UPSC Sociology Optional Previous Year Question Papers (2014–2026)
Every question of Sociology Paper I and Sociology Paper II from 2014–2026: 728 parts, year-wise and chapter-wise, in English and Hindi, with marks, a suggested time and 728 model answers. Write an answer first, then compare it with the model answer, or send it to answer-writing practice for evaluation.
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Sociology 2026
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2025
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2024
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2023
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2022
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2021
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2020
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2019
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2018
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2017
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2016
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2015
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology 2014
56 questions · Sociology I: 28 · Sociology II: 28
56 model answers
Sociology Paper I: chapter-wise questions
- Sociology: The Discipline28 questions since 2014Notes
- Sociology as Science35 questions since 2014Notes
- Research Methods and Analysis31 questions since 2014Notes
- Sociological Thinkers: Marx and Durkheim28 questions since 2014Notes
- Sociological Thinkers: Max Weber9 questions since 2014Notes
- Sociological Thinkers: Parsons, Merton and Mead27 questions since 2014Notes
- Stratification and Mobility42 questions since 2014Notes
- Works and Economic Life27 questions since 2014Notes
- Politics and Society42 questions since 2014Notes
- Religion and Society26 questions since 2014Notes
- Systems of Kinship33 questions since 2014Notes
- Social Change in Modern Society36 questions since 2014Notes
Sociology Paper II: chapter-wise questions
- Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society19 questions since 2014Notes
- Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society28 questions since 2014Notes
- Rural and Agrarian Social Structure18 questions since 2014Notes
- Caste System29 questions since 2014Notes
- Tribal Communities in India18 questions since 2014Notes
- Social Classes in India16 questions since 2014Notes
- Kinship, Family and Religion in India39 questions since 2014Notes
- Visions of Social Change in India22 questions since 2014Notes
- Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India23 questions since 2014Notes
- Industrialisation and Urbanisation in India30 questions since 2014Notes
- Politics and Society in India26 questions since 2014Notes
- Social Movements in Modern India32 questions since 2014Notes
- Population Dynamics21 questions since 2014Notes
- Challenges of Social Transformation43 questions since 2014Notes