GATE Humanities & Social Sciences (XH) Syllabus 2024: PDF Download, List of Chapters and Topics

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Microeconomics

• Consumer Preferences
• Marshallian And Hicksian Demand Functions
• Slutsky Equation
• Euler’s Theorem
• The Theory Of Revealed Preference
• Cobweb Model
• Non-Cooperative Games
• Efficiency Criteria: Pareto-Optimality

Macroeconomics

• Theories Of Consumption
• Investment Function Specifications
• Liquidity Preference And Liquidity Trap
• Money Multiplier
• Instruments Of Monetary Policy
• Theories Of Inflation And Expectations Augmented Phillips Curve
• Business Cycles
• Closed Economy Is – Lm Model And Mundell Fleming Model

Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics

• Probability Distributions
• Statistical Inferences
• Hypothesis Testing
• Gauss Markov Theorem
• Cramer’s Rule
• Static Optimization Problems And Applications
• Linear Programming

International Economics

• Gains From Trade
• Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers To Trade
• Dumping And Anti-Dumping Policies
• Gatt, Wto And Regional Trade Blocks
• Balance Of Payments

Public Economics

• Market Failure And Remedial Measures
• Public Revenue
• Public Expenditure
• Public Debt And Its Management
• Budget Multiplier
• Market Failure And Coase Theorem
• Tax Incidence

Development Economics

• Indicators Of Economic Development
• Social Sector Development
• Demographic Dividend
• Models Of Economic Growth

Indian Economy

• Rural & Urban Development
• Infrastructure Development
• Fiscal Policy In The Indian Context
• Finance Commissions Of India
• Composition Of India’s Trade
• Competitiveness Of India’s Exports
• India’s Exchange Rate Policy

Language and Linguistics

• Language As An Object Of Inquiry
• Writing Systems
• Biological Foundations And Language Faculty
• Levels Of Grammar
• Levels Of Adequacy For Analysis
• Schools Of Linguistic Thought (European, American) And The Indian Grammatical Tradition

Phonetics and Phonology

• Vocal Tract Anatomy
• Phonation
• Articulatory Parameters
• Gestural Theory Of Speech Production
• Cardinal Vowels
• Suprasegmentals
• Phoneme Inventories And Cross-Linguistic Properties
• Syllable Structure And Phonological Properties
• Principles Of Phonological Analysis
• Autosegmental Phonology And Prosodic Morphology

Morphology

• Zero Allomorph
• Lexeme And Word
• Affixes Vs Clitics
• Identification Of Morphemes And Parts Of Speech
• Alternation
• Morphophonology
• Inflection Vs. Derivation
• Word Creation And Word Formation Rules And Processes

Syntax

• Generative Grammars including Minimalist Program, HPSG, Relational Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar
• Universal Grammar And Cross Linguistic Properties
• Diagnostics Of Structure
• Unergatives And Unaccusatives

Semantics and Pragmatics

• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Connotation And Denotation
• Prototype Theory And Componential Analysis
• Sentence Meaning And Utterance Meaning

Historical Linguistics

• Neogrammarian laws of phonetic change such as Grimm’s, Verner’s, Grassmann’s Laws
• Analogical Changes And Paradigm Levelling
• Linguistic Reconstruction - External Vs. Internal
• Language Contact And Dialect Geography – Borrowing And Impact Of Borrowing

Sociolinguistics

• Linguistic Repertoire Language, Dialect, Sociolect, Idiolect
• Taboo, Slang And Euphemism
• Speech Community And Communicative Competence
• Language Policies And Development (Especially In India)
• Code-Mixing And Code-Switching

Areal Typology, Universals, Cross-linguistic Features

• Morphological Types Of Languages Agglutinative, Analytical (Isolating), Synthetic Fusional (Inflecting), Polysynthetic (Incorporating) Languages
• Formal And Substantive Universals, Absolute And Statistical Universals
• Linguistic Relatedness—Genetic, Typological And Areal Classification Of Languages
• Salient Features Of South Asian Languages

Methods of Analysis

• Experimental And Non-Experimental Methods
• Sampling And Tools
• Identification Of Variables And Their Variants
• Data Processing And Interpretation
• Ethnomethodology

Classical Indian Philosophy

Orthodox Systems: Sānkhya

• Yoga
• Nyaya
• Vaisesika
• Vedanta

Heterodox Systems: Cārvāka

• Jainism
• Buddhism

Upaniṣads, Bhagavadgita, and Dharmasastras

• Philosophy of the Upanishads
• Meaning of Dharma
• Dharma- Svadharma and Sadharaṇa Dharma

KasmiraSaivism, Saivasiddhanta, VīraSaivism, Shaktism and Vaishnavism

• Siva and Sakti and Conception of Kriya
• Proofs for God’s Existence
• Bondage and Liberation

Classical and Modern Western Philosophy

Metaphysics

• Pre-Socratic Philosophy of Thales, Anaxagoras, Anaximenes, Ionians, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus and Democritus.
• Metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle
• Problem of evil and existence of God in St. Augustine, St. Anselm, and St. Thomas Aquinas Metaphysics in Modern Philosophy

Epistemology

• Plato and Aristotle’s Theory of Knowledge
• Theory of Causation
• Descartes Method of Doubt
• Locke’s Three Grades of Knowledge
• Berkeley’s Critique of Abstract Ideas
• Hume’s Impressions and Ideas
• Possibility of Synthetic a Priori Judgments
• Hegel’s Dialectics

Ethics

• Concepts of Good, Right, Justice, Duty, Obligation, Cardinal Virtues, Eudaemonism
• Egoism, Altruism, Universalism, Subjectivism, Cultural Relativism, Super-Naturalism
• Postulates of Morality
• Theories of Punishment
• Good-will

Logic

• Truth and Validity
• Truth-Functions and Propositional Logic
• Symbolic Logic

Psychometrics

• Foundations of Psychological Measurement
• Intelligence Test Items
• Performance Tests
• Standardisation of Measures

Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Behaviour

• Heredity and Behaviour Evolution and Natural Selection
• Biological Basis of Motivation
• Biological Basis of Emotion

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting

• What is Sensation
• Perception
• Theories of Learning
• Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language

• Basic Elements of Though
• Problem Solving
• Theories of Intelligence
• Emotional Intelligence
• Role of Heredity and Environment

Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping

• Emotions
• Theories of Emotions
• Factors in Stress Reaction
• Coping with Stress

Social Psychology

• Social Perception
• Social Influence
• Prejudice, Discrimination, Aggression, Power and Prosocial Behaviour, Belief Systems
• Group Dynamics
• Leadership Style and Effectiveness

Applications of Psychology

• Psychological Disorders
• Assessment and Diagnosis
• Behaviour Therapy
• Application of Theories of Motivation

Sociological Concepts

• Social Structure
• Status and Role;
• Identity;
• Community;
• Socialisation;
• Diaspora;
• Bureaucracy,
• Power and Authority

Social Stratification

• Caste and
• Class
• Gender
• Race, Tribe and Ethnicity

Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation

• Caste-Tribe Distinction and Continuum
• Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations
• Depeasantization and Agrarian Change
• Feudalism
• Panchayati Raj
• Rural Development Programmes and Community Development

Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches

• Structural-Functionalist
• Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
• Inheritance, Succession and Authority
• Gender Sexuality and Reproduction
• Family Laws
• Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
• Honour Killing

B1 (Reading and Comprehension)

25 Marks

General Aptitude

15 Marks

Humanities and Social Science

60 Marks

Total

100 marks

Economics

Microeconomics

Microeconomics | Eighth Edition

Robert Pindyck and Daniel Rubinfeld

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics

H. L. Ahuja

English

Literary Theory: Introduction Pearson: From Structuralism to Ecocriticism

Nayar

History of English Literature

Edward Albert

Linguistics

The Phonetics and Phonology of Contrast: The Case of the Romanian Vowel System (Phonology and Phonetics [PP] Book 19)

Margaret E. L. Renwick.

Sociolinguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

R. A. Hudson.

Philosophy

Classical Indian Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri

Classical Modern Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Jeffrey Tlumak

Psychology

Psychology for UGC-NET-SLET Paper-2 Paperback

NET Industry Experts

Cognitive Psychology: In and Out of the Laboratory

Kathleen M Galotti

Sociology

Sociological Theory

George Ritzer

Society in India: Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends

Ahuja Ram