UNIT - I 

1. The Emergence of Sociology : Transition from Social Philosophy to Sociology-The Intellectual Context 2. Renaissance : The Social, Economic and Political Forces-The French and Industrial Revolutions 3. August Comte 4. Herbert Spencer, 5. Emile Durkheim 6. Max Weber 7. Karl Marx, 8 .G. S. Ghurye (1893-1984) 9. Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889-1968) 10. D. P. Mukerjee (1894-1962), 

UNIT - II 

1. Social Research : Meaning, Scope and Significance, 2. Hypothesis : Concept and Formulation, 3 .Scientific Study of Social Phenomena, 4. Scientific Method : Logic in Social Science, 5. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Science, 6 .Positivism and Phenomenology, 7. Methods of Social Research : Quantitative (Social Survey), 8. Observation, 9 .Cash Study, 10. Contents Analysis, 11. Types of Research : Basic Applied, Historical and Empirical, 12. Types of Social Research : Exploratory, Descriptive or Explana-tory, Diagnostic and Experimental, 13. Techniques of Data Collection, 14. Sampling Technique, 15. Questionnaire, 16. Schedule, 17. Interview, 18 .Primary and Secondary Data, 19. Classification of Data Tabulation and Presentation, 20. Graphical Presentation of Data, 21. Measurement of Central Tendency : Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation, 

Chapterwise Objective Type Questions.