CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 - CBSE 12th Class Sociology Syllabus Download PDF

A

Indian Society

1. Introducing Indian Society

0

Nonevaluative

2. The Demographic Structure of Indian Society 

10

10

3. Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

12

10

5. Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

18

10

6. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

22

10

7. Suggestions for Project Work

10

Nonevaluative

Total

40

B

Social Change and Development in India

8. Structural Change

8

5

9. Cultural Change

12

5

11. Change and Development in Rural Society

10

10

12. Change and Development in Industrial Society

12

10

15. Social Movements

18

10

Total

40

Total 

132

80

Unit 1

Introducing Indian Society

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Nonevaluative)

0 Periods

Unit 2

The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

• Theories and concepts in demography 
• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
• Population Policy in India

10 Periods

Unit 3

Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

• Caste and the Caste System
• Tribal Communities
• Family and Kinship

12 Periods

Unit 5

Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

• Social Inequality and Social Exclusion
• Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality - Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes
• Adivasi Struggles
• The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights
• The Struggles of the Differently Abled

18 Periods

Unit 6 

The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

• Cultural communities and the nation-state 
• Regionalism in the Indian context
• The nation-state and religion-related issues and identities
• Communalism, secularism and the nation-state
• State and Civil Society 

22 Periods

Unit 7

Suggestions for Project Work

10 Periods

B 

SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

40 Marks

Unit 8

Structural Change

• Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

8 Periods

Unit 9

Cultural Change Social 

• Reform Movements Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation, Westernization, Modernization, Secularization

12 Periods

Unit 11

Change and Development in Rural Society

• Agrarian Structure: Caste & Class in Rural India
• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian Society
• Green revolution and its social consequences
• Transformation in Rural Society Circulation of labour
• Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society

10 Periods

Unit 12

Change and Development in Industrial Society

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• How people find Jobs
• Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, home based work, Strikes and Unions

12 Periods

Unit 15

Social Movements

• Concept of Social Movements
• Theories and Classification of Social Movements
• Environmental Movements
• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Class/Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Tribal Movements
• Women’s Movements in Independent India

18 Periods

• Introduction -2 Marks
• Statement of Purpose – 2 Marks 
• Research Question – 2 Marks 
• Methodology – 3 Marks 
• Data Analysis – 4 Marks 
• Conclusion – 2 Marks

15 marks

Viva – based on the project work

5 marks

Part A 

Indian Society

4 (Market as a Social Institution)

Full Chapter

Part B 

Change and Development in Indian Society 

(Now, Social Change and Development in India)

10 (The Story of Indian Democracy)

Full Chapter (Renamed as ‘The Constitution and Social Change’) 

13 (Globalization and Social Change)

Full Chapter

14 (Mass Media and Communications)

Full Chapter