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Latest changes to CBSE syllabus Political Science class 12 for 2009

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Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi has made some changes to the syllabus of class 12 Political Science. These changes will be applicable from session 2008-2009. The Questions will be asked under Very Short Answer Type Questions carrying 1 marks and 2 marks, Short Answer Type Questions carrying 4 marks and long answer type questions carrying 6 marks. There will be total 35 questions. Out of that 5 questions will be Long Answer Type Questions. Students are advised to have a look over these latest changes.

POLITICAL SCIENCE, Class XII

Time : 3 hours

Max. Marks : 100

I Weightage of marks to Forms of Questions

S.NO.Forms of QuestionsMarks for each questionNo. of questionsTotal Marks
1.Very short answer type I11010
2.Very short answer type II21020
3.Short answer type I41040
4.Long answer type6530
5.Total35100

II. Scheme of Options: There will be no overall choice.  However, there is an internal choice in every question of 6 marks.

Part I : Contemporary World Politics

Part I : Contemporary World Politics                          Marks
Unit 1Cold war era in World Politics14
Unit 2Distribution of the second world and the collapse of bipolarity
Unit 3US dominance in World Politics16
Unit 4Alternative centres of Economic and Political power
Unit 5South Asia in the Post-cold War Era
Unit 6International organizations in a unipolar world10
Unit 7Security in Contemporary World
Unit 8Environment and natural resources in global politics10
Unit 9Globalization and its critics
Total I50
Part II : Politics in India since independence
Unit 10Era of one-party dominance16
Unit 11Nation-building and its problems
Unit 12Politics of planned development
Unit 13India’s external relations6
Unit 14Challenges to and restoration of Congress system14
Unit 15Crisis of the constitutional order
Unit 16Regional aspirations and conflicts14
Unit 17Rise of new social movements
Unit 18Democratic upsurge and coalition parties
Unit 19Recent issues and challenges
Total II50
Grand total  (I + II)100

The detailed content of unit 8 which has been added in the syllabus are as follows-

Unit 8: Environment and Natural resources in Global politics: Environment Movement and evolution of global environment norms, Conflicts over traditional and common property resources, right of indigenous people, India’s stand on global environmental debates.

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