CBSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2024

Last updated on July 14th, 2024 at 06:03 pm

Total Marks = 100 (80 Theory + 20 Project Work)

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 80

Part – A: Contemporary World Politic

1. The End of Bipolarity

• Disintegration of Soviet Union
• Unipolar World
• Middle-East Crisis-Afghanistan
• Gulf War
• Democratic Politics and Democratization – CIS and the 21st Century (Arab Spring)

2. Contemporary Centers of Power

• Organizations: European Union, ASEAN, SAARC, BRICS.
• Nations: Russia, China, Israel, India.

3. Contemporary South Asia

• Conflicts and efforts for peace in South Asia: Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives

4. International Organizations 

• Principal Organs, Key Agencies: UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, ILO, Security Council and its Need for Expansion.

5. Security In The Contemporary World

6. Environment And Natural Resources

7. Globalization

• Globalization: Meaning, Manifestations and Debates.

Part-B: Politics in India since Independence

8. Challenges of Nation-Building

• Nation and Nation Building
• Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and Integration of States
• Legacy of Partition: Challenge of Refugee
• Resettlement, Kashmir Issue, Nehru’s Approach to Nation-Building
• Political Conflicts over Language and Linguistic Organization of States.

9. Era of One-Party Dominance

• National Development Council
• NITI Aayog

10. Politics of Planned Development

11. India’s External Relations

• Principles of Foreign Policy, India’s Changing Relations with other Nations: US, Russia, China, Israel.

12. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

• Congress System
• Bi- party System
• Multi-party Coalition System

13. The Crisis of Democratic Order

• Jai Prakash Narayan and Total Revolution
• Ram Manohar Lohiya and Socialism
• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Integral Humanism National Emergence
• Democratic Upsurges: Participation of the Adults, Backwards and Youth.

14. Regional Aspirations

• Era of Coalition
• National Front
• UnitedProgressive Alliance [UPA] I &II
• National Democratic Alliance [NDA]- I,II,III & IV, Issues of Development and Governance

15. Recent Developments in Indian Politics

( Note: Practice of Passage, Map and Cartoon based questions from entire Syllabus is mandatory)

Marking Scheme

Part – A: Contemporary World Politics

Part-B: Politics in India since Independence

Project Work

              Details of Project Work
 
? The Project work will be implemented in class XII from the session ie 2019-20.
 
? Out of 20 marks, 10 marks are to be allotted to viva voce and 10 marks for 
 project work.
 
? For class XII, the evaluation for 20 marks project work should be done jointly 
 by the internal as well as the external examiner.
 
? The project can be individual/pair/group of 4-5 each. The Project can be 
 made on any of the topics given in the syllabus of a particular class.
 
? The suggestive list of activities for project work is as follows:-
Role Play, Skit, Presentation, Model, Field Survey, Mock Drills/Mock Event etc.

? The teacher should give enough time for preparation of the Project Work. The 
topics for Project Work taken up by the student must be discussed by the 
teacher in classroom. 

Click Below For Chapters

Chapter 1: Cold War Era and Non aligned Movement

Chapter 2: The End of Bipolarity

Chapter 3: New Centres of Power

Chapter 4: South Asia and the Contemporary World

Chapter 5: United Nations and its Organizations

Chapter 6: Globalization

Chapter 7: Challenges of Nation-Building

Chapter 8: Planned Development

Chapter 9: India’s Foreign Policy

Chapter 10: Parties and the Party Systems in India

Chapter 11: Democratic Resurgence

Chapter 12: Indian Politics: Trends and Developments