Sociology

Download CBSE class 12 Sociology study material in PDF format. MyCBSEguide provides solved papers, board question papers, revision notes and NCERT solutions for CBSE class 12 Sociology. The topics included are Introducing Indian Society, Demographic Structure and Indian Society, Social Institutions-Continuity and Change, Market as a Social Institution, Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion, Challenges of Cultural Diversity, Suggestions for Project Work, Structural Change, Cultural Change, The Story of Democracy, Change and Development in Rural Society, Change and Development in Industrial Society, Globalization and Social Change, Mass Media and Communications, Social Movements.

A. INDIAN SOCIETY ( 32 Marks)

Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

Unit 2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society

• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

• Family and Kinship
• The Caste System

Unit 4: Market as a Social Institution

• Market as a Social Institution

Unit 5: Pattern of Social In quality and Exclusion

• Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
• Marginalization of Tribal Communities
• The Struggle for Women's Equality
• The Protection of Religious Minorities
• Caring for the Differently Abled

Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
• Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
• What We Share

Unit 7: Suggestions for Project Work

B. CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Unit 8: Structural Change

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Unit 9: Cultural Change (12 Periods)

• Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
• Social Reform Movements and Laws

Unit 10: The Story of Democracy

• The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
• Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
• Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation

Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society

• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society

Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• Changes in the Class Structure

Unit 13: Globalisation and Social Change

Unit 14: Mass Media and Communication Process

Unit 15: Social Movements

• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Women's Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements
• Environmental Movements

Prescribed Books:
1. Introducing Sociology, Class XI, Published by NCERT
2. Understanding Society, Class XI, Published by NCERT
3. Indian Society, Class XII, Published by NCERT
4. Social Change and Development in India, Class XII, published by NCERT