CHSE Odisha Elective Sociology study plan

Define family, marriage, kinship, religion, education, economy and polity, and classify types of each (e.g. nuclear vs joint family, endogamy vs exogamy, monogamy vs polygamy) in a comparison table

Explain the functions of each social institution from both functionalist and conflict angles, writing two or three sentences per institution

Describe family and kinship in India: joint family, patrilineal and matrilineal systems, and regional variation such as the Khasi and Nair cases

Outline India's unity-in-diversity debate, giving at least four concrete examples of regional, linguistic and religious diversity alongside integrating mechanisms

Sketch how caste, tribe and village intersect with family and kinship in Indian social structure

Trace changes in the Indian family: nuclearisation, migration, women's employment and declining kin obligations, with causes and consequences for each

Analyse the caste system in India: varna versus jati, purity and pollution, caste panchayats, and the debate on caste today

Summarise tribal society in India: defining features, tribal versus caste society, kinship patterns and issues of assimilation versus isolation

Explain rural-urban linkages: migration streams, remittances, urban informal labour and the changing village economy

Compare two classical accounts of the Indian village or caste system and state where they disagree

Distinguish society, community, association and institution with an original example for each, and explain why the terms are not interchangeable

Define social group and classify groups by size, intimacy and membership (primary and secondary, in-group and out-group, reference groups)

Define culture, list its components (norms, values, symbols, language, material culture) and explain ethnocentrism and cultural relativism

Explain status and role, achieved versus ascribed status, role conflict and role set, applying each to a real occupational or family situation

Analyse social stratification by caste, class, gender and tribe, comparing their openness, mobility channels and bases of inequality

Distinguish horizontal and vertical mobility with original examples and list the factors that enable or block mobility

Explain gender inequality in India across education, work, property and political representation, citing at least three mechanisms of persistence

Define deviance and crime, and distinguish them from each other and from non-conformity

Classify means of social control as formal and informal, and match each to an example such as law, custom, gossip, education and religion

Analyse poverty and unemployment in India: measurement approaches, types of unemployment and their social consequences

Explain how caste, class and gender inequalities feed into social problems, using two concrete Indian illustrations

Define social change and distinguish it from evolution, progress and revolution

List and explain the factors of social change (technology, demography, ideology, education, social movements) and classify them as internal or external

Summarise major theories of social change, including evolutionary, cyclical, conflict-based and functionalist accounts, stating one strength and one weakness of each

Explain social movements: types, life cycle and recruitment, with one Indian movement analysed in structural terms

Outline functionalism, the conflict approach and interactionism, stating the core assumption, key concepts and typical criticism of each

Summarise the contributions of classical sociologists to their key concepts, and place each within a perspective

Explain the nature and scope of sociology, and state what falls outside its scope

Distinguish sociology from common sense, psychology, economics, political science, history and anthropology, giving one clear point of difference for each

Argue the significance of sociology for policy, development and everyday life with three concrete Indian examples

Identify and correct five common misconceptions about sociology in your own notes

Define socialisation, list its agencies (family, school, peer group, media) and explain primary versus secondary socialisation

Explain the self and stages of socialisation using at least two theoretical accounts, and relate socialisation to social control

Link deviance to social control by explaining how labelling and sanctions operate in a school or workplace example

Revisit social change and social movements, correcting errors flagged in your week 5 deliverable

Rehearse definitions of the basic concepts from week 3 without notes, aiming for full accuracy

Take two full-length mock papers under timed conditions and score them against the syllabus weightings to find weak domains

Revise the three highest-weight domains (social institutions, Indian social structure, stratification) using only your own notes and charts

Answer two essay questions closed book, one on Indian social structure and one on stratification or mobility

Compile a one-page list of recurring exam traps and the precise definition that resolves each

Final pass over all eight domains using your glossaries, maps and comparison charts only