CUET Sociology Syllabus 2026: Download Official PDF and Detailed Syllabus

CUET Sociology Syllabus 2026 has been officially released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for CUET UG 2026 aspirants. The syllabus is based on Class 12 NCERT Sociology and is divided into two major sections: Indian Society and Change and Development in India, comprising a total of 9 units.

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Detailed CUET Sociology Syllabus 2026

Indian Society

Unit - I: Structure of Indian Society

• Demographic Structure
• Rural Urban Linkages and Divisions

Unit - II: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

• Family and Kinship
• The Caste System
• Tribal Society
• The Market as a Social Institution

Unit - III: Social Inequality and Exclusion

• Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Class
• Marginalisation of Tribal Communities
• The Struggle for Women’s Equality
• The Protection of Religious Minorities
• Caring of the Different Abled

Unit - IV: The Challenges of Unity in Diversity

• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism and Casteism and Patriarchy
• Communities, Nations & Nation States
• Role of the State and Civil Society in a Plural and Unequal Society

Change and Development in India

Unit - I: Process of Social Change in India

• Process of Structural Change: Colonialism, Industrialisation, Urbanisation
• Process of Cultural Change: Modernization, Westernisation, Sanskritisation, Secularisation
• Social Reform Movements and Laws

Unit - II: Social Change and the Polity

• The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
• Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
• Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation

Unit - III: Social Change and the Economy

• Land Reforms, the Green Revolution and Agrarian Society
• From Planned Industrialisation to Liberalisation
• Changes in the Class Structure

Unit - IV: New Arenas of Social Change

• Media and Social Change
• Globalisation and Social Change

Unit - V: Social Movements

• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Women’s Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements
• Environmental Movements

How to Download CUET Sociology Syllabus 2026

1. Visit the official CUET website: https://cuet.nta.nic.in/cuetug-2026-syllabus/
2. Find the Sociology subject 
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