CBSE 11th Class Political Science Syllabus

Course Structure

Course Syllabus

Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

1. Philosophy of the Constitution

• The making of the Constitution
• The constituent Assembly
• Procedural achievements
• Philosophy of the Constitution

2. Rights in the Indian Constitution

• The importance of Rights
• Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• Relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles

3. Election and Representation

• Elections and Democracy
• Election System in India
• Reservation of Constituencies
• Free and Fair Elections
• Electoral Reforms

4. Legislature

• Why do we need a Parliament?
• Two Houses of Parliament
• Functions and Power of the Parliament −
  • Legislative functions
  • Control over Executive
• Parliamentary committees
• Self-regulation

5. Executive

• What is an Executive?
• Different Types of Executive
• Parliamentary Executive in India
• Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
• Permanent Executive −
  • Bureaucracy

6. Judiciary

• Why do we need an Independent Judiciary?
• Structure of the Judiciary
• Judicial Activism
• Judiciary and Rights
• Judiciary and Parliament

7. Federalism

• What is Federalism?
• Federalism in the Indian Constitution
• Federalism with a strong Central Government
• Conflicts in India's federal system, Special Provisions

8. Local Governments

• Why do we need Local Governments?
• Growth of Local Government in India
• 73^rd and 74^th Amendments
• Implementation of 73^rd and 74^th Amendments

9. Constitution as a Living Document

• Are Constitutions static?
• The procedure to amend the Constitution
• Why have there been so many amendments?
• Basic Structure and Evolution of the Constitution
• Constitution as a Living Document

Part B: Political Theory

10. Political Theory: An Introduction

• What is Politics?
• What do we study in Political Theory?
• Putting Political Theory to practice.
• Why should we study Political Theory?

11. Freedom

• The Ideal of Freedom
• What is Freedom?
• Why do we need constraints?
• Harm principle
• Negative and Positive Liberty

12. Equality

• Significance of Equality
• What is Equality?
• Various dimensions of Equality
• How can we promote Equality?

13. Social Justice

• What is Justice?
• Just Distribution
• Justice as fairness
• Pursuing Social Justice

14. Rights

• What are Rights?
• Where do Rights come from?
• Legal Rights and the State
• Kinds of Rights
• Rights and Responsibilities

15. Citizenship

• What is citizenship?
• Citizen and Nation
• Universal Citizenship
• Global Citizenship

16. Nationalism

• Nations and Nationalism
• National Self-determination
• Nationalism and Pluralism

17. Secularism

• What is Secularism?
• What is Secular State?
• The Western and the Indian approaches to Secularism
• Criticisms and Rationale of Indian Secularism

18. Peace

• What is Peace?
• Can violence ever promote peace?
• Peace and the State
• Different Approaches to the pursuit of peace
• Contemporary challenges to peace

19. Development

• What is development?
• Criticism of the dominant
• Development Model
• Alternative conceptions of development

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