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Rajasthan SET (Sociology) Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026

Detail Information about Rajasthan SET has published notification 2026 for the Notification of SET (Sociology) Entrance Exam. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following Entrance Exam and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Notification with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.

RSET 2026 Syllabus: Overview
 
Exam Name Rajasthan State Eligibility Test (SET) 2026
Conducting body University of Kota
Exam level State Level
Exam frequency Once a year
Category Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Official website uok.ac.in

Rajasthan SET (Sociology) Syllabus 2026

Paper 1 :

Unit-I Teaching Aptitude :


1. Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
2. Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners
(Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
3. Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material,
Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
4. Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs.
Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam,
Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
5. Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
6. Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in
Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based
testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.

Unit-II Research Aptitude :

1. Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research.
2. Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
3. Steps of Research.
4. Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
5. Application of ICT in research.
6. Research ethics.

Unit-III Comprehension :

1. A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication :

1. Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
2. Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
3. Barriers to effective communication.
4. Mass-Media and Society.

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude :

1. Types of reasoning.
2. Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
3.  Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).

Unit-VI Logical Reasoning:

1. Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of
categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies,
Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical
square of opposition.
2. Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
3. Analogies.
4. Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
5. Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
6. Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana
(Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and
Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
7. Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation :

1. Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
3. Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
4. Data Interpretation.
5. Data and Governance.

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :

1. ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
2. Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
3. Digital initiatives in higher education.
4. ICT and Governance.

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment :

1. Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
2. Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
3. Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water
pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical,
hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and
Political dimensions.
4. Impacts of pollutants on human health.
5. Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
6. Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
7. Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate
Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit,
Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International
Solar Alliance.

Unit-X Higher Education System :

1. Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
2. Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
3. Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
4. Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
5. Value education and environmental education.
6. Policies, Governance, and Administration.

Paper 2 : 
Sociology :

Unit -1 : Sociological Theory :-

1. Classical Sociological Traditions :

a. Emile Durkheim
b. Max Weber
c. Karl Marx

2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism :

a. Bronislaw Malinowski
b. A.R. Radcliffe- Brown
c. Talcott Parsons
d. Robert K. Merton
e. Claude Levi Strauss

3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions :

a. G.H. Mead
b. Karl Manheim
c. Alfred Schutz
d. Harold Garfinkel
e. Erving Goffman
f. Clifford Geertz

4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism :

a. Edward Said
b. Pierre Bourdieu
c. Michel Foucault
d. Jurgen Habermas
e. Anthony Giddens
f. Manuel Castells

5. Indian Thinkers :

a. M.K. Gandhi
b. B.R. Ambedkar
c. Radha Kamal Mukherjee
d. G. S. Ghurye
e. M.N. Srinivas
f. Irawati Karve

Unit - 2 : Research Methodology and Methods :-

1. Conceptualizing Social Reality :

a. Philosophy of Science
b. Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science
c. Hermeneutic Traditions
d. Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science
e. Ethics and Politics

2. Formulating Research Design :

a. Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents
b. Induction and Deduction
c. Fact, Concept and Theory
d. Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives

3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods :

a. Ethnography
b. Survey Method
c. Historical Method
d. Comparative Method

4. Techniques :

a. Sampling
b. Questionnaire and Schedule
c. Statistical Analysis
d. Observation, Interview and Case study
e. Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing

Unit -3 : Basic Concepts and Institutions :-

1. Sociological Concepts :

a. Social Structure
b. Culture
c. Network
d. Status and Role
e. Identity
f. Community
g. Diaspora
h. Values, Norms and Rules
i. Personhood, Habitus and Agency
j. Bureaucracy, Power and Authority

2. Social Institutions :

a. Marriage, Family and Kinship
b. Economy
c. Polity
d. Religion
e. Education
f. Law and Customs

3. Social Stratification :

a. Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization
b. Caste and Class
c. Gender, Sexuality and Disability
d. Race, Tribe and Ethnicity
e. 5. Social Change and Processes
f. Evolution and Diffusion
g. Modernization and Development
h. Social Transformations and Globalization
i. Social Mobility

Unit – 4 : Rural and Urban Transformations :

1. Rural and Peasant Society : 

a. Caste-Tribe Settlements
b. Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations
c. Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations
d. Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration
e. Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements
f. Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence

2. Urban Society :

a. Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
b. Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities
c. Industry, Service and Business
d. Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves
e. Middle Class and Gated Communities
f. Urban Movements and Violence

Unit – 5 : State, Politics and Development :-

1. Political Processes in India :

a. Tribe, Nation State and Border
b. Bureaucracy
c. Governance and Development
d. Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods
e. Political Culture
f. Grass-root Democracy
g. Law and Society
h. Gender and Development
i. Corruption
j. Role of International Development Organizations

2. Social Movements and Protests

a. Political Factions, Pressure Groups
b. Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region
c. Civil Society and Citizenship
d. NGOs, Activism and Leadership
e. Reservations and Politics

Unit – 6 : Economy and Society

a. Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market
b. Mode of Production Debates
c. Property and Property Relations
d. State and Market: Welfarism and Neoliberalism
e. Models of Economic Development
f. Poverty and Exclusion
g. Factory and Industry Systems
h. Changing Nature of Labour Relations
i. Gender and Labour Process
j. Business and Family
k. Digital Economy, E-Commerce
l. Global Business and Corporates
m. Tourism
n. Consumption

Unit - 7: Environment and Society :

a. Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms
b. Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity
c. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine
d. Gender and Environment
e. Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion
f. Ecological Degradation and Migration
g. Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation
h. Water and Social Exclusion
i. Disasters and Community Responses
j. Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability
k. Climate Change and International Policies
l. Environmental Movements

Unit - 8: Family, Marriage and Kinship :

a. Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
b. Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
c. Inheritance, Succession and Authority
d. Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
e. Children, Youth and Elderly
f. Emotions and Family
g. Emergent Forms of Family
h. Changing Marriage Practices
i. Changing Care and Support Systems
j. Family Laws
k. Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
l. Honour Killing

Unit - 9 : Science, Technology and Society :

a. History of Technological Development
b. Changing notions of Time and Space
c. Flows and Boundaries
d. Virtual Community
e. Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media
f. E-Governance and Surveillance Society
g. Technology and Emerging Political Processes
h. State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion
i. Technology and Changing Family Relations
j. Technology and Changing Health Systems
k. Food and Technology
l. Cyber Crime

Unit - 10 : Culture and Symbolic Transformations :

a. Signs and Symbols
b. Rituals, Beliefs and Practices
c. Changing Material Culture
d. Moral Economy
e. Education: Formal and Informal
f. Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality
g. Commodification of Rituals
h. Communalism and Secularism
i. Cultural Identity and Mobilization
j. Culture and Politics
k. Gender, Body and Culture
l. Art and Aesthetics
m. Ethics and Morality
n. Sports and Culture
o. Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism
p. Religion and Economy
q. Culture and Environment
r. New Religious Movements


Rajasthan SET (Sociology) Exam Pattern 2026

Marking Scheme 2 Marks Awarded for each correct answer

Duration of Examination 3 Hours (without break)

There will be No Negative Marking

Medium of Question Paper English and Hindi

 
Paper Subject No. of Question Marks Duration
Paper - 1 Teaching and Research Aptitude 50 100 180 Minutes
Paper - 2 Concerned Subject (Sociology) 100 200
  Total 150 300 180 Minutes

Rajasthan SET Exam Date 2026 : 13th September 2026

Starting Date of Application Form : 14th June 2026

Last Date of Application Form : 
10th August 2026
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