Rajasthan RBSE Class 12 Arts Syllabus 2023-24 - Check Subject Wise Syllabus

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics

Unit 1: Macroeconomics

Introduction and National Income

Unit 2: Money and Banking

Money and Banking

Unit 3: Income and employment

Determination of income and employment

Unit 4: Government budget

Government budget and the economy

Unit 5: Open Economy 

The open economy of macroeconomics

Part B: Introductory Microeconomics

Unit 1: Microeconomics

Introduction

Unit 2: Consumer Behaviour 

Theory of consumer behavior

Unit 3: Concepts of Production and Costs

Production and cost

Unit 4: Perfect Competition 

The theory of the firm under perfect competition

Unit 5: Market 

Equilibrium and noncompetitive market

Part 1: Themes in Indian History 

The Harappan Civilisation-Bricks, Beads, and Bones 

1. Beginnings 2. Subsistence Strategies –Agricultural technologies 3. Mohenjodaro-A Planned Urban Centre 4. Tracking Social Differences:4.1 Burials 5. Finding Out About Craft-Production-Identifying centers of

production 6. Strategies for Procuring Materials 7. Seals, Script, Weights 8. Ancient Authority-Place and Kings

9. The End of the Civilisation 10. Discovering the Harappan Civilisation 11. Problems of Piecing Together the Past.

Early States and Economies - Kings, Farmers, and Towns

1. Prinsep and Piyadassi 2. The Earliest States 3. An Early Empire 4. New Notions of Kingship 5. A Changing Countryside 6. Towns and Trade 7.Back to basics - Meaning of records Deciphering Brahmi, Kharosthi Script. Historical evidence from inscriptions 8. The Limitations of Inscriptional Evidence

Early Societies: Kinship, Caste, and Class

1. The Critical Edition of the Mahabharata 2. Kinship and Marriage Many Rules and Varied Practices 3. Social Differences: Within and Beyond the Framework of Caste 4. Beyond Birth Resources and status 5. Explaining Social Differences: A Social Contract 6. Handling Texts Historians and the

Mahabharata 7. A Dynamic Text

4 -Thinkers, Beliefs, and Buildings: Cultural Developments

1. A Glimpse of Sanchi 2. The Background: Sacrifices and Debates 3.Beyond Worldly

Pleasures: The Message of Mahavira 4.The Buddha and the Quest for Enlightenment 5. The Teachings of the Buddha 6. Followers of the Buddha 7. Stupas 8. “Discovering” Stupas The Fate of Amaravati and Sanchi 9. Sculpture 10. New Religious Traditions11. Can We “See” Everything?

Themes in Indian History Part II 

Through the Eyes of Travellers' Perceptions of Society( c. Tenth to Seventeenth Century)

1. Al-Biruni and the:Kitab-ul-Hind 2. Ibn Battuta’s Rihla 3. François Bernier A Doctor with a Difference 4. Making Sense of an Alien World Al-Biruni and the Sanskritic Tradition 5. Ibn Battuta and the excitement of the Unfamiliar 6. Bernier and the “Degenerate” East 7. Women Slaves, Sati, and Labourers.

Bhakti - Sufi Traditions Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts(c. Eighth to Eighteenth Century)

1. A Mosaic of Religious Beliefs and Practices 2. Poems of Prayer Early Traditions of Bhakti 3. The Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka 4. Religious Ferment in North India 5. New Strands in the Fabric Islamic Traditions 6. The Growth of Sufism 7. The Chishtis in the Subcontinent 8. New Devotional Paths Dialogue and Dissent in Northern India 9. Reconstructing Histories of Religious Traditions.

An Imperial Capital Vijayanagara (c. Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century)

1. The Discovery of Hampi 2. Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans 3. Vijayanagara The Capital and its Environs 4. The Royal Centre 5. The Sacred Centre 6. Plotting Palaces, Temples, and Bazaars 7. Questions in Search of Answers.

Peasants, Zamindars and the State-Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. SixteenthSeventeenth Centuries)

1. Peasants and Agricultural Production 2. The Village Community 3. Women in Agrarian Society 4. Forests and Tribes 5. The Zamindars 6. Land Revenue System 7. The Flow of Silver 8. The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’lFazl Allami

Kings and Chronicles The Mughal Courts (c. Sixteenth- Seventeenth Centuries)

1. The Mughals and Their Empire 2. The Production of Chronicles 3. The Painted Image 4. The Akbar Nama and the Badshah Nama 5. The Ideal Kingdom 6. Capitals and Courts 7. The Imperial Household 8.

The Imperial Officials 9. Beyond the Frontiers 10. Questioning Formal Religion.

Part A - Fundamentals of Human Geography 

I. Introduction to Human Geography

Human Geography-definition, nature, subject matter, and significance.

Major tribes in the world - Eskimos, Bushman, Gond, Bhil: their distribution, economic and cultural characteristics.

II. World Population

World population - distribution, factor affecting population density.

Population growth - causes, problems and solutions, demographic transition theory.

Population structure - age group, sex ratio, rural-urban.

Migration - concept, types, aspects, and problems.

Concepts of human development.

III. Human Settlements in the World

Settlement - types of rural and urban settlements, patterns, and problems.

Urban slum - problems and solutions.

A case study of the Dharavi slum area in Mumbai.

IV. Human Occupations

Primary occupations - introduction, agriculture, mining, hunting, animal husbandry, fishing, and ancestral gathering.

Secondary occupations - types of industries, determination of industrial location, agro-based industries, manufacturing industries.

Tertiary, Quaternary, and quandary occupations.

V. World: Transport, Network, and Trade 

Surface transport - principal international roads and railways.

Water transport - principal inland and oceanic waterways, ports, Suez and Panama canal sea routes.

Air transport - principal air routes and airports.

Pipeline transport - principal oil and gas lines.

International trade and role of India.

Modern means of mass communication - satellite, internet, mobile, etc.

VI. Environment

Environmental problems - pollution, acid rain, greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion.

World environmental summits.

VII. Map Work

Map work based on the subject matter mentioned above on the outline map of the world.

Part B - India: Population and Economics 

VIII. India - Population

Distribution, density, population, growth, and aspects.

Population structure - age group, literacy, sex ratio, literacy, rural and urban.

Racial groups, religious composition, and foreign impact on Indian culture.

IX. Resources

Resources - classification, conservation, and sustainable development.

Non-biotic resources - land, water, minerals (iron, copper,

aluminum, mica).

Biotic resources - animal wealth, forest, and fisheries.

Energy resources - conventional (coal, petroleum, hydroelectricity) and nonconventional (nuclear, organic, wind, and solar).

X. Agriculture

Types of agriculture - subsistence and commercial, wet farming and dry farming, intensive and dispersed, organic and chemical fertilizers based horticulture.

Major crops - distribution and production of wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane, and tea.

XI - Manufacturing Industries and Transport

Industrial development in India, major industries - iron steel, aluminum, cement, cotton textile, sugar, and engineering.

Transport - land, water, air, oil, and gas pipelines

XII. Development and Planning

Development and planning - major plans and implementation.

Regional planning - regional imbalances, desert development program, tribal area development program, mountain area development.

Poverty alleviation and employment programs, MGNREGA - role and impact.

Sustainable development - traditional and modern viewpoints.

XIII. Rajasthan - Population and Economy

Rural development - dairy and cottage industries.

Major industries - cotton textile, cement.

Minerals - marble, copper, zinc, silver, tungsten, gypsum, and petroleum.

(4) Major irrigation projects - Chambal, Indira Gandhi, and Mahi.

(5) Problem of drinking water and plans.

(6) Population distribution, density, sex ratio, and literacy.

(7) Major tribes - Meena, Bhil, Garasia, Saharia, and Damor.

XIV. Map Work

Map Work based on the subject matter of part (B) above on the outline maps of India and Rajasthan

Indian Society 

Introduction to Indian society

Introducing Indian Society, Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community, Gender Inequality, and Socialization.

The Demographic Structure of Indian Society.

Chapter 2. Demographic, Demographic Theories and concepts in demography: Malthus's Population Growth Theory, Demographic Transitions, General Concepts and Indicators, India's Population Size and Growth Rate, Birth Rate, Death Rate, Fertility Rate, Infant Mortality, Indian Population Age Structure, Age possibility, Dependency Ratio, Falling Gender Ratio in India, Literacy, Rural-Urban Divisions, Population Policy in India

Social Institutions: Continuity and Change:

Caste and caste system, Varna, colonialism and caste, contemporary form of caste, Trible Communities Classification, family and kinship, Sanskritisation Dominant Caste.

The Market as a Social Institution.

Sociological Perspectives on Markets and The Weekly Tribal market caste Based Market and trading network in Pre Colonial and Colonial India, Economy, Understanding Capitalism as a Social System, GlobalizationLocal, regional, national and international markets, Liberalisation.

Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion.

Social Inequality Social Stratification and Social Exclusion. Untouchability, Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes

Adivasi Struggles. The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights. The struggles of the Differently Abled/Disabled.

Diversity The Challenges of Cultural Diversity.

Cultural communities Nation and the nation-state. Regionalism in the Indian context. The Nation, state, and religion-related issues and identities. Minority Right and Nation Building Communalism, secularism and the nation-state. State and Civil Society.

Change And Development in Indian Society 

Structural Change

Understanding Colonialism, Capitalism, Industrialization and Urbanization in India, Industrialisation in Independent India, Urbanisation In Independent India.

Cultural Change

Social reform movements in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Understanding Sanskritisation, Modernization, Secularization and Westernization, Different types of social change.

The Story of Indian Democracy Indian 

Constitution, Competing Interest The Constitution and Social Change, Constitutional Norms and Social Justice: Interpretation of Social Justice Empowerment, Challenges of Panchayati Raj and Social Change, Powers and Responsibilities of Panchayats, Panchayati Raj in Tribal Areas Democratisation and Inequality, Political Parties, Pressure Group, and democratic politics.

Change and Development in Rural Society

Agrarian Structure: Caste & class in Rural India. Land Reforms, Green revolution, and its social consequences. Transformation in Rural Society. After independence Circulation of labor. Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society.

Change and Development in Industrial Society

Images of industrial society, industrialization in India, Employment opportunities working

conditions, Home Based work strikes, and trade unions

Globalization and Social Change

Understanding globalization, Colonialism and The Global Connection Dimensions of Globalization: Economic, Political, Cultural, Global Communications, Globalisation and Labour, Globalisation and Culture.

Mass Media and Communications

Radio-television and print media, Variety of mass India, The beginnings of Modern mass

media changing nature of media in Independent India. Globalization and the media. Media and a variety of mass media

Social Movements

Concept of Social Movements. Sociology and Social Movements Theories and

Classification of Social Movements, Ecological Movements. Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants, The Women's movements