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The Sociology DAMP Pro 2025 course at LevelUp IAS is a focused, hands-on program designed to boost your answer writing skills for Sociology Optional. Over 2 months, this intensive, structured course provides personalized mentorship, helping you identify and work on your weak areas. With daily answer writing practice and expert guidance, it ensures you improve your writing quality, effectively address gaps and enhance your performance in the UPSC Mains Exam.

What makes it “Pro” is its unique feature: Assignments are evaluated within 3 hours ensuring you get quick, actionable feedback to improve continuously. This rapid evaluation system ensures you stay on track and make progress without delays, allowing you to fine-tune your approach in real time.

NOTE: Daily two questions – One for evaluation, One for practice.

NOTE

There will be two designated answer submission slots: 12:00 – 3:00 PM and 6:00 – 9:00 PM.

It is mandatory to submit your answers within these specified slots.

Course Fee

Online Mode: ₹ 9,000 + GST

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Why Join LevelUp IAS Sociology DAMP Pro?

If you’re preparing for UPSC CSE and have chosen Sociology as your optional, improving your answer writing skills is a must. The Sociology DAMP Pro Course at LevelUp IAS is designed to help you do just that while giving you the right structure and guidance for a successful Mains exam. Here’s why you should consider joining:

  • Daily Writing Practice to Build Confidence: One of the best ways to improve your answer writing is daily practice and that’s exactly what this course offers. By writing answers every day, you’ll not only enhance your writing speed but also get better at organizing your thoughts clearly and effectively. This daily habit will help you get comfortable with writing under time pressure, so you’re fully prepared when exam day arrives.

  • Targeted Preparation for Sociology Optional: The course offers focused, targeted preparation for Sociology optional. Instead of covering everything in a generic way, the course dives deep into the topics that matter most for the exam. This means you won’t waste time on irrelevant material, and you’ll stay on track with what’s essential for the exam.

  • UPSC-Level Questions for Real Exam Practice: The course includes UPSC-level Questions designed to mimic the actual exam’s complexity and format. These questions will help you get a feel for the types of challenges you’ll face and how to approach them. Practicing with these questions will ensure you’re ready to handle anything the exam throws at you.

  • Evaluation Within 3 Hours for Faster Improvement: A major highlight of the Sociology DAMP Pro course is the evaluation within 3 hours of submitting your answer. This quick feedback loop ensures you don’t lose momentum in your preparation. You’ll get timely, detailed insights into where you can improve, helping you course-correct immediately. 

  • Personalized Mentorship to Guide You: One of the key benefits of this course is the personalized mentorship. You’ll receive feedback on your answers, helping you identify what you’re doing right and what needs improvement. Your mentor will guide you on how to improve your writing, manage time better and give you strategies to approach the exam more effectively.

  • Video Discussions and Model Answers: The course includes video discussions and model answers, which break down each question and show you the best way to structure your answer. These resources will help you understand how to include relevant sociological theories and examples, making your answers stand out in the exam.

In short, the Sociology DAMP Pro Course is designed to give you everything you need—consistent practice, expert feedback and the right resources—to excel in Sociology Optional.

Who Should Join Sociology DAMP?

The Sociology DAMP Pro Course is for anyone serious about acing Sociology optional. Here’s who’ll benefit the most:

  • Looking to Strengthen Your Sociology Prep: If you’ve been studying Sociology but feel you need more structure or a deeper understanding, this course is a great fit. It helps you cover the syllabus in a way that sticks and makes sense.
  • Finished the Syllabus, But Need Answer-writing Practice: If you’ve completed the syllabus but are unsure about your answer writing, this course will help you improve with daily practice and personalized feedback. It’s all about making you write better answers, faster.
  • Want to Meet UPSC Standards: If you’re worried your prep isn’t up to UPSC level, this course will give you the exact type of questions and model answers that align with what the examiners expect.
  • Struggling with Time Management: If managing time during the exam stresses you out, this course will help you improve your speed and efficiency with regular practice.
  • Need Personalized Mentorship: If you’re looking for someone to guide you through the process and help you with weak spots, personalized mentorship is a big plus.
  • Struggling to Stay Consistent: If you have trouble staying on track with your preparation, this course will help you stay consistent. With daily assignments and structured guidance, you’ll stay motivated and make steady progress.

This course is for you if you want to improve your Sociology writing skills and stay on track with your UPSC prep!

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  • Daily Answer Writing Practice (2 Questions/day)
    • 1 Question will be personally evaluated within 3 hours.
    • 1 Question for practice.
  • Duration 8 Weeks (2 Months).
  • Coverage of complete syllabus.
  • Daily two questions - one for evaluation, one for practice.
  • Evaluation within 3 hours.
  • Submit Test strictly within 2 time slots - 1 [12-3 PM] and 2 [6-9 PM]. 
  • Discussion video for both the questions.
  • Personalised mentoring with Teacher.
  • Final Tests - Two full length (UPSC format) Tests in the end with evaluation and discussion.
  • Only for serious aspirants. 

Sociology Optional DAMP PRO Schedule - 2025

PAPER - I

S. No.WEEKSYLLABUS
 First weekOrigin of Sociology, Sociology as Science, and Research methods
1Saturday, 30-November-24Orientation Session – How to write answers?
2Monday, 02-Dec-24Unit 1 a) 1 b)
3Tuesday, 03-Dec-241 c) 2 a)
4Wednesday, 04-Dec-242 b) 2 c)
5Thursday, 05-Dec-242 d) 2 e)
6Friday, 06-Dec-243 a) 3 b)
7Saturday, 07-Dec-243 c)
8Sunday, 08-Dec-24Break
 Second WeekSociological Thinkers
9Monday, 9-Dec-24Unit 4 a)
10Tuesday, 10-Dec-244 b)
11Wednesday, 11-Dec-244 c)
12Thursday, 12-Dec-244 d)
13Friday, 13-Dec-244 e) f)
14Saturday, 14-Dec-24Break
15Sunday, 15-Dec-24Break
 Third WeekSocial Stratification and Mobility, Works and Economic Life, Politics & society
16Monday, 16-Dec-24Unit 5 a) b)
17Tuesday, 17-Dec-245 c) d)
18Wednesday, 18-Dec-246 a) b) c)
19Thursday, 19-Dec-247 a) b)
20Friday, 20-Dec-247 c) d)
21Saturday, 21-Dec-24Unit 8 a) b)
 Sunday, 22-Dec-24Break
 Final WeekReligion & society, Systems of Kinship, and social change in Modern society
22Monday, 23-Dec-24Unit 8 c)
23Tuesday, 24-Dec-24 9 a) b)
24Wednesday, 25-Dec-249 c) d) e)
25Thursday, 26-Dec-2410 a) b)
26Friday, 27-Dec-2410 c) d) e)
27Saturday, 28-Dec-24Break
28
 
Sunday, 29-Dec-24(PAPER -I Full length Test)

PAPER -II

 WEEKSYLLABUS
First week
1Monday, 30-Dec-24Paper 2 Orientation (Sources & challenges)
2Tuesday, 31-Dec-24New Year Break
3Wednesday, 01- Dec-24New Year Break
4Thursday, 02-Jan-25Section A a) Indology (GS Ghurye)
5Friday, 03-Jan-25b) Structural Functionalism (M N Srinivas)
6Saturday, 04-Jan-25c) Marxist sociology (A R Desai) & a) Social background of Indian nationalism.
7Sunday, 05-Jan-25Break
Second Week
8Monday, 06-Jan-25b) Modernization of Indian tradition d) Social reforms P.S (c part to be addressed in Section C social movement chapter)
9Tuesday, 07-Jan-25B) a) Idea of Indian village b) Agrarian social structure
10Wednesday, 08-Jan-25ii (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas,
11Thursday, 09-Jan-25Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille, b) Features of caste system
12Friday, 10-Jan-25c) Untouchability – forms and perspectives
13 Saturday, 11-Jan-25iii) Tribal communities in India:(a) Definitional problems. (b) Geographical spread (c) Colonial policies and tribes (d) Issues of integration and autonomy
14Sunday, 12-Jan-25Break
Third Week
15Monday, 13-Jan-25Social Classes in India: (a) Agrarian class structure (b) Industrial class structure. (c) Middle classes in India.
16Tuesday, 14-Jan-25(v) Systems of Kinship in India.
17Wednesday, 15-Jan-25(vi) Religion and Society: (a) Religious communities in India. (b) Problems of religious minorities.
18Thursday, 16-Jan-25Section C (i) Visions of Social Change in India, (ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:(a) & (b)
19Friday, 17-Jan-25Rural and Agrarian transformation in India: c) & d) (iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India
20Saturday, 18-Jan-25(iv) Politics and Society: (a) b) c) d)
21Sunday, 19-Jan-25Break
Final Week
22Monday, 20-Jan-25(v) Social Movements in Modern India: (a) Peasants and farmers movements. (b) Women’s movement.
23Tuesday, 21-Jan-25(c) Backward classes & Dalit movement. (d) Environmental movements. (e) Ethnicity and Identity movements
24Wednesday, 22-Jan-25(vi) Population Dynamics
25Thursday, 23-Jan-25(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation: (a) b) c).
26Friday, 24-Jan-25vii) Challenges of Social Transformation (d) e) f)
27Saturday, 25-Jan-25Break
28Sunday, 26-Jan-25Republic Day Break
29Monday, 27-Jan-25(PAPER-II Full length Test)

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Features

Schedule

Note

  • Duration 8 Weeks (2 Months)
  • Coverage of complete syllabus
  • Daily four questions - two for evaluation, two for practice
  • Evaluation within 24 hours
  • Discussion video for both the questions
  • 5 questions per week with ample room for revision on Saturday and Sunday
  • Personalised mentoring with Teacher
  • Final Tests - Two full length (UPSC format) Tests in the end with evaluation and discussion

Paper - I

S. No.

WEEK

SYLLABUS

 

First week

Origin of Sociology, Sociology as Science, and

Research methods

1

Monday, 13-Nov-23

Orientation Session – How to write answers?

2

Tuesday, 14-Nov-23

Unit 1 a) 1 b)

3

Wednesday, 15-Nov-23

1 c) 2 a)

4

Thursday, 16-Nov-23

2 b) 2 c) 2 d)

5

Friday, 17-Nov-23

2 e) 3 a)

6

Saturday, 18-Nov-23

3 b) 3 c)

 

Sunday, 19-Nov-23

Break

 

 

Second Week

Sociological Thinkers, Social Stratification and Mobility

7

Monday, 20-Nov-23

Unit 4 a) b)

8

Tuesday, 21-Nov-23

4 c) d)

9

Wednesday, 22-Nov-23

4 e) f)

10

Thursday, 23-Nov-23

5 a) b)

11

Friday, 24-Nov-23

5 c) d)

 

Saturday, 25-Nov-23

Break

 

Sunday, 26-Nov-23

Break

 

 

Third Week

Works and Economic Life, Politics & society, and Religion & society

12

Monday, 27-Nov-23

Unit 6 a) b) c)

13

Tuesday, 28-Nov-23

7 a) b)

14

Wednesday, 29-Nov-23

7 c) d)

15

Thursday, 30-Nov-23

8 a)

16

Friday, 1-Dec-23

8 b) c)

 

Saturday, 2-Dec-23

Break

 

Sunday, 3-Dec-23

Break

 

 

Final Week

Systems of Kinship and Social change in

Modern society

17

Monday, 04-Dec-23

Unit 9 a) b)

18

Tuesday, 05-Dec-23

9 c) d)

19

Wednesday, 06-Dec-23

9 e)

20

Thursday, 07-Dec-23

10 a) b)

21

Friday, 08-De-23

10 c) d) e)

 

Saturday, 09-Dec-23

Break

 

 

Sunday, 10-Dec-23

(PAPER -I Full length Test)

 

DAMP SOCIOLOGY PAPER -II

 

WEEK

SYLLABUS

First week

22

Monday, 11-Dec-23

Paper 2 Orientation (Sources & challenges)

23

Tuesday, 12-Dec-23

Section A a) Indology (GS Ghurye)

24

Wednesday, 13-Dec-23

b) Structural Functionalism (M N Srinivas)

25

Thursday, 14-Dec-23

c) Marxist sociology (A R Desai) & a) Social background of Indian nationalism.

26

Friday, 15-De-23

b) Modernization of Indian tradition c) & d) Protests and movements during the colonial period & Social reforms

 

Saturday, 16-Dec-23

Break

 

Sunday, 17-Dec-23

Break

 

Second Week

27

Monday, 18-Dec-23

Section B) i a) The idea of Indian village and village studies b) Agrarian social structure evolution of land tenure system, land reforms.

28

Tuesday, 19-Dec-23

B) ii (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille, b) Features of caste system

29

Wednesday, 20-Dec-23

(c) Untouchability – forms and perspectives

30

Thursday, 21-Dec-23

iii) Tribal communities in India:(a) Definitional problems. (b) Geographical spread

31

Friday, 22-De-23

iii) Tribal communities in India: (c) Colonial policies and tribes (d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

 

Saturday, 23-Dec-23

Break

 

Sunday, 24-Dec-23

Break

 

Third Week

32

Monday, 25-Dec-23

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

33

Tuesday, 26-Dec-23

(v) Systems of Kinship in India.

34

Wednesday, 27-Dec-23

(vi) Religion and Society:(a) Religious communities in India. (b) Problems of religious minorities.

35

Thursday, 28-Dec-23

Section C (i) Visions of Social Change in India,

(ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in

India:(a) & (b)

36

Friday, 29-De-23

Rural and Agrarian transformation in India: c)

& d) (iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in

India

37

Saturday, 30-Dec-23

(iv) Politics and Society: (a) b) c) d)

 

Sunday, 31-Dec-23

Break

 

Final Week

38

Monday, 01-Jan-24

(v) Social Movements in Modern India:(a)

Peasants and farmers movements. (b) Women’s movement.

39

Tuesday, 02-Jan-24

(c) Backward classes & Dalit movement. (d)

Environmental movements. (e) Ethnicity and

Identity movements

40

Wednesday, 03-Jan-24

(vi) Population Dynamics

41

Thursday, 04-Jan-24

(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation:(a) b) c).

42

Friday, 05-Jan-24

vii) Challenges of Social Transformation (d) e) f)

 

Saturday, 06-Jan-24

Break

 

Sunday, 07-Jan-24

(PAPER-II Full length Test)

 

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.