CBSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2024-25

CBSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2024-25

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• The End of Bipolarity: This section explores the transformation of global politics after the Cold War, focusing on the shift from a bipolar world order to a more complex and multipolar one.
• New Centers of Power: Students will study the rise of emerging global powers, particularly China and the European Union, and how these new centers of power impact global political dynamics.
• Contemporary South Asia: This part delves into the political, social, and economic challenges facing South Asia today, including regional conflicts, economic growth, and political stability.
• United Nations and Its Organizations: An in-depth study of the United Nations, its structure, functions, and role in maintaining peace, security, and promoting human rights worldwide.
• Security in the Contemporary World: This topic focuses on global security issues, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and the challenges countries face in ensuring peace in a rapidly changing world.

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CBSE Class 12
Political Science (Code No. 028)
Syllabus (2024-25)

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COURSE STRUCTURE

Part A: Contemporary World Politics

Chapter No.	Chapter Name	No. of Periods	Marks Allotted
1	The End of Bipolarity	15	6
2	Contemporary Centres of Power	18	6
3	Contemporary South Asia	18	6
4	International Organizations	10	6
5	Security in the Contemporary World	10	6
6	Environment and Natural Resources	12	6
7	Globalisation	12	4
	Total	95	40

Part B: Politics in India since Independence

Chapter No.	Chapter Name	No. of Periods	Marks Allotted
1	Challenges of Nation-Building	16	6
2	Era of One-Party Dominance	8	4
3	Politics of Planned Development	12	2
4	India’s External Relations	20	6
5	Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System	12	4
6	The Crisis of Democratic Order	15	4
7	Regional Aspirations	15	6
8	Recent Developments in Indian Politics	20	8
		118	40
	Total	213	80

COURSE CONTENTS

Part A: Contemporary World Politics
Chapter 1: The End of Bipolarity
Topics to be focused:

1. The Soviet System
2. Gorbachev and the disintegration
3. Causes and Consequences of disintegration of Soviet Union
4. Shock Therapy and its Consequences
5. New entities in world politics
   • Russia
   • Balkan States
   • Central Asian States
6. India’s relations with Russia and other post-communist countries

Chapter 2: Contemporary Centres of Power
Topics to be focused:

1. European Union
2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
3. Rise of China as an economic power
4. Japan and South Korea as emerging powers

Chapter 3: Contemporary South Asia
Topics to be focused:

1. Military and Democracy in Pakistan and Bangladesh
2. Monarchy and Democracy in Nepal
3. Ethnic Conflict and Democracy in Sri Lanka
4. India-Pakistan Conflicts
5. India and its Neighbours
6. Peace and Cooperation

Chapter 4: International Organizations
Topics to be focused:

1. Meaning and importance of International Organisations
2. Evolution of the UN
3. Structure and function of International Organisations
4. Principal Organs of UN
5. Reform of the UN after Cold War
6. Reform of Structures, Processes and Jurisdiction of the UN
7. India and the UN Reforms.
8. Key Agencies: IMF, World Bank, WTO, ILO, IAEA.
9. NGO: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch.
10. Implications and Future of International Organizations

Chapter 5: Security in Contemporary World
Topics to be focused:

1. Meaning and Type of Security.
2. Traditional concept of security
3. Non-tradition notions of Security.
4. New Sources of Threats
5. Cooperative Security
6. India’s Security strategy

Chapter 6: Environment and Natural Resources
Topics to be focused:

1. Environmental Concerns
2. Global Commons
3. Common but differentiated Responsibilities
4. India’s Stand on Environment Issues
5. Environmental Movements
6. Resource Geopolitics
7. Rights of Indigenous peoples

Chapter 7: Globalization
Topics to be focused:

1. Concept of globalisation
2. Causes and Consequences of globalisation
3. India and globalization
4. Resistance to globalization
5. India and resistance to globalisation

Part B: Politics in India Since Independence

Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation Building
Topics to be focused:

1. Challenges for the new Nation.
   • Three Challenges.
2. Partition: Displacement and Rehabilitation.
   • Consequences of Partition.
3. Integration of Princely States.
   • The problem
   • Government’s approach
   • Hyderabad
   • Manipur
4. Reorganisation of States.

Chapter 2: Era of One-Party Dominance
Topics to be focussed:

1. Challenge of building democracy.
2. Congress dominance in the first three general elections.
   • Nature of Congress dominance
   • Congress as social and ideological coalition.
   • Tolerance and management of Factions
3. Emergence of opposition parties.

Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development
Topics to be focussed:

1. Political contestation.
   • Ideas of Development.
   • Planning
   • Planning Commission
2. The Early Initiatives
   • The First Five Year Plan.
   • Rapid Industrialisation.

Chapter 4: India’s External Relations
Topics to be focussed:

1. International Context
2. The Policy of NonAlignment.
   • Nehru’s role
   • Distance from two camps.
   • Afro Asian Unity
3. Peace and conflict with China
   • The Chinese Invasion1962
   • War and Peace with Pakistan
   • Bangladesh War 1971
4. India’s Nuclear Policy.

Chapter 5: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System
Topics to be focused:

1. Challenge of Political Succession
   • From Nehru to Shastri
   • From Shastri to Indira Gandhi
2. Fourth General Election 1967
   • Context of the Election.
   • Non Congressism
   • Electoral Verdict
   • Coalitions
   • Defections
3. Split in the Congress
   • Indira vs the Syndicate
   • Presidential Election 1969
4. The 1971 Election and Restoration of Congress
   • The outcome and after
   • Restoration?

Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order
Topics to be focused:

1. Background to Emergency.
   • Economic Context.
   • Gujarat and Bihar Movements
   • Conflict with Judiciary
2. Declaration of Emergency
   • Crisis and response
   • Consequences
3. Lessons of the Emergency.
4. Politics after Emergency.
   • Lok Sabha Elections 1977
   • Janata Government
   • Legacy

Chapter 7: Regional Aspirations
Topics to be focused:

1. Region and the Nation
   • Indian Approach
   • Areas of Tension
   • Jammu and Kashmir
   • Roots of the Problem
   • External and Internal disputes
   • Politics since 1948
   • Insurgency and After
   • 2022 and Beyond
2. Punjab
   • Political Context
   • Cycle of Violence
   • Road to Peace
3. The Northeast
   • Demand for autonomy
   • Secessionist Movements
   • Movements against outsiders
   • Assam and National Integration

Chapter 8: Recent Developments in Indian Politics
Topics to be focused

1. Context of 1990s
2. Era of Coalition: Alliance Politics
3. Political rise if the Backward Classes
   • Mandal Implemented
   • Political Fallouts
4. Communalism, Secularism and Democracy.
   • Ayodhya Dispute
   • Demolition and after
5. Emergence of New Consensus
6. Lok Sabha Elections 2004
7. Growing Consensus

Prescribed Books:

1. Contemporary World Politics, Class XII, Published by NCERT
2. Politics in India since Independence, Class XII, Published by NCERT
3. Added Reference Material available with the document in the Annexure

Note: The above textbooks are also available in Hindi and Urdu versions.

QUESTION PAPER DESIGN

S.NO.	Competencies	Marks	Percentage
1	Knowledge and Remembering: Exhibit memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts.	22	27.5%
2	Understanding: Understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, explaining, describing, and stating main ideas.	24	30%
3	Applying: Solve problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts to interpret a situation/ cartoon/ clippings/ sources/ Map	22	27.5%
4	Analysis and Evaluation: Classify, compare, contrast, or differentiate between pieces of information; organize and/ or integrate from a variety of sources; Examine, synthesize information into parts and identify motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations.	12	15%
		80	100%

Note: Competency based questions for the examinations to be conducted in the academic year 2024-25 will be 50% in class XII.

QUESTION PAPER DESIGN

Book	Objective Type/MCQ (1Mark)	Short Answers Type I (2 Marks)	Short Answers Type II (4 Marks)	Passage /Map / Cartoon based (4 Marks)	Long Answers (6 Marks)	Total Marks
Book 1 Contemporary World Politics	6	3	3	1 (Passage)	2	40
Book 2 Politics in India since Independence	6	3	2	2 (Cartoon and Map)	2	40
Project/Practical						20
Total No. of Marks and Questions	1 × 12 = 12	2 × 6 = 12	4 × 5 = 20	4 × 3 = 12	6 × 4 = 24	80 + 20 = 100

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