This is an English medium book from Ceramic Academy by Vikas Gupta Sir, covering Sociology for the RAS Mains examination conducted by RPSC. It is a New Edition 2026, completely revised as per the latest RAS 2026 syllabus, and is written specifically as study material for RAS Mains Paper-I, Unit III. The entire book is written in English in the Roman script; candidates preparing in Hindi should look for the Hindi medium edition of the RAS Mains series rather than this volume.
Writing to a single unit of a single paper is the useful thing about this title. Sociology as a discipline is vast, and general sociology textbooks — written for degree students rather than for RAS — cover schools of thought, theorists and debates that Unit III does not ask about, while treating the Rajasthan-specific social material as marginal. That is precisely inverted for this examination. A candidate working from a general text spends weeks on material that will not appear and still arrives underprepared on what will.
The RAS 2026 revision is the specification to verify on any Mains subject book this cycle. RPSC has restructured the Mains syllabus, and units have been reorganised between papers; a book written to the previous arrangement covers the wrong ground under the right-sounding heading. This edition is set to the current syllabus and pitched at the Mains standard — descriptive answers within word limits, where a clear definition, an accurate concept and a relevant Indian or Rajasthan example earn marks that a general essay does not.
Please note that this book is entirely in the English language; it is not a Hindi medium edition.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script)
Author: Vikas Gupta Sir
Published by Ceramic Academy
New Edition 2026
Completely revised as per the latest RAS 2026 syllabus
Study material for RAS Mains Paper-I, Unit III
Conducted by RPSC
Written to the specific unit rather than as a general sociology textbook
Covers sociological concepts and basic terminology
Covers social structure, social institutions and social processes
Covers social change, social problems and social movements
Covers Indian and Rajasthan social context as the syllabus requires
Pitched at the Mains descriptive standard, not an objective test
Part of Ceramic Academy's RAS Mains series
Best used alongside answer-writing practice for Mains
सिरेमिक एकेडमी द्वारा प्रकाशित तथा विकास गुप्ता सर द्वारा लिखित यह पुस्तक RPSC द्वारा आयोजित RAS मुख्य परीक्षा के प्रश्न-पत्र प्रथम, इकाई-III (समाजशास्त्र) हेतु तैयार की गई है तथा RAS 2026 के नवीनतम पाठ्यक्रम के अनुसार पूर्णतः संशोधित है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं — हिन्दी माध्यम के अभ्यर्थी इसी श्रृंखला का हिन्दी संस्करण देखें। इस पुस्तक की उपयोगिता यही है कि यह एक ही प्रश्न-पत्र की एक ही इकाई के लिए लिखी गई है — सामान्य समाजशास्त्र की पुस्तकें उन सिद्धांतों एवं विवादों पर पृष्ठ व्यय करती हैं जो इस इकाई में पूछे ही नहीं जाते, जबकि भारतीय एवं राजस्थानी सामाजिक संदर्भ को गौण रखती हैं, जो यहाँ मुख्य है। नवीनतम पाठ्यक्रम देखना आवश्यक है, क्योंकि RPSC ने मुख्य परीक्षा के पाठ्यक्रम में इकाइयों का पुनर्गठन किया है।
