CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2026 - CBSE 12th Class Sociology Syllabus Download PDF

1. Introducing Indian Society

Nonevaluative

2. The Demographic Structure of Indian Society

10

3. Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

10

5. Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

10

6. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

10

7. Suggestions for Project Work

Nonevaluative

8. Structural Change

5

9. Cultural Change

5

11. Change and Development in Rural Society

10

12. Change and Development in Industrial Society

10

15. Social Movements

10

Total

80

Unit 1

Introducing Indian Society

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Nonevaluative)

Unit 2

The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

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

Unit 3

Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

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

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

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

Unit 7

Suggestions for Project Work

B

SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Unit 8

Structural Change

• Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Unit 9

Cultural Change Social

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

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

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

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

• 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