot admission: Spot admission is a single window concept devised for the convenience of
a. Age
Candidate must have attained the age of 18 years and must not have attained the age of 27 years as on the first day of August of the year of examination.
b. Educational Qualifications
Must have passed Matriculation or equivalent or higher examination as on first day of August of the year of examination.
Velammal School Group to conduct State-level science talent examination on September 28
Chennai: The preliminary round of a State-level science talent search examination organized by the Velammal School Group will be held in the last week of this month, M.V.M. Velmohan, correspondent of the school, said on Friday.
Mr. Velmohan told reporters that the first round of the examination would be held on September 28.
The test based on the State board curriculum and being conducted for the third year now, would help students to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
In the first year, over 56,000 students from across the State
Staff Selection Commission - Combined Graduate Level Examination 2006
Addendum
Sub: Combined Graduate Level (Preliminary) Examination 2006 Scheme of Examination for Visually Handicapped (Blind / Partially blind) candidates with visual disability of forty percent and above.
F.No.3/6/2006 P&P-I, candidates may please refer to the Notice published by the Commission in the Employment News. Rozer Samachar edition 14-20th October 2006 on the above subject matter and to note that all the visually handicapped candidates including Blind and partially blind persons with visual disability of forty percent and above, who have applied for examination and intends to avail the
All India Pre Medical / Pre Dental Entrance Examination (CBSE- AIPMT 2007)
Exam Date: 01-Apr-2007
Details:All India Entrance Examination for Admission to MBBS/ BDS Course, 2007 under 15% merit positions in Medical/ Dental colleges.
Applications are invited in the prescribed form for All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT) 2007 to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi as per the following schedule for admission to 15% of the total seats for Medical/Dental Courses in all Medical/Dental colleges run by the Union of India, State Governments, Municipal or other local authorities in India except in the
Scheme Of The Examination
a. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
The Preliminary Examination will be of a Test for selection of candidates for the Main Examination and would compromise of the following subjects:
Sl No.
Test
No.of Questions
Marks
Duration
1
Reasoning Ability
75
75
3 Hrs
2
General Awareness
75
75
3 Hrs
3
Arithmetic
75
75
3 Hrs
4
Language paper English/Hindi
75
75
3 Hrs
Total
300
300
Note :--
i. The papers in all the subjects will be of Objective Type (Multiple Choice Type).
ii. Question Papers (Test Booklets) in Reasoning Ability, General Awareness and Arithmetic will be set both in English and Hindi.
iii. Part (iv)-Language Paper (English or Hindi) will be of qualifying nature and the marks secured by the candidates in this part will
