CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2020-21| Check Latest Exam Pattern
CBSE has released Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2020-21. This year due to coronavirus pandemic, the board has reduced the syllabus and remove various topics. The question paper will be of 80 marks. Practical Work will be conducted of 20 marks.
| Units |
Unit Name
|
Marks
|
| A | Indian Society | 40 |
| B | Change and Development in Indian Society | 40 |
Total
| 80 |
A. Indian Society
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
Practical Examination
| Unit wise Weightage | ||
| A | Project (undertaken during the academic year at school level) 1. Introduction -2 Marks 2. Statement of Purpose – 2 Marks 3. Research Question – 2 Marks 4. Methodology – 3 Marks 5. Data Analysis – 4 Marks 6. Conclusion – 2 Marks | 15 Marks |
| B | Viva - based on the project work | 02 Marks |
Total
| 20 Marks | |
Prescribed Books:
• Indian Society, Class XII, Published by NCERT
• Social Change and Development in India, Class XII, published by NCERT
Download Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2020-21