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UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions – Oceanography

Syllabus: GS 1 – Salient features of world’s physical geography.   Explain the factors responsible for the origin of ocean…

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UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions – Climatology

Syllabus: GS 1 – Salient features of world’s physical geography.   The recent cyclone on the east coast of India…

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Previous year UPSC questions – Tiger Reserves

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Karl Marx – Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Sociological Thinkers: (a) Karl Marx – Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation,…

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Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Research Methods and Analysis: (c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity. The…

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Theories of social stratification – Structural func tionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory.

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Stratification and Mobility: (b) Theories of social stratification – Structural functionalist theory,…

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Concepts – equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.

Stratification and Mobility: (a) Concepts – equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.

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Techniques of data collection

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Research Methods and Analysis: (b) Techniques of data collection. Bring out the…

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Social mobility – open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Stratification and Mobility: (d) Social mobility – open and closed systems, types…

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Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Stratification and Mobility: (c) Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups,…

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UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions – Sources of History

Syllabus: GS 1 – Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

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Qualitative and quantitative methods

Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I Research Methods and Analysis: (a) Qualitative and quantitative methods. Discuss the challenges…