Type To Search

logotype

Type To Search

Sociology Optional Crash Course & Test Series 2025
Home Sociology Optional Crash Course & Test Series 2025
  • Date of Commencement : 14th Oct 2024
  • Sectional Test: 6 Tests
  • Full Length Test: 2 Tests
  • Test and Mentorship: Online / Offline
  • Lectures and Test Discussions: Recorded (Online + 2 Views)
  • Validity : 31st Dec 2024
Download Schedule

Test Series + Crash course

Course Fee

   Recorded / Online Mode: ₹ 14,280 + GST

Enroll Now

Only Test Series

Course Fee

   Offline / Online Mode: ₹ 10,000 + GST

Enroll Now

GET IN TOUCH

Please enter a 10-digit phone number.

Features

Program Inclusions

Schedule

Note

Refund Policy

  • Crash Course classes to help students revise the syllabus before each test.
  • Lectures (recorded) and live strategy sessions.
  • Answer writing classes with countdown are included in the crash course to inculcate exam-centric writing style.
  • Time-bound and multi-level evaluation -within 5 days
  • Select Previous Year Questions are discussed in the crash course classes.
  • Techniques to write in crisp 250/130 words are discussed.
  • Most probable questions, based on Faculty’s PYQ analysis, will be discussed in the crash course class.
  • Exclusive mentorship sessions with Toppers through LIVE Zoom sessions:
    • Wardah Khan: AIR 18 Scored 286 marks in Sociology.
    • Prakhar Kumar: AIR 275 Scored Highest in Sociology Paper 1- 160 Marks (Total 294).
    • Anurag Chopra: AIR 210 Scored 280 marks in Sociology.
  • Skills to integrate Paper 1 with Paper 2 are inculcated.
  • Value Addition through current issues in the Test discussion.
  • End to end comprehensive Revision of the Mains Syllabus
  • Tests
    • 6 Sectional Tests
    • 2 Comprehensive Tests
  • Crash Course classes before every Test.
  • 35 recorded lectures by Nishat sir
  • Exclusive classes on Current issues in Sociology
  • 7 LIVE strategy sessions by Nishat sir
  • Detailed Test Paper discussion
  • Summary of Important EPW articles.
  • Personal Mentoring
  • Timely and multi-level Evaluation within 5 days

Sociology Crash Course-cum-Test Series Schedule 2025

Crash Course Class #1

14thOct 2024

PAPER-1

1. Sociology - The Discipline
a. Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology.
b. Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.
c. Sociology and common sense.

2. Sociology as Science:
a. Science, scientific method and critique.
b. Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
c. Positivism and its critique.
d. Fact value and objectivity.
e. Non- positivist methodologies.

3. Research Methods and Analysis:
a. Qualitative and quantitative methods.
b. Techniques of data collection.
c. Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.

Crash course Class #2

15th Oct 2024

Crash Course Class #3

16th Oct 2024

 

 

Test #1

20th Oct 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

22nd Oct 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class #4

23th Oct 2024

4. Sociological Thinkers:
a. Karl Marx- Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
b. Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
c. Max Weber- Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
d. Talcott Parsons- Social system, pattern variables.
e. Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups.
f. Mead - Self and identity.

5. Stratification and Mobility:
a. Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.
b. Theories of social stratification- Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory.
c. Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.
d. Social mobility- open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.

6. Works and Economic Life:
a. Social organization of work in different types of society- slave society, feudal society, industrial /capitalist society.
b. Formal and informal organization of work.
c. Labour and society.

Crash course Class #5

24th Oct 2024

Crash Course Class #6

25th Oct 2024

Crash Course Class #7

26th Oct 2024

 

 

Test # 2

27th Oct 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

27th Oct 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class #8

30th Oct 2024

7. Politics and Society:
a. Sociological theories of power.
b. Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.
c. Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology.
d. Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.

8. Religion and Society:
a. Sociological theories of religion.
b. Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.
c. Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism, fundamentalism.

9. Systems of Kinship:
a. Family, household, marriage.
b. Types and forms of family.
c. Lineage and descent.
d. Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.
e. Contemporary trends.

10. Social Change in Modern Society:
a. Sociological theories of social change.
b. Development and dependency.
c. Agents of social change.
d. Education and social change.
a. Science, technology and social change.

Crash Course Class #9

31th Oct 2024

Crash Course Class #10

01th Nov 2024

 

 

Test #3

03st Nov 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

6rd Nov 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class #11

07st Nov 2024

PAPER- 2
A. Introducing Indian Society:
(i) Perspectives on the study of Indian society:
a. Indology (G.S. Ghurye).
b. Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas).
c. Marxist sociology (A R Desai).
(ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:
a. Social background of Indian nationalism.
b. Modernization of Indian tradition.
c. Protests and movements during the colonial period.
d. Social reforms.

B. Social Structure:


(i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
a. The idea of Indian village and village studies.
b. Agrarian social structure - evolution of land tenure system, land reforms.
(ii) Caste System:
a. Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.
b. Features of caste system.
c. Untouchability - forms and perspectives.

Crash Course Class #12

8 Nov  2024

Crash Course Class #13

9rd Nov 2024

 

 

Test # 4

10th Nov 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

13th Nov 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class # 14

14st Nov2024

(iii) Tribal communities in India:
a. Definitional problems.
b. Geographical spread.
c. Colonial policies and tribes.
d. Issues of integration and autonomy.

(iv) Social Classes in India:
a. Agrarian class structure.
b. Industrial class structure.
c. Middle classes in India.
(v) Systems of Kinship in India:
a. Lineage and descent in India.
b. Types of kinship systems.
c. Family and marriage in India.
d. Household dimensions of the family.
(vi) Religion and Society:
a. Religious communities in India.
b. Problems of religious minorities.
c. Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour

C. Social Changes in India:


(i) Visions of Social Change in India:
a. Idea of development planning and mixed economy.
b. Constitution, law and social change.
c. Education and social change.
(ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:
a. Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes.
b. Green revolution and social change.
c. Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture .
d. Problems of rural labour, bondage,migration.
(iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:
a. Evolution of modern industry in India.
b. Growth of urban settlements in India.
c. Working class: structure, growth, class mobilization.
d. Informal sector, child labour.
e. Slums and deprivation in urban areas.

Crash Course Class #15

15nd Nov 2024

Crash Course #16

16rd Nov 2024

 

 

Test # 5

17th Nov 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

19th Nov 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class #17

21th Nov 2024

(iv) Politics and Society:
a. Nation, democracy and citizenship.
b. Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite.
c. Regionalism and decentralization of power.
d. Secularization

(v) Social Movements in Modern India:
a. Peasants and farmers movements.
b. Women's movement.
c. Backward classes & Dalit movement.
d. Environmental movements.
e. Ethnicity and Identity movements.
(vi) Population Dynamics:
a. Population size, growth, composition and distribution.
b. Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.
c. Population policy and family planning.
d. Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.
(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation:
a. Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.
b. Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
c. Violence against women.
d. Caste conflicts.
e. Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.
f. Illiteracy and disparities in education.

Crash Course Class #18

22th Nov 2024

 

 

Test #6

24st Nov 2024

 

 

Test Discussion

27rd Nov 2024

 

 

Crash Course Class #19

28th Nov 2024

We shall discuss few Contemporary issues relevant to Sociology

Test # 7 &

Test # 8

1st Dec 2024

Complete Paper 1 & paper 2 Syllabus.

There shall be a gap of 3 hours between Paper 1 & Paper 2

Type

Comprehensive

No Test Discussion for Full Length papers

Only model answers shall be given

 

All our lectures are under the license of copyright protection, under the Copyright Act 1957 (the Act), supported by the Copyright Rules 1958 (the Rules), International Copyright Order, 1999 and Copyright Act in 2012. So copying our videos, illegal piracy, downloads, sharing, distribution etc. are strictly not allowed. We will take strict legal action against people doing so.

We have embedded tracking of video usage with the location, IP and we collect data on the video usage to check if there are any suspicious downloads of video happening with some third-party software. In such cases, the culprits will not be given any warning from our end; instead, strict legal action will be enforced.

Sharing of the user’s login and password is strictly prohibited. If any student is found doing so, his account would be suspended, and we will file a legal case of data theft and piracy against the student. Please do not share logins with your friends; else you will be in deep trouble.

There is access limit for each student – based on the course validity (date mentioned in the course features) and the total duration for which a student can watch any particular video (two times of the length of the video). Under no circumstance requests to extend the validity or increase the view duration will be entertained.

You may be mandatorily required to register the device from which you will be permitted to access the student portal to consume the online services. LevelUP IAS withholds the right to keep the number of devices registered limited.

Students are advised to have minimum internet speed of 2 Mbps for smooth experience. For mobile, videos run efficiently on 4G networks.

Please find the link to our refund policy below:

Refund Policy *

At LevelUp IAS, we are committed to providing quality education and ensuring student satisfaction. However, we understand that situations may arise where a refund is necessary. Below are the guidelines for our refund policy:

(1) Refund Eligibility

    • Full Refund: Students are eligible for a full refund if they withdraw from the course within the first 7 days after the starting date of the course. The request must be submitted in writing.
    • Partial Refund after 7 days:
      • General Studies Foundation Program: If a student withdraws after the commencement of the course, then they are eligible for the refund on the pro-rata basis. The details of pro-rata basis are as follows:
        • Day 8 to Day 30: Maximum of 75% Refund eligible
        • Day 30 to 50% course duration: Maximum of 50% Refund eligible
        • After 50% course duration: Zero refund
        • Note: duration is measured from the day of commencement of the course and not from the date of admission.
      • All other course above course with price of 10,000 (exclusive of GST): If a student withdraws after the commencement of the course, then they are eligible for the refund on the pro-rata basis. The details of pro-rata basis are as follows:
        • Day 8 to Day 30: Maximum of 75% Refund eligible
        • After Day 30: Zero refund
        • Note: duration is measured from the day of commencement of the course and not from the date of admission.
    • Zero Refund: Please note that a student is considered completely ineligible for refunds under following circumstances:
      • If the price of a course is less than or equal to Rs. 10,000 (exclusive of GST)
      • If admission is done at a discounted price or during promotional offers,
      • If admission is done with a partial payment plan with an installment facility.
      • It the course is a transferred course from some other original course.
      • If the courses are already-recorded modules, then such courses are not eligible for any kind of refund.

(2) Procedure to Request a Refund

    • All refund requests must be submitted in writing via email to info@levelupias.com.
    • No request made verbally, in person, on phone call, through messages or over any social media platform will be entertained. Only duly emailed requests will be entertained.
    • The request must include the student’s name, course name, date of enrolment, and the reason for requesting a refund. Also, a student must attach any additional supporting document of evidence required.
    • The date of refund request will be the date on which all the valid documents are received by the institute, which are needed for the approval.

(3) Processing Time

    • Institute will take upto 15 days to process the request of the refund, upon complete reception of all the necessary information.
    • Thereafter, the refunds will be processed within 15 business days from the date of the refund request approval.
    • The refund will be issued using the original payment method unless otherwise agreed upon.

(4) Non-Refundable Fees

    • Registration fees, administrative charges, and any other non-tuition fees are non-refundable.

(5) Policy on Course Transfers:

(a) Transfer Type: This policy applies to the following types of course transfers:

        • From an online course to an offline course.
        • From an offline course to an online course.
        • From one course to another course.
        • From one individual to another individual.

(b) Transfer Fee: A flat fee of Rs. 10,000 will be charged for any course transfer, regardless of the type of transfer or the specific course involved.

(c) Payment Terms: The transfer fee must be paid in full at the time of the transfer request. The transfer will not be processed until the fee is received.

(d) Non-Refundable: The transfer fee is non-refundable, even if the transfer is later canceled by the student.

(e) Eligibility: Transfers are subject to availability and approval by the institute. The institute reserves the right to deny transfer requests based on course capacity, scheduling conflicts, or other relevant factors.

(6) Amendments

    • LevelUp IAS reserves the right to amend this refund policy at any time. Changes will be available for the students through the official website.

For any questions or concerns regarding this refund policy, please contact our administrative office at Contact Us.

GET IN TOUCH

Please enter a 10-digit phone number.