CBSE Class 11 Political Science Syllabus 2022-2023: Download in PDF

The CBSE 11 2022-2023 Political Science Syllabus is available here in PDF. Download the new syllabus to check the details of the syllabus for theoretical work and project work.

We have provided CBSE Class 11 Political Science Syllabus 2022-2023 below. Political science students can consult and download the complete program. They must follow this last program which was published with a deduction of 30% in the old program and is in conformity with the annual evaluation program. They should carefully note the unit weighting and prescribed content to properly prepare for their 2022-2023 CBSE 11 Classroom Political Science Annual Examination.

Check CBSE Class 11 Political science (Code No. 028) Course Structure 2022-23 below:

Total points = 100 (80+20)

A theory

Maximum points: 80

Duration: 3 hours.

Part A: The Indian Constitution at Work

Part B: Political Theory

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B. Project work: 20 points

Grand total = 100 points

COURSE CONTENT

Part A: The Indian Constitution at Work

1. Constitution – 28 periods

Constitution: Why and How, The Making of the Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Guiding Principles of State Policy, Constitutional Amendments.

2. Election and representation – 12 periods

Elections and democracy, electoral system in India, electoral reforms.

3. Legislature – 16 periods

Why do we need a Parliament? Unicameral / bicameral legislature. Functions and Powers of Parliament, Parliamentary Committees. Parliamentary officials: President, Vice-President, Parliamentary Secretary.

4. Executive – 16 periods

What is an Executive? Different types of frames. Parliamentary Executive in India, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Permanent executive: Bureaucracy.

5. Judiciary – 16 periods

Why do we need an independent judiciary? Structure of the judiciary, judicial review, judicial activism, judicial overbreadth.

6. Federalism – 14 periods

What is Federalism? Evolution and growth of Indian federalism: quasi-federalism, cooperative federalism and competitive federalism.

7. Local governments – 12 periods

Why do we need local governments? Growth of Local Government in India, 73rd and 74th Amendments, Work and Challenges of Local Governments.

Part B: Political Theory

8. Political theory: an introduction – 08 Periods

What is politics? Politics V/s Political Theory, Importance of Political Theory.

9. Freedom – 12 periods

Freedom against freedom, negative and positive freedom.

10. Equality – 12 periods

What is equality? Meaning of equality. Various dimensions of equality. How to promote equality?

11. Justice – 14 periods

What is justice? Different dimensions of justice, distributive justice.

12. Rights – 14 periods

What are rights? Where do the rights come from? Legal Rights and the State. Types of rights. Human rights.

13. Citizenship – 12 periods

What is citizenship? Citizen and Citizenship, Citizen and Nation, Global Citizenship

14. Nationalism – 16 periods

Nations and nationalism, variants of nationalism, nationalism, pluralism and multiculturalism.

15. Secularism – 18 periods

What is secularism? What is the secular state? Western and Indian perspectives on secularism. Salient features of Indian secularism.

Prescribed books:

1. Indian Labor Constitution, Class XI, published by NCERT

2. Political Theory, Class XI, published by NCERT

3. Reference material available with the document

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