CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023

A. INDIAN SOCIETY

Unit 1 Introducing Indian Society
– Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

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

C. Project undertaken during the academic year at school level (15 Marks)

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

D. Viva – based on the project work (05 Marks)

1. Indian Society, Class XII, Published by NCERT

2. Social Change and Development in India, Class XII, published by NCERT