GATE 2026 Question Paper Humanities and Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6)

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Humanities Social Sciences Sociology (XH C6)

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General Aptitude (GA)
Q.1 – Q.5 Carry ONE mark Each

Q.1 “He often _____ the numbers. False claims are not going to help. Honesty _____
trust”, said the manager.
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(B) excels; encourages

(C) aggravates; alleviates

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Humanities & Social Sciences (XH)

Q.2 In the sequence of tiles shown below, the missing tile indicated by the question
mark should be

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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Q.3 A school has 100 students distributed among 1st to 10th standards.

Based on this, which one of the following statements is always correct?

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(C) There are at most 10 students in 10th standard.

(D) The total number of students from 1st to 5th standards is at least 50.

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(B) 24
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Humanities & Social Sciences (XH)

Q.5 In a group of students, 10 students like Mathematics, 12 students like English,
4 students like both Mathematics and English, and 6 students like neither
Mathematics nor English. The number of students in the group is ____

(A) 18

(B) 20

(C) 24

(D) 32

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Q.6 – Q.10 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.6 Charity : P :: Retaliation : Q

Choose the appropriate pair of words P and Q that fit the analogy.

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(C) P = Resentful; Q = Spiteful

(D) P = Magnanimous; Q = Vindictive

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Humanities & Social Sciences (XH)

Q.7 A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a
cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface of the cube.
Referring to cubes shown in Panel II, which one of the options is correct?

(A) Only (i) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

(B) Only (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

(C) Both (i) and (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

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Q.8 Consider the cube shown below with its 8 corners labelled a, b, c, d, e, f, g,
and h. The figure is representative. All corners are to be colored such that any two
corners that are connected by an edge must be of different colors. The minimum
number of colors required to achieve this is ________

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Humanities & Social Sciences (XH)

Q.9 Four hills H1, H2, H3, and H4 are present in an area. The following observations
are made about them:

i. Neither H2 nor H3 is the easternmost hill.
ii. Neither H2 nor H3 is the westernmost hill.
iii. Neither the easternmost hill nor the westernmost hill is the southernmost
hill.
iv. Two hills are located to the west of H2.
v. The southernmost hill has at least two hills to its east.

The southernmost hill is ________.

(A) H1

(B) H2

(C) H3

(D) H4

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Q.10 As shown in the figure, circle 𝐶1 with center 𝑂1 and radius 𝑟1 touches the square
𝑉𝑊𝑋𝑌 at points 𝑃 and 𝑄 while circle 𝐶2 with center 𝑂2 and radius 𝑟2 touches the
square 𝑉𝑊𝑋𝑌 at points 𝑅 and 𝑆. The two circles touch each other at 𝑇.

̅̅̅̅ = 𝑉𝑊
Given 𝑟1 = 1 cm and 𝑉𝑌 ̅̅̅̅̅ = 4 cm, 𝑟2 = _____ cm.

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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.11 – Q.17 Carry ONE mark Each

Aman, Beena, Chiranjeevi and Dhiman are four siblings. Each of them is an
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expert in one of the performing arts, namely, dance, theatre, guitar and percussion,
not necessarily in that order.
The dancer is taller than the theatre expert. Aman is taller than Chiranjeevi. The
percussionist is taller than Beena but shorter than Aman. Beena is shorter than the
dancer. The guitarist is not the tallest. Dhiman is shorter than both, guitarist and
Chiranjeevi.

What is the expertise of Aman?

(A) Dance

(B) Theatre

(C) Guitar

(D) Percussion

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Q.12 Let ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 be an isosceles triangle with the base 𝐴𝐵 of length 8 units. Let 𝐶𝐷 be a
perpendicular of length 4 units drawn from the vertex 𝐶 onto the base
𝐴𝐵 and 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐵𝐶.

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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.13 In the given passage, fill in the blanks with most suitable set of given words:

The future must no longer be___ by the past. While, the effects of the past are still
with us, each day is a new___. Therefore, one should ___from solely believing in
destiny and crave towards charting their own path of success with grit and labour.
Positive_______ is imperative.

(A) Determined, beginning, refrain, anticipation

(B) Fascinated, one, include, physiology

(C) Explored, suffering, content, psychiatry

(D) Marred, life, hinder, labyrinth

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Q.14
Indian society is experiencing a boom in pet culture, where people are becoming
responsible caretakers of pets rather than merely providing food and shelter. They
no longer like to identify themselves as ‘pet-owners’ but rather as ‘pet-parents’.
This means that there is an emotional transaction rather than a utilitarian one.
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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.15
Three statements, S1, S2 and S3 are given, followed with 4 conclusions, C1, C2,
C3 and C4.
S1: Hostel authorities organised a special lunch on 01-02-26 during 12 noon to
3 pm, for those residents of the Hostel, who paid hostel mess fees on time.
S2: Hostel authorities issued a notice that, since elections for Mess Council is held
during 4-5 pm of 01-02-26, residents of the Hostel who are contesting the
elections need to stay away from the hostel since morning till 5 pm.
S3: Hostel residents who were eligible to have special lunch, had it on 01-02-26.
C1: Residents who did not have special lunch on 01-02-26, either did not pay
hostel mess fees on time or were contesting elections.
C2: Residents having special lunch on 01-02-26, were either not contesting
elections or had paid hostel mess fees on time.
C3: Residents who are contesting elections need not care about paying mess fees.
C4: Residents who have paid hostel mess fees on time could join special lunch
only if they are not contesting elections.
Which of the conclusion(s) is/are incorrect?

(A) Only one among C1, C2, C3 and C4 is incorrect.

(B) C1 and C2 are incorrect.

(C) C2 and C3 are incorrect.

(D) C3 and C4 are incorrect.

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Q.16
Six statements, S1 to S6, are given.
S1: All GATE candidates are engineers.
S2: Some GATE candidates are CAT candidates.
S3: All GRE candidates are GATE candidates.
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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.17 Four couples M-N, O-P, R-L, S-E meet to have a dinner together on an eight-
seater rectangular dining table with four seats each on opposite sides. The men are
named as M, O, R, S. Two of the men, O, R, sit on the two corners of one side of
the table and M sits beside R. Further, none of the couples occupy seats opposite
to each other. However, a person sits adjacent to the seat opposite to his/her
spouse.

Based on the information, which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

(A) R sits opposite to N and S sits opposite to P.

(B) R sits opposite to P and O sits opposite to N.

(C) S sits opposite to N and O sits opposite to L.

(D) M sits opposite to L and O sits opposite to E.

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Q.18 – Q.26 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.18
Me and my spouse have a big family, comprising 8 females and 6 males. We have
two sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest is unmarried. Out of my two
grandsons and three granddaughters, only one grandson is a single child. His
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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.19
Given the first four terms 30, 105, 385, 1001 in a sequence, which amongst the
following is the fifth term of the sequence?

(A) 2341

(B) 2431

(C) 2571

(D) 2751

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Q.20
Three players named Arun, Babita and Chandu play a game by tossing an
unbiased coin in turn whose rules are as follows:

Initially each player has 100 candies. If the tossing of this coin results in a ‘head’
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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.21
Choose the correct sequence of sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph:
P. However, in the context of texts dealing with science or engineering, this
condition may not be applicable.
Q. One can infer, that there is something called discipline fidelity and within
this aspect, content, language, structure and scope of a text may vary.
R. In the meaning-making process of a text, it is not always logic that is central.
S. Most of the times, it is the expression of the experience that supersedes the
structure and argument.
Which of the following options is/are correct and giving the most appropriate order
and meaning to the sentence?

(A) RSPQ

(B) QRSP

(C) RSQP

(D) SPRQ

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Q.22
Mental health is a global concern, especially among the youth. During the Covid-
19 pandemic, when schools and colleges were operating online, students were left
with no option but to stay at home leading to negligible social interaction. Several
studies indicate that even when offline classes have now resumed post Covid-19
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(D) Social connect is important for mental health.

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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.23 On the basis of syntax and grammar, identify the incorrect sentence(s).
I. Doctors have found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of
cerebral palsy around the world. They also suggested its abnormal impact
on speech and muscle movement.
II. Doctors have found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of
cerebral palsy around the world which suggests the abnormal impact on
speech and muscle movement.
III. Having found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral
palsy around the world, doctors are suggesting abnormal impact on speech
and muscle movement.
IV. Having found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral
palsy around the world, doctors suggested its abnormal impact on speech
and muscle movement.

(A) I

(B) II

(C) III

(D) IV

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Q.24
In a cricket match amongst 7 friends, named P1 – P7, P1 scored maximum
individual runs of 25 and P7 scored minimum individual run of 0. No two friends
had the same score. The median and average runs scored were 15 and 12.57, not
necessarily in that order. Two players, P2 and P3, who scored more than median
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(B) 20
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Reasoning and Comprehension (XH-B1)

Q.25
A police station has six personnel comprising an inspector (I) and five constables
(𝐶1 , 𝐶2 , 𝐶3 , 𝐶4 , 𝐶5). Normally, a ‘raid team’ of two, three, or four members is formed
depending upon the nature of the raid. As per rule, it is mandatory that the inspector
is part of raid team.
Number of distinct raid teams that can be formed is __________________.
(Answer in integer)

Q.26
A man visits four relatives on a day. He purchases some sweets and gives a part of
it to the first relative. Next, he purchases the same number of sweets he is left with
after he visited his first relative. He repeats this process while visiting his other
relatives. Finally, he gives all the sweets to his fourth relative. It is known that he
gives equal number of sweets to all the relatives and is left with no sweets after
the fourth relative. Assuming that he initially purchased more than 20 sweets, the
minimum number of sweets he gave to each relative is _______________.
(Answer in integer)

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Q.27 – Q.44 Carry ONE mark Each

Q.27 Which one of the following is NOT an example of the public sphere as
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Sociology (XH-C6)

Q.29 Which one of the following actions does NOT constitute social action according to
Max Weber?

(A) An unintended collision between two cyclists

(B) Winking at a friend

(C) Listening to music on your headphones while ignoring acquaintances in an elevator

(D) Two random unrelated cyclists trying to avoid colliding with each other at a busy
intersection

Q.30 Fill in the blank with the correct option:

One of the functions of the rain dance in the Hopi community is to demonstrate that
the Hopi are worthy enough to receive the much needed thunderstorms. According
to Robert Merton, this is an example of _________________.

(A) manifest function only

(B) both manifest and latent functions

(C) latent function only

(D) community dysfunction

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Q.31 According to Marshall Sahlins, which one of the following societies can be
characterized as the ‘original affluent society’?

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(C) Hunting-gathering society

(D) Peasant society

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Sociology (XH-C6)

Q.33 If jatis can set up their own ritual practices, then in the same manner, they can also
set up their own models for upward mobility within the ritual order of hierarchy.
What is this process known as?

(A) Segmentation

(B) Hypogamy

(C) Sanskritization

(D) Pauperization

Q.34 When a large target population that forms the basis of a social research study is
made up of many age groups, what is the best sampling technique to avoid the
problem of over-representation or under-representation of certain age groups in the
study?

(A) Opportunity sampling

(B) Snowball sampling

(C) Non-probability sampling

(D) Stratified random sampling

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Q.37 In the 1950s, early postcolonial Indian sociologists focused primarily on which one
of the following areas of inquiry?

(A) The family

(B) The village

(C) Religion and communalism

(D) Conflict and change

Q.38 Which one of the following options focuses on the relationship between peasant
mobilizations and the nationalist movement?

(A) Frankfurt school

(B) Subaltern studies

(C) Functionalist approach

(D) Structuralist approach

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Q.39 Consider the following statements about white collar professionals and choose the
correct option based on C. W. Mills’s views in his book, White Collar:

P) White collar professionals experience powerlessness as their daily lives become
increasingly routinized and regimented.

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(B) Both P and Q are incorrect

(C) P is incorrect and Q is correct

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(A) modernization theories
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Q.41 According to Durkheim, which of the following conditions of division of labour
is/are considered as leading to disintegration?

(A) Exaggeration of specialization of tasks

(B) Forced division of labour

(C) Increase in density of collective consciousness

(D) Increase in the density of population

Q.42 Which of the following options is/are the correct representation(s) of ‘Generalized
Other’ according to G. H. Mead?

(A) Necessarily only the family of the individual

(B) The organized community or group to which an individual belongs

(C) Culturally distant communities

(D) Stigmatized groups of the society

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Q.43 Select the option(s) that reflect(s) how new social movements (NSMs) differ from
their older counterparts.

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(D) They are organized towards transformative social change through the capture of
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Q.45 – Q.65 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.45 Which one of the following options correctly represents the simplest form of
circulation of commodities in Karl Marx’s formulation of C-M-C?

(A) The transformation of commodities to money and the change of money back into
commodities

(B) The circulation of money into the economy to change money and other resources to
commodities

(C) The change of money into commodities and the commodities into money through
the process of selling

(D) The transformation of capital into money and the consequent transformation of
money to commodities through the process of production

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Q.46 “These colonial reports did not simply present descriptive accounts of the small-
sized rural settlements spread across the subcontinent. They also attributed
significant value and character to them. For example, the villages in Munro’s and
Metcalfe’s writings had been stable systems for centuries and ‘lasted when nothing
else lasted.’” (Jodhka and Simpson eds., India’s Villages in the 21st Century, 2019,

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Q.48 Consider the following statements about models of disability and choose the correct
option:

P) The ‘medical model’ considers disability as a problem that can be fixed by
medical intervention alone.

Q) The ‘social model’ focuses on altering social arrangements that marginalize
atypical bodies.

(A) P is correct but Q is incorrect

(B) P is incorrect but Q is correct

(C) Both P and Q are correct

(D) Both P and Q are incorrect

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Q.49 Match the sociologists in Column A with their theoretical concepts on caste in
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Q.50 Which one of the following statements is true about the distinction between
secularism and secularization as argued by T. N. Madan?

(A) Secularism refers to legal reforms, while secularization is about economic policy.

(B) Secularization is a descriptive sociological process, while secularism is a normative
political doctrine.

(C) Secularization applies only to Western societies, while secularism is universal.

(D) Secularization is a form of religious revival, while secularism supports pluralism.

Q.51 Kani is tracing her family tree, and includes only her parents, grandparents, and
children – those only directly related to her by descent. She excludes her siblings
and cousins. In kinship terminology, what kind of kin is she focusing on?

(A) Unilateral descent

(B) Double descent

(C) Lineal descent

(D) Affinal descent

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Q.52 Which one of the following statements does NOT correctly represent the term
‘commercialization of agriculture’?

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(C) A process whereby community ownership of land is increased

(D) A shift to the cultivation of crops that have better market value

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Q.53 Match the authors listed in Column A with their concepts as listed in Column B
and choose the correct option.

Column A Column B

P. Karl Polanyi I. Calvinism

Q. Claude Levi-Strauss II. Substantive rationality

R. Max Weber III. Structuration

S. Anthony Giddens IV. Incest taboo

(A) P-III; Q-I; R-II; S-IV

(B) P-II; Q-III; R-I; S-IV

(C) P-III; Q-I; R-IV; S-II

(D) P-II; Q-IV; R-I; S-III

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Q.54 Which one of the following statements reflects the concept of constitutional
morality, as explained by B. R. Ambedkar?

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(C) Traditional social norms should not be the guiding principles for framing modern
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(A) Class
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Q.56 The term ‘Hawthorne effect’ refers to _____________.

(A) changes in people’s behaviour directly resulting from their knowledge of being
studied

(B) continued stability of people’s behaviour irrespective of their knowledge of being
studied

(C) a study where improving factory conditions drastically changed production output

(D) changes in the behaviour of the researcher as a result of conducting a study

Q.57 Which of the following is/are NOT the effect(s) of the Green Revolution?

(A) Emergence of egalitarian and sovereign agrarian communities

(B) Agrarian mobilizations

(C) Increase in soil fertility over time

(D) Increase in farmer indebtedness

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Q.58 Choose the option(s) that correctly interpret(s) Gilman’s metaphor of the corset as
expressed in the excerpt below:

“But the person habitually wearing a corset does not feel these evils. They exist,
assuredly, the facts are there, the body is not deceived; but the nerves have become
accustomed to these disagreeable sensations, and no longer respond to them. The
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effervescence’ is/are correct?

(A) It is strictly related to religious acts and excludes secular acts.
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(D) It is a heightened emotional and bodily experience that individuals undergo by
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Q.60 According to Louis Dumont, the Sarjuparis in North India have a proverb that says
that a father’s sister and brother’s daughter must not see the same lamp in the house
i.e., a girl should not be married in the same house as her father’s sister. Which of
the following kinship rules explain(s) this proverb?

(A) Cross-cousin marriage is barred.

(B) Uxorilocal marriage is barred.

(C) Exogamy is barred.

(D) Repetition of intermarriage in the same household and same direction is barred.

Q.61 Which of the following statements correctly describe(s) the term ‘statism’ in
subaltern studies?

(A) Authorizing dominant values of the state to determine the criteria of history

(B) Ideology according to which history is determined by the life of the state

(C) Belief that history is static for the state

(D) Knowledge of the past is developed through voices from the margins

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Q.62 Which of the following statements illustrate(s) the ‘field view’ of caste in Indian
society?

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(C) Caste system remained unchanged over centuries in India.

(D) The category of ‘dominant caste’ challenged the distribution of power in the varna
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Q.64 Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective focused on the frontstage and backstage of
social interaction.

Which of the following statements shed(s) light on aspect(s) of this dramaturgical
perspective?

(A) Space plays a significant role in the management of performances and impressions.

(B) There is a play of multiple motives in the performance of impression management.

(C) Impression management functions in a manner that is devoid of any moral
standards.

(D) Impression management shows the functioning of the self as character and
performer.

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Q. 65 Which of the following statements correctly reflect(s) the differences between open
and closed systems of stratification, according to Dipankar Gupta?

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(C) In closed systems of stratification, it is never the individual but the group that is the
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(D) In open systems of stratification, it is always the group and never the individual that
is the unit of social mobility.
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