CBSE Class 11th(Arts) Political Science Syllabus 2021-22

COURSE CONTENTS

Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

      1.Constitution                                                                                   

Constitution: The Philosophy and Making of the Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy, Constitutional Amendments.

       2. Election and Representation                                                       

Elections and Democracy, Election System in India, Electoral Reforms.

     3. Legislature                                                                                          

Why do we need a Parliament? Unicameral/Bicameral Legislature, Functions and Power of the Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, Parliamentary Officials: Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Parliamentary Secretary.

     4. Executive                                                                                          

Parliamentary Executive in India: the President, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. Permanent Executive: Bureaucracy.

    5. Judiciary                                                                                             

Why do we need an Independent Judiciary? Structure and Jurisdiction of the Judiciary, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Judicial Over-reach.

    6. Federalism                                                                                        

Meaning of Federalism, Evolution & Growth of Indian Federalism: Quasi Federalism, Cooperative Federalism, Competitive Federalism.

     7. Local Governments                                                                     

Why do we need Local Governments? Growth of Local Governments in India, 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments, Working and Challenges of Local Governments.

 

Part B: Political Theory

      8. Political Theory: An Introduction                                                 

What is Politics? Politics vs Political Theory, Importance of Political Theory.

     9. Liberty                                                                                                

Liberty vs Freedom, Negative and Positive Liberty

    10. Equality                                                                                               

What is Equality? Significance of Equality, Various Dimensions of Equality, How can we promoteEquality?

    11 .Justice                                                                                               

What is Justice? Different Dimensions of Justice, Distributive Justice.

    12.Rights                                                                                                  

What are Rights? History of Rights, Kinds of Rights, Human Rights.

    13. Citizenship                                                                                          

Citizen and Citizenship, Citizen and Nation, Global Citizenship.

     14. Nationalism                                                                                         

Nation and Nationalism, Variants of Nationalism, Nationalism & Multiculturalism.

    15. Secularism                                                                                          

What is Secularism? Western and Indian Perspectives of Secularism, Salient Features of IndianSecularism.

16. Development                                                                                     

Growth vs. Development, Different Models of Development – Welfare State Model, Market Model,Developmental Model.

 

Prescribed Books:

  1. Indian Constitution at Work, Class XI, Published by NCERT

  2. Political Theory, Class XI, Published by NCERT

  3. Uploaded Additional Study Materials

Note: The above textbooks are also available in Hindi and Urdu versions.

The weightage of marks over the different paper shall be as follows:-

  1. Weightage of Content

Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

 

Unit s

Content s

Marks

1

Constitution

12

2

Election and Representation

 

10

3

The Legislature

4

The Executive

 

08

5

The Judiciary

6

Federalism

 

10

7

Local Governments

 

Total

40

Part B: Political Theory

Unit s

Contents

Marks

8

Political Theory: An Introduction

06

9

Liberty

 

08

10

Equality

11

Justice

 

08

12

Rights

13

Citizenship

 

10

14

Nationalism

15

Secularism

 

08

16

Development

 

Total

40

 

Question Paper Design (2021-22) POLITICALSCIENCE(CODE NO. 028)

CLASS XI

TIME: 3 Hours                                                    Max. Marks : 80

S.No

Competencies

Total Marks

% Weightage

1

Demonstrative Knowledge + Understanding (Knowledge basedsimple recall questions, to know specific facts, terms, concepts, principles, or theories, Identify, define, or recite, information) (Comprehension – to be familiar with meaning and to understand conceptually, interpret, compare, contrast, explain,

paraphrase information)

 

 

29

 

 

Upto 37%

2

Knowledge / Conceptual Application (Use abstract information inconcrete situation, to apply knowledge to new situations; Use given

content to interpret a situation, provide an example, or solve a problem)

 

 

27

 

 

Upto 33%

3

Formulation Analysis, Evaluation and Creativity (Analysis &Synthesis- Classify, compare, contrast, or differentiate between different pieces of information; Organize and/or integrate uniquepieces of information

from a variety of sources)(includes Map interpretation)

 

 

24

 

 

Upto 30%

Total

80

100%

 Project work 20 marks. 

                                             Details of Project Work

1. The Project work will be of 20 marks.

2. Out of 20 marks, 10 marks are to be allotted to viva voce and 10 marks for project work.

3. For class XI, only internal assessment is to be done.

4. The project can be individual/pair/group of 4-5 each. The Project can be made on any of the topics given in the syllabus of a particular class.

5. The suggestive list of activities for project work is as follows: - Role Play, Skit, Presentation, Model, Field Survey, Mock Drills/Mock Event etc.

6. The teacher should give enough time for preparation of the Project Work. The topics