Sociology Syllabus for CUET:

After a thorough study of the nine chapters comprising the CUET Sociology syllabus 2024,
you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. Armed with this
knowledge, you can develop an appropriate strategy for your preparation. Familiarity
with the test format is key to that preparation. It not only answers common questions,
but simplifies the process of creating a successful strategy.

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Unit Chapter Sub-Chapter

1 Structure of Indian • An Overview of Indian Society, Including

Society Colonialism, Nationalism, Class Structures, and
Communities

• The Structure of the Population.

• Linkages and Divisions Between Rural and Urban

Areas

2 Social • Relationships of blood and kinship

Institutions:
• The concept of the Caste System.
Continuity and
Change • A Society Based on Tribes.

• The Function of the Market as a Social Institution

3 Social Inequality • Prejudice based on social status, including

and Exclusion scheduled castes and other backward classes

• The oppression of Native American and other tribal

communities

• The Fight for Women's Rights and Equality

• The Safeguarding of Religious Groups in Need of

Protection

• Providing Assistance to People with Disabilities.

4 The Challenges of • The issues brought about by communalism,

Unity in Diversity regionalism, casteism, and patriarchy

• The Function of the State in a Multicultural and

Societally Unequal Society

• What We Have in Common.

5 Process of Social • Colonialism, Industrialization, and Urbanization:

Change in India Three Phases in the Process of Structural Change

• The transformation of culture, including but not

limited to modernization, westernisation,
sanskritization, and secularisation

• Social Reform Organizations and Legislation

6 Social Change and • The role of the Constitution as a tool for
the Polity bringing about social change.

• Political Parties, Lobbying Organizations, and

Democratic Processes

• The Panchayati Raj and the Obstacles in the Way of

Social Change

7 Social Change and • The Agrarian Society, Land Reforms, and the Green
the Economy Revolution

• Moving from a strategy of planned

industrialization to one of liberalisation

• Adjustments made to the hierarchy of the classes.

8 Arenas of Social • The Media and the Change in Society

Change
• The Impacts of Globalization and Societal Shifts

9 Social Movements • Movements Based on Social Class: Laborers and

Peasants

• Movements Based on Caste, Including the Dalit

Movement, Other Backward Castes, and Trends in Upper
Caste Responses

• Women's Movements in Independent India.

• Tribal Movements.

• Environmental Movements.