2. Demographic profile of India
- Biogenetic Variability among Indian Population
- Racial classification in India
- Linguistic elements in the Indian population and their distribution
- Indian population – factors influencing its structure and growth.
- Previous Years Questions
3. Indian Traditional Society , Caste Studies , Religious Impact
- 3.1 The structure and nature of traditional Indian social system —
- 3.2 Caste system in India-
- Varna and caste
- Theories of origin of caste system
- The Ideology of Purity-Impurity
- Compare Louis Dumont’s and Andre Beteille’s Perspective on Caste System
- Working of the caste system
- Demerits and Merits of the Caste System
- Ranking of castes
- Dominant caste
- Caste mobility
- Caste and Marriage
- Caste and Economy
- Caste and Politics
- Caste and Class
- Present Structure of the Caste System
- New Trends Found in the Caste System of Modern India
- Future of caste system
- Jajmani system
- Caste and Tribe
- 3.3 L.P Vidyarthi
- 3.4 Impact of religions on Caste Hindu Society
4. Emergence and growth of anthropology in India
- Growth of anthropology in India defined by L.P Vidharthi
- Growth of anthropology as defined by D.P. Sinha
- Growth of peasant studies in India
- Growth of tribal studies in India
- Indian anthropology: Future Issues and Challenges
- Contributions of Indian anthropologists to tribal and caste studies
- Previous Years Questions
5. Indian Village , Social Change and Minorities
5.1 Indian Village:
- Village studies conducted in India
- The significance of village study in India
- Unity and diversities among Indian Villages
- Difference between rural and urban society
- Social Structure of the Village : Caste , Class and Gender
- Traditional and changing patterns of settlement
- Do you think villages can be treated as ‘little republics’? Critically discuss.
- Methodological Approaches to Study Indian Villages
- Rural Cosmopolitanism
- Traditional Culture
- Agrarian relations in Indian villages- Meaning , Definiton and Phases of development
- Impact of market economy on Indian Villages
- Impact of globalization on Indian villages
- Agrarian Unrest
- Social consequences of green revolution
- Previous Years Questions
5.2 Linguistic and religious minorities and their social, political and economic status.
- Introduction – Who ?
- Muslim
- Christian
- Buddhists
- Jains
- Parsis
- Sikhs,
- Overall Minorities Problems
- Conversions in India
- Schemes for Minority Development
- Previous Years Questions
5.3 Indigenous and exogenous processes of socio-cultural change in Indian society:
- Sanskritization
- Westernization
- Impact of Westernization on Sanskritization
- Modernization
- Globalization
- Inter-play of little and great traditions
- Universalisation and Parochialisation
- Panchayati raj and social change;
- Media and social change.
- Socail Mobility
- Previous Years Questions
Additional Knowledge , Not mentioned in Syllabus
- An Anthropological Vision on the Impact of Globalization on Indian Rural Women: A Critical Reality
- Social Change
- Theories of Social Change
- Processes of Social Change (Covered in 5.3)
- Secularization
- Factors of Social Change
- Social Change in Contemporary India