CUET UG Sociology Syllabus 2025: Syllabus, Pattern and Preparation Tips

CUET UG Sociology Exam Overview 2025

The CUET UG Sociology Exam is part of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for students seeking admission to undergraduate sociology programs in various central and participating universities across India. The exam evaluates a candidate’s understanding of society, culture, social institutions, and contemporary social issues.

CUET UG Sociology 2025 – Exam Pattern

• Mode of Exam: Computer-Based Test (CBT)
• Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Marking Scheme:
• +5 marks for each correct answer
• -1 mark for each incorrect answer

CUET UG Sociology Syllabus 2025 (Key Topics)

The syllabus is based on the Class 12 Sociology curriculum and includes the following major areas:

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, Schedule 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, Casteism and Patriarchy
• Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
• What We Share

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 sand 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