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Sociology Optional Enrichment Test Series 2026

by Vajiram & Ravi

Date of Commencement

28th July 2025

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Mode

Offline/Online

Duration

3.5 Months

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Fee

Rs. 17,000 (Incl. GST)

Sociology Optional Enrichment Programme 2026

Enrichment 2026 is a 16-week test series by Vajiram & Ravi, thoughtfully curated for students of Sociology optional preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination. The primary aim is to sharpen answer writing skills through regular, exam-oriented practice. Weekly tests are crafted based on a careful study of previous years’ question patterns and frequencies. Each week, students are required to answer 5 short answer questions and 2 long answer questions, helping them build consistency and confidence in structuring well-argued responses.

 

Test Questions, Evaluation, Comments

The submitted answer scripts are evaluated by experienced Sociology faculty, who offer comprehensive feedback on both content and presentation. The test series includes two full-length mock tests toward the end, enabling students to experience a simulated UPSC exam setting. Alongside this, a fortnightly doubt-clearing session allows students to clarify conceptual issues and refine their writing approach. Over the span of the program, students are expected to attempt over 100 answers and benefit from 8 doubt clearance sessions, significantly boosting their performance levels.

Personalized Mentorship

What makes Enrichment 2026 truly unique is its focus on individual mentorship. For three days each week, students receive one-on-one guidance from mentors drawn from academic circles who have experience in training students in competitive examinations These mentors help fine-tune preparation strategies, resolve specific doubts, and provide tailored advice for improvement. As a result, Enrichment 2026 goes beyond a conventional test series. It is offering a holistic answer writing and mentoring experience for serious aspirants aiming for success in UPSC Sociology optional.

  

Serial No.

Test No.

Date of Test

Doubt Clearance

 

 

 

1

Test-01

28 July 2025

03 Aug 2025

 

 

 

Syllabus

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

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.

Research Methods and Analysis:

(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.

(b) Techniques of data collection.

(c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability, and validity

 

 

 

 

2

Test-02

04 Aug 2025

17 Aug 2025

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

3

Test-03

11 Aug 2025

17 Aug 2025

 

 

 

Sociological Thinkers:

 (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.  
 

4

Test-04

18 Aug 2025

31 Aug 2025

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 
 

5

Test-05

25 Aug 2025

31 Aug 2025

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

Social Classes in India:  
(a) Agrarian class structure.  
(b) Industrial class structure.  
(c) Middle classes in India.

6

Test-6

 01 September 2025

14 September 2025

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.

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.

 

7

Test-07

07 September 2025

14 September 2025

Religion and Society:

1.     Sociological theories of religion.

2.   Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.

3.   Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularisation, religious revivalism, fundamentalism.

 

8

Test -08

15 September 2025

28 September 2025

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.

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.  
(e) Patriarchy, entitlements, and sexual division of labour.

9

Test-09

22 September 2025

28 September 2025

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.  
(e) Science, technology, and social change.

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.

10

Test-10

29 September 2025

12 October 2025

Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society:  
(a) Indology (G.S. Ghurye).   
(b) Structural functionalism (M. N. Srinivas).   
(c) Marxist sociology (A. R. Desai).

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.

11

Test-11

06 October 2025

12 October 2025

Caste System:   
(a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.  
(b) Features of caste system.  
(c) Untouchability-forms and perspectives

Tribal Communities in India:

(a) Definitional problems.

(b) Geographical spread.

(c) Colonial policies and tribes.

(d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

12

Test-12

13 October 2025

26 October 2025

Population Dynamics:

Population size, growth, composition and distribution.

Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.

Population Policy and family planning.

Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.

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

13

Test-13

20 October 2025

26 October 2025

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.

14

Test-14

 27 October 2025

9 November 2025

Social Movements in Modern India:

(a) Peasants and farmers' movements.  
(b) Women’s movement.  
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movements.  
(d) Environmental movements.  
(e) Ethnicity and Identity movements.

 

15

Test-16

 3 November 2025

No Discussion

Full Length Test for Paper-1  
 

16

Test-16

10 November 2025

No Discussion

Full Length Test for Paper-2

 

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