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Detailed Syllabus of Social Issues For UPSC Civil Service Mains Exam.

Syllabus of Social Issues For Mains UPSC Civil Services Examination

Salient features of Indian society, diversity of India.
Role of women and women organizations, population and associated issues, poverty and development issues, urbanizations, their problems and remedies.
Effects of globalization on Indian society
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism, and secularism.

Important Books To Cover to Prepare Social Issues For UPSC Civil Services Exam

Book Title	Author	Focus
NCERT Sociology - Class XI: Understanding Society	NCERT	Foundational Concepts of Sociology
NCERT Sociology - Class XII: Indian Society	NCERT	Structure and change in Indian society
NCERT Sociology - Class XII: Social Change and Development in India	NCERT	Dynamics of social change and development

Advanced Book List To Cover

Book Title	Author	Focus
Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues	Nadeem Hasnain	Comprehensive overview of social issues
Indian Society: Structure and Change	S.C. Dubey	Analysis of social stratification and change
Social Problems in India	Ram Ahuja	Detailed examination of various social problems
Society in India: Concepts, Theories, and Recent Trends	A.R Desai	Theoretical perspectives on Indian society

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Social Issues is an important part of the UPSC Syllabus and each year questions are asked in UPSC Mains. Social Issues as a subject has a direct linkage with other subjects like Polity, geography, economy etc. Thus it becomes even more important to have a good understanding of the subject.

To Prepare Social Issues or UPSC Mains, one needs to have an understanding of the Mains Syllabus. This subject is highly dynamic

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