CBSE 12th Class Sociology Syllabus

CBSE 12th Class Sociology Syllabus

Course Structure

Parts/UnitsTopicsMarks
Part AIndian Society32
Unit 1Introducing Indian Society
Unit 2Demographic Structure and Indian Society6
Unit 3Social Institution-Continuity and Change6
Unit 4Market as a Social Institution6
Unit 5Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion6
Unit 6Challenges of Cultural Diversity8
Unit 7Suggestions for Project Work
Part BChange and Development in Indian Society48
Unit 8Structural Change6
Unit 9Cultural Change6
Unit 10The Story of Democracy6
Unit 11Change and Development in Rural Society6
Unit 12Change and Development in Industrial Society6
Unit 13Globalization and Social Change6
Unit 14Mass Media and Communications6
Unit 15Social Movements6
Part CPractical Work20
Total (Part A + Part B + Part C)100

Course Syllabus

Part A: Indian Society

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 Inequality 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

  • 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

Practical Work

  • Project (undertaken during the academic year at school level)
    • Statement of the purpose
    • Methodology/Technique
    • Conclusion
  • Viva – based on the project work
  • Research design
    • Overall format
    • Research Question/Hypothesis
    • Choice of technique
    • Detailed procedure for implementation of technique
    • Limitations of the above technique

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