CBSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus

Do you know about the new changes in your CBSE class 12 Political Science syllabus? The new syllabus sheds light on contemporary political scenarios. Be it the relationship between India and Russia or the topic of the new centre of power, you will get to study many interesting aspects of world politics. Here are the details of the revised Political Science syllabus.

Political Science Syllabus Class 12 CBSE

Political Science syllabus of class 12 CBSE has two parts - Contemporary World Politics and Politics in India since Independence.

Part A: Contemporary World Politics

The End of Bipolarity

●     Democratic Politics and Democratisation – CIS and the 21st Century (Arab Spring)

●     Middle East crisis – Afghanistan, Gulf war

●     Disintegration of Soviet Union, Unipolar World

The New Centre of Power

●     Organisations:

○     BRICS

○     SAARC

○     European union

●     Nations:

○     South Korea

○     Japan

○     India

○     Israel

○     China

○     Russia

Contemporary South Asia

●     Conflicts and efforts for Peace Democratisation in South Asia

○     Maldives

○     Sri Lanka

○     Bangladesh

○     Nepal

○     Pakistan

United Nations and its Organisations

●     Principal Organs

●     Key agencies

○     UNESCO

○     UNICEF

○     WHO

○     ILO

○     Security Council and the Need for its Expansion

Security in Contemporary World

●     Security – Meaning and Type

●     Terrorism

Environment and Natural Resources

●     Conservation of Natural Resources

●     Global Warming and Climate Change

●     Environmental Movements

Globalisation

●     Debates, manifestation and meaning

Part B: Politics in India since Independence

Challenges of Nation-Building

●     Linguistic Organisation of States

●     Political conflicts over language

●     The Kashmir problem

●     Legacy of partition: challenge of ‘refugee’ Resettlement

●     Nehru’s approach to nation-building

●     Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and Integration of States

●     Nation and Nation Building

Planned development

●     Changing nature of India’s Economic Development Planning Commission and NITI Aayog, National Development Council, Five Year Plans

India’s Foreign Policy

●     India’s Nuclear Programme

●     India’s Relations with its Neighbours

●     India’s Changing Relations with Other Nations

●     Principles of Foreign Policy

Parties and Party System in India

●     Multi-party coalition System, Bi – party system and one-party dominance

Democratic Resurgence

●     Democratic Upsurges – Youth, Backwards and Participation of the Adults

●     National Emergency

●     Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Integral Humanism

●     Ram Manohar Lohia and Socialism

●     Jaya Prakash Narayan and Total Revolution

Regional Aspirations

●     Movements for Autonomy

●     The Kashmir issue

●     Punjab crisis

●     Rise of regional parties

Indian Politics – Recent trends and developments

●     Issues of Development and Governance

●     United Progressive Alliance (UPA) – I & II, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) I, II, III & IV

●     United front

●     National front

●     Era of coalitions

Important Tips for Class 12 Political Science Students

If you want to finish your Political Science CBSE class 12 syllabus with the right strategy, we have an important tip for you! Take help from the previous year question papers Political Science class 12. Take a look at the sample papers of class 12 Political Science with solutions. We also advise you to study regularly, write notes and cover all important areas of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 Political Science syllabus first. Your notes will serve as the best supportive learning tool for you during your exam. Highlight the important parts and keep revising them. Stick to regular revisions also. The revision of the previous chapter is a must before starting the new chapter. Following all these tips will help you prepare well for your board exam. Good luck!

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