MA Political Science Syllabus;

Candidates need to be acquainted with graduation level course in Political Science and will be tested from the following areas;


Unit I consists of Social and Political Thought of Modern India, Western Political Thought,Concepts and Approaches in Political Theory,

Unit II consists of Constitution and Political Institutions of India,State and Politics in India, Political Processes and Public Policies in India,

Unit III consists of Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations



MA History Syllabus;

Candidates will be tested on the following
1.General comprehension
2.A broad understanding of the social sciences and 3. Themes related to political, economic and social history and on aspects of religion and culture pertaining to Indian and World history for the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods.

MA Sociology Syllabus;

Applicants are expected to have a fair understanding of Social Sciences and Indian Society and Culture Broad themes with the following topics;

1. Thinkers includes that of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, C. Wright Mills, George Herbert Mead, Claude Levi-Strauss, G.S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Iravati Karve, Yogendra Singh, Andre Beteille, T.K. Oommen
2. Basic Concepts and Social Institutions
3. Tools and Techniques of Research Methodology 4. Social Structure and Social Change
5. Social Stratification o Gender, Caste, Class, Tribe, Disability
6. Economy and Society
7. State, Polity and Society
8. Family, Marriage and Kinship
9. Religion
10. Environment and Society
11. Social Movements
12. Social Issues
13. Understanding Indian society
14. Modernization, Globalization and Development

Syllabus for MA Philosophy;


The entrance test will be based in a standard BA (major) Philosophy course taught in UGC accredited Indian universities. Students are expected to be familiar with the following problems, themes, and issues. There are five Sections and questions will be from both Indian and Western philosophical perspective.


Section 1 is of Metaphysics with following topics;

1. Proofs for Existence of God
2. Free Will and Determinism
3. Self and No-self
4. Consciousness
5. Personal Identity
6. Substance and Qualities
7. Being and Becoming
8. Actuality and Potentiality
9. Appearance and Reality
10. Mind and Body Problem
11. Universals
12. Realism and Idealism
13. Essence and existence


Section: II Epistemology Questions with following topics

1. Theories of Truth
2. Theories of Error
3. Gettier Problem
4. Definitions of Knowledge
5. Knowledge by acquaintance
6.Knowledge by Description
7. Sources of Knowledge
8. Skepticism
9. Justification of Knowledge: Foundationalism, Anti-foundationalism, and Coherentism
10. Knowledge that and knowledge How
11. Problem of Induction
12. Apriori Knowledge

Section: III Ethics Questions with following topics

1. Theories of Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, Virtue ethics, Social contract theory, care ethics
2. Theories of Metaethics: Relativism,Non-naturalism, Emotivism, Universal Prescriptivism,
3. Themes of Applied Ethics: Abortion, Euthanasia, Surrogacy, Capital punishment, Animal and Environment ethics
4. Thoughts of Indian ethical tradition: Nature of Dharma,Morksa,Purusharthas, Rta, Rina, and themes from Buddhist and Jaina ethics

Section: IV Symbolic Logic Questions with following topics

1. Inductive Logic consists of Analogical Reasoning, Causal Reasoning , Probability
2. Deductive Logic consists of Categorical proposition , Categorical syllogisms , Symbolic Logic , Methods of Deduction , Quantification Logic
3. Informal Fallacies: Indian and Western
4. Types of Arguments

Section: V is of Social and Political Philosophy with following topics

1. Theories of Justice
2. Liberty and Equality
3.Democracy
4. Feminism
5. Global justice
6. Marginalization and Discrimination
7. Gandhi: Non-violence, Satyagraha, Swaraj, Nationalism, State
8. Ambedkar: Genesis of Caste and Annihilation of Castes
9. Tagore: Nationalism, Education and Religion of Man
10. Amartya Sen: Justice (Niti and Nyaya)