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CLASS-XII
PAPER : POLITICAL
SCIENCE
BOARD
SCHEME:
Marks :
100
CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE
1. Key Concepts (Marks :
8)
2. Major Political Theories
(Marks : 10)
3. Sphere and Limits of State
Activity (Marks : 6)
4. India - a welfare state
(Marks : 6)
(including directive
principles
of State Policy)
5. Rights and Duties (Marks :
6)
6. Fundamental rights and
duties in India (Marks : 8)
INDIAN DEMOCRACY AT
WORK
7. The Electorate and
Representation (Marks : 6)
8. The Electoral System in
India (Marks : 6)
9. Party System and Public
Opinion (Marks : 8)
10. Party System in India
(Marks : 8)
11. Local Self Government in
India (Marks : 6)
12. Challenges to Indian
Democracy (Marks : 8)
13. Socio-economic
Development in India (Marks : 6)
14. India and the World
(Marks : 8)
Topic-Wise Details
Unit 1 : Key Concepts (Marks
: 8)
- Law : meaning, source,
kinds, law and morality.
- Liberty : Meaning, kinds,
law & liberty.
- Equality : meaning,
kinds, liberty & equality.
- Justice : meaning &
dimensions.
Unit 2
: Major Political Theories (Marks :
10)
- Liberalism
- Socialism
- Fascim
- Gandhism
Unit 3 : Sphere and Limits of
State Activity (Marks : 6)
- Changing concept of State
activity
(i) Idealist (ii)
Individualist
(iii)Anarchist (iv)
Collectivist
- State Activity in Modern
Times
(ii)Welfare (ii)
Developmental
Unit 4 : India - A welfare
state (including directive principles of State
policy) (Marks : 6)
Directive Principles of State
Policy and their relevance.
Unit 5: Rights and Duties
(Marks : 6 )
- Meaning and kinds of
Rights.
- Meaning and kinds of
Duties.
- Relation between Rights
& Duties.
Unit 6 : Fundamental Rights
and Duties in India (Marks : 8)
- Fundamental Rights
- Fundamental Rights and
Directives Principles - Distinction and
relation.
- Fundamental Duities.
Indian Democracy at Work
Unit 7 : Electorate and
Representation (Marks : 6)
- Adult Franchise.
- Systems of
Representation.
- Territorial - Functions.
- Simple Majority
- Proportional
Representation - Single Transferable vote and
List system.
- Minority Representation -
Cumulative vote system, second vote Plan.
Unit 8 : Electoral System in
India (Marks : 6)
- Election Commission -
Composition, Powers and Functions.
- Adult Franchise
- Election Procedure
- Electoral Reforms
Unit 9 : Party System and
Public Opinion (Marks : 8)
- Political Parties -
meaning, functions and role.
- Party system - one party,
two party, multi - party.
- Public Opinion - meaning
and role.
- Agencies of Public
Opinion -Political Parties, Interest Groups,
Press, Electronic Media,
Educational Institutions.
Unit 10 : Party System in
India ( Marks : 8)
- Nature of party system in
India
- National and regional
parties.
- Study of major political
parties.
- Role of opposition in
Indian democracy.
- Interest Groups in India
Unit 11 : Local
Self-Government in India (Marks : 6)
- Urban Local Government
- Municipal Corporation :
Composition, Functions and Role.
- Municipal committee /
Municipal Boards : Composition,
- Functions and Role
- Rural Local Government
- Panchayati Raj -
Structure and functions
(1) Gram Panchayat
(2) Panchayat
Samiti
(3) Zila Parishad
Note : The above topics are
to be taught in the light of 73rd and 74th constitutional
amendments.
Unit 12 : Challenge to Indian
Democracy (Marks : 8)
- Inequality : Social and
economic.
- Illiteracy, Population
explosion.
- Regional imbalances,
Linguism, Communalism, Casteism
- Violence & Separatism
Unit 13 : Socio - Economic
Development in India (Marks : 6)
- Planning for Socio -
Economic Development.
- Planning Commission :
functions and role.
- National Development
Council : functions and role.
- Development of Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribes.
- Schedule Caste and
Schedule Tribes Commission function and
role.
- Development of backward
classes - implementation of the Mandal
Commission Report.
Unit 14 : India and the World
(Marks : 8)
- Foreign Policy of India
- (i) India and her
neighbours - Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan
& Sri Lanka.
(ii)India. Russia & U.S.A.
- United Nations - its
principal organs.
- India and the U.N.
System.
- India and selected world
problems, e.g. human rights, disarmament and
NIEO (New International Economic Order)
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