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Sociology Previous Year Questions

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5Papers
5Years
195Questions
8Topics

Sociology question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 111 56.9%
Medium 82 42.1%
Hard 2 1%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 139 71.3%
MSQ 56 28.7%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Sociology
195 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Sociological Theory
48 Qs
Sociological Concepts
41 Qs
Indian Society/Sociology of India
31 Qs
Research Methodology and Methods
25 Qs
Sociology of Development
18 Qs
Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches
14 Qs
Social Movements
10 Qs
Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation
8 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Classical Sociological Traditions
30 Qs
Sociological Concepts
27 Qs
Recent theoretical developments, Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism
12 Qs
Kinship Theories and Gender Relations
12 Qs
Perspectives on Indian Society
12 Qs
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
11 Qs
Village Studies, Communalism and Secularism
11 Qs
Perspectives on the Study of Development
9 Qs
Development and its critique
8 Qs
Social Movement in India with Specific Reference to Social Basis, Leadership, Ideology and Actions
6 Qs
Social Institutions
6 Qs
Social Stratification
6 Qs
Social Institutions and Stratification in India
6 Qs
Research Techniques
5 Qs
Agrarian Change, Land Reforms and Rural Development
5 Qs
Conceptualizing Social Reality
5 Qs
Research Design
4 Qs
Agrarian Structure and Class Relations
3 Qs
Theories of Social Movements
2 Qs
Structural-Functionalism and Structuralism
2 Qs
Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
2 Qs
Social Change
2 Qs
Conflict Theory
2 Qs
Family Law and Gender-based Violence
2 Qs
Tradition, Modernity and Social Change
2 Qs
Social Movements, Civil Society and Globalization
1 Qs
The Micro-Politics of Development
1 Qs
Introduction to Social Movements
1 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026
39 Qs
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025
39 Qs
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024
39 Qs
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023
39 Qs
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022
39 Qs

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Sociological Theory

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48 questions5 papers5 years

Sociological Concepts

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41 questions5 papers5 years

Indian Society/Sociology of India

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31 questions5 papers5 years

Research Methodology and Methods

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25 questions5 papers5 years

Sociology of Development

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18 questions5 papers5 years

Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches

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14 questions5 papers5 years

Social Movements

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10 questions4 papers4 years

Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation

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8 questions5 papers5 years

Included previous year papers

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Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 20262026
39 questions in this view		2026
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 20252025
39 questions in this view		2025
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 20242024
39 questions in this view		2024
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 20232023
39 questions in this view		2023
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 20222022
39 questions in this view		2022
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Sample previous year questions

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2022 · Sociology · Research Methodology and Methods · Research Techniques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022
In a questionnaire based survey, the following item was asked to a respondent:
“I found the course interesting and structured.”
☐ Yes ☐ No
Which one of the given options clearly describes the item?
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2
2023 · Sociology · Sociological Theory · Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023
________ has given the concept of 'thick description'.
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2024 · Sociology · Sociological Theory · Recent theoretical developments, Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024

Fill in the blank with the correct option.

According to Thomas Kuhn, activities of normal science are like puzzle solving, since they seek to reach ________ that include solving instrumental, conceptual and methodological problems within the confines of certain rules.

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2025 · Sociology · Sociological Concepts
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Fill in the blank with the CORRECT option.

The term ________ was coined by Francis Galton in 1883. It promotes positive selection of people with particular genes who are thought to be intelligent and negative selection of people considered to be inferior or defective.

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2026 · Sociology · Sociological Theory · Classical Sociological Traditions
Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026
Which one of the following is NOT an example of the public sphere as conceptualized by J. Habermas?
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2022 · Sociology · Research Methodology and Methods · Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Which one of the following is used in causal analysis?

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