CBSE Class 12th Arts Syllabus 2023: Download PDF here

Topics

Weightage (In Marks)

Theme 1 - Bricks, Beads and Bones

25

Theme 2 - Kings, Farmers and Towns

Theme 3 - Kinship, Caste and Class

Theme 4 - Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Theme 5 - Through the Eyes of Travellers

Theme 6 - Bhakti –Sufi Traditions

Theme 7 - An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagar

Theme 8 - Peasants, Zamindars and the State 

Theme 10 - Colonialism and The Countryside

Theme 11 - Rebels and the Raj

Theme 13 - Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement

Theme 15 - Framing the Constitution

Total

75 + 5(Map Work) = 80

Topics

Weoghtage (In Marks)

National Income and Related Aggregates

10

Money and Banking

Determination of Income and Employment

12

Government Budget and the Economy

06

Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991

12

Current challenges facing Indian Economy

• Employment
• Infrastructure
• Sustainable Economic Development

Development Experience of India – A Comparison with Neighbours-

Comparative Development Experience of India and its Neighbours

08

Total

80

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics

Unit 1: National Income and Related Aggregates

What is Macroeconomics?

Basic concepts in macroeconomics: consumption goods, capital goods, final goods, intermediate goods; stocks and flows; gross investment and depreciation.

Circular flow of income (two-sector model); Methods of calculating National Income - Value Added or Product method, Expenditure method, Income method.

Aggregates related to National Income: Gross National Product (GNP), Net National Product (NNP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Net Domestic Product (NDP) - at market price, at factor cost; Real and Nominal GDP.

GDP and Welfare

Unit 3: Determination of Income and Employment

Aggregate demand and its components.

Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal). Short-run equilibrium output; investment multiplier and its mechanism. Meaning of full employment and involuntary unemployment.

Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct them - changes in government spending, taxes and money supply through Bank Rate, CRR, SLR, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate, Open Market Operations, Margin requirement.

Part B: Indian Economic Development

Unit 7: Current challenges facing Indian Economy

Employment: Growth and changes in work force participation rate in formal and informal sectors; problems and policies

Infrastructure: Meaning and Types: Case Studies: Health: Problems and Policies- A critical assessment;

Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning, Effects of Economic Development on Resources and Environment, including global warming

Unit 8: Development Experience of India

A comparison with neighbours India and Pakistan, India and China

Issues: economic growth, population, sectoral development and other Human Development Indicators

Sr. No.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Structural Change

5

Cultural Change

5

Change and Development in Rural Society

10

Change and Development in Industrial Society

10

Social Movements

10

Total

80 Marks

Part A: Fundamentals of Human Geography

(15 Marks)

Unit III

Human Activities

Secondary activities-concept; manufacturing: types - household, small scale, large scale; agro based and mineral based industries; people engaged in secondary activities - some examples from selected countries

Tertiary activities-concept; trade, transport and tourism; services; people engaged in tertiary activities - some examples from selected countries

Quaternary activities-concept; people engaged in quaternary activities - case study from selected countries

9 Marks

Unit IV

Transport and Communication

Land transport - roads, railways; trans-continental railways Water transport - inland waterways; major ocean routes Air transport - Intercontinental air routes

Oil and gas pipelines

Satellite communication and cyberspace - importance and usage for geographical information; use of GPS

6 Marks

Part B: India: People and Economy

(15 Marks)

Unit III

Resources and Development

Mineral and energy resources - distribution of metallic (Iron ore, Copper, Bauxite, Manganese); non-metallic (Mica, Salt) minerals; conventional (Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas and Hydroelectricity) and non-conventional energy sources (solar, wind, biogas) and conservation

Planning in India - target group area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)

7 Marks

Unit IV

Transport and Communication

Transport and communication-roads, railways, waterways and airways: oil and gas pipelines; Geographical information and communication networks

4 Marks

Unit V

Geographical Perspective on selected issues and problems

4 Marks

Sr. No.

Topics

Part A: Contemporary World Politics

7

New Centers of Power

08

8

South Asia and the Contemporary

World

06

9

Globalization

06

Part B: Politics in India Since Independence

10

Parties and the Party Systems in India

06

11

Democratic Resurgence

06

12

Indian Politics: Trends and

Developments

08

Total

40