Karnataka II PUC Sociology (KSEAB) study plan

Define and distinguish society, community, association, institution, and social group, writing a one-line differentiator for each pair you are likely to confuse

Classify ten everyday examples (a family, a caste panchayat, a bank, a football team) into the correct basic-concept category with a stated reason

Map the classical thinkers (Comte, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx) to the one core idea each is known for in Indian PUC syllabi

Explain the difference between status and role, and between norms and values, using two original examples each

Describe socialisation as a process, naming the agencies (family, school, peer group, media) and the stages of primary and secondary socialisation

Compare functionalist, conflict, and interactionist views of social structure in three short paragraphs

Illustrate how culture, norms, and values regulate behaviour using one deviance example you construct yourself

Match five contemporary sociological perspectives (symbolic interactionism, feminism, postmodernism, etc.) to the questions they typically ask

Outline the functions of family and classify family types (nuclear, joint, matrilineal, patrilineal) with Indian examples

Distinguish the major forms of marriage (monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, endogamy, exogamy) and state one social function of each

Explain kinship terms and the difference between consanguineal and affinal kinship

Identify three contemporary changes in Indian family and marriage (nuclearisation, rising age at marriage, dowry debates) and their sociological causes

Distinguish caste from class on at least five criteria (ascription, mobility, endogamy, hierarchy, purity-pollution)

Explain the sociological meaning of gender and race/ethnicity as systems of inequality rather than biological categories

Describe how stratification is reproduced through education and occupation, with one Indian illustration

Evaluate one debate on reservation or caste-based inequality using concepts from the domain

Define social change and distinguish it from development, modernisation, and globalisation

List the factors of social change (technology, education, migration, social movements, legislation) and give one Indian example of each

Explain how globalisation affects Indian labour, consumption, and family life

Summarise the lifecycle of a social movement (emergence, coalescence, institutionalisation) with one Indian movement as an example

Explain unity in diversity using linguistic, religious, and regional variation without reducing it to a slogan

Contrast tribal, rural, and urban social organisation on economy, kinship, and authority

Define social control and social deviance, and distinguish formal from informal mechanisms

Outline causes and remedies for three Indian social problems (e.g., gender violence, unemployment, alcohol-related deviance)

Distinguish observation, interview, questionnaire, survey, and case study by purpose, data type, and limitation

Draft five questionnaire items on a social problem of your choice and label each as open or closed

Explain when a case study is preferable to a survey and state two validity risks of each method

Apply social control concepts to a deviance scenario and justify which method you would use to study it

Revisit the nature, scope, and significance of sociology and explain its relation to other social sciences

Synthesise the classical and contemporary perspectives into a short argument about which best explains Indian social change

Practice timed answers on two previous-style long questions from the heaviest domains

Compile a personal glossary of 40 terms with one-line definitions drawn from all eight domains