CUET PG Sociology Syllabus 2026 (Out) By NTA: Download Topic-wise English Syllabus

Topics

Basic Concepts in Sociology

Social Processes and Problems

Society, Culture and Social Change

Indian Society

Social Research

Social Problems in India

Basic Concepts in Sociology

UNIT – I Sociology: Definition, nature and scope; Relationship with other Social Sciences: Psychology, Anthropology, History, Economics, and Political Science.

UNIT – II Basic Concepts: Social Structure, Society, Social Organization, Community, Association, Norms, Values.

UNIT – III Status and Role: Types of status and role and their interrelationship

UNIT – IV Socialization: Meaning, types, processes, and agencies. Theories of self (Freud, Cooley, and Mead). Culture: Meaning, characteristics, material and non-material culture, cultural lag. Culture and civilization.

Social Processes and Problems

UNIT – I Social Processes: Cooperation, Accommodation, Assimilation, Competition, and Conflict.

UNIT – II Social Groups: Definition, characteristics, types (primary and secondary; in-group and out- group; Reference group and Peer group).

UNIT – III Social Institutions: Marriage; Family; Kinship Education, Religion and Economy: Meaning and Functions

UNIT – IV Social Control: Meaning, Significance and Agencies. Social Deviance: Meaning, characteristics, forms, and factors.

Society, Culture, and Social Change

UNIT – I Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industria,l and Post-Industrial.

UNIT – II Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material.Socialization: Importance, Process, and Stages. Social Control: Types and Means

UNIT – III Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization, Globalization, and Secularization.

UNIT – IV Social Stratification: Types, theories of stratificationsocial mobility, and its types.

Indian Society

UNIT – I Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional basis of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a Pluralistic Society.

UNIT – II Caste, theories of Caste system and its Changing Dimensions in India; Dominant caste.

UNIT – III Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization, Prophetization, and Universalization.

UNIT – IV Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Problems of Women,; Problems of Dalits, OBCs and Minorities, Affirmative Actions.

Social Research

UNIT – I Social Research: Definition, Nature and Purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research.

UNIT – II Research Methods: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & Significance; Sampling and Sampling Procedure.

UNIT – III Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule, and CaseStudy; Types of Data. UNIT – IV Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data; Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.

Social Problems in India

UNIT – I Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie and suicide (Durkheim), Labeling (Becker).

UNIT – II Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity.

UNIT – III Problems and Issues: Female Feticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Problems of the Aged.

UNIT – IV Social Disorganization: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Communalism, Drug Addiction, Suicide, Nepotism, Prostitution, and AIDS.

Particulars

CUET PG 2026 Test Pattern

Types of questions

MCQs

Total number of questions

75

Maximum marks

300

Marking scheme

• Four marks will be given for each correct response.

• One mark will be deducted for each incorrect response.

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes)

Language

English/Hindi