SYLLABUS OF GRADE XII - SOCIOLOGY (SO1213)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • this syllabus is divided into two parts. Both the parts are compulsory.
  • Separate marks are given with each unit.
 

UNIT

AREA COVERED

MARKS

PART A

INDIAN SOCIETY

UNIT 1

INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY (NON-EVALUATIVE)

05

UNIT 2

DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE & INDIAN SOCIETY

05

UNIT 3

SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS-CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

10

UNIT 4

MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

05

UNIT 5

PATTERN OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION

05

UNIT 6

CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

10

UNIT 7

SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECT WORK (NON-EVALUATIVE)

05

PART B

CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN SOCIETY

UNIT 8

STRUCTURAL CHANGE

05

UNIT 9

CULTURAL CHANGE

10

UNIT 10

THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY

05

UNIT 11

CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL SOCIETY

05

UNIT 12

CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

10

UNIT 13

GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE

05

UNIT 14

MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

05

UNIT 15

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

100

TOTAL MARKS

100        TIME: 3 HOURS

PART A : INDIAN SOCIETY

UNIT 1 : INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY(05 MARKS)
  • Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

UNIT 2 : DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND INDIAN SOCIETY(05 MARKS)

  • Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

UNIT 3 : SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE(10 MARKS)

  • Family and Kinship
  • The Caste System

UNIT 4 : MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION(05 MARKS)

  • Market as a Social Institution

UNIT 5 : PATTERN OF SOCIAL INQUALITY AND EXCLUSION(05 MARKS)

  • 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(10 MARKS)
  • 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(05 MARKS)

PART B : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

UNIT 8 : STRUCTURAL CHANGE(05 MARKS)
  • Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

UNIT 9 : CULTURAL CHANGE(10 MARKS)

  • Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
  • Social Reform Movements and Laws
 
UNIT 10 : THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY(05 MARKS)
  • 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(05 MARKS)
  • Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society

UNIT 12 : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY(10 MARKS)

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

UNIT 13 : GLOBALISATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE(05 MARKS)

 
UNIT 14 : MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION PROCESS(05 MARKS)

 

UNIT 15 : SOCIAL MOVEMENTS(10 MARKS)

  • 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