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The Questions are sorted as per the updated GATE Sociology 2026 syllabus & placed under 2 Sections with Detailed Sub-Topics:

PART - A

General Aptitude

1.1 Verbal Aptitude

1.2 Quantitative Aptitude

1.3 Analytical Aptitude

1.4 Spatial Aptitude

Reasoning & Comprehension

PART - B

Sociological Theory

1.1 Classical Sociological Traditions

1.2 Structural-Functionalism and Structuralism

1.3 Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions

1.4 Post-Modernism, Post-Structuralism and Post-Colonialism

1.5 Conflict Theory

1.6 Indian Thinkers

2 Research Methodology & Methods

2.1 Conceptualizing Social Reality

2.2 Research Design

2.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

2.4 Research Techniques

3 Sociological Concepts

3.1 Sociological Concepts

3.2 Social Institutions

3.3 Social Stratification

3.4 Social Change

4 Agrarian Sociology & Rural Transformation

5 Family, Marriage & Kinship

6 Indian Society / Sociology of India

7 Social Movements

7.1 Introduction to Social Movements

7.2 Theories of Social Movements

7.3 Social Movements in India

7.4 Social Movements, Civil Society and Globalization

8 Sociology of Development

8.1 Perspectives on the Study of Development

8.2 State and Market Institutions and Ideologies

8.3 The Micro-Politics of Development

8.4 Sustainable Development

Mock Test – 1

Mock Test – 2

Mock Test – 3

The GATE General Aptitude Book structured updated syllabus of GATE General Aptitude 2026 and placed under 4 Sections :

1) Quantititve Aptitude

2) Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation

3) Verbal Aptitude

4) Spatial Aptitude

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