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Syllabus of Higher Secondary
Standard - 11 & 12
(General Stream - English Medium)
Implemented From June - 2004 in Standard - 11, Implemented From June - 2005 in Standard - 12

Social Study (139)

Standard: 11

Introducing Sociology
Unit I : Sociology as a Discipline

• Origin, Nature and Scope of Sociology;

• Relationship with other Social Sciences History, Political Science and Economics.

Unit II Basic Concepts

• Society

• Social Groups

• Social Control

• Culture

Unit III : Social Institutions

• Marriage, family and Kinship

• Economy and Polity

• Religion and Culture Education

Unit IV : Culture, Personality and Society

• Interpretations of Culture;

• Individual and Socialisation;

• Culture and Personality Formation.

Unit V : Methods of Research and Techniques of Data Collection

• Methods : Historical, Comparative and Functional;

• Techniques: Observation, Case-Study and Questionnaire.

Understanding Society
Unit I : Social Structure and Stratification

• System, Structure and Function

• Caste, Class, Power, Gender and Ethnicity.

Unit II : Social Processes and Social Change

• Social Processes : Cooperation, Accommodation, Assimilation, Competition and Conflict

• Social Change : Evolution, Progress and Revolution

Unit III : Social Ecology

• Environment and Society

• Rural - Urban Nexus

Unit IV Contributions of

Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim

Unit V: Contributions of

• G.S. Ghurye

• D.P.Mukerji

• Radhakamal Mukherjee

• B.K.Sarkar

Unit VI: Project Work

• Concerning different problems of the Indian Society and other related aspects.

Standard - 12

Structure of Indian Society

Unit I : Unity and Diversity

Unit II : Structure of Society

• Social Demography ;

• Rural-urban divides and Linkages

• Social, Economic and Cultural differentiations: Caste, Class and Tribe.

Unit III : Institutional Structure

• Marriage, family and kinship

• Religions, educational and cultural Institutions

• Political Institutions

Unit IV : Deprived Groups

• The Scheduled Tribes, The Scheduled Castes and The Other Backward Classes

• Women

• Minorities

Unit V : Approaches to the Study of Indian Society

• Indological/Cultural

• Structural/Historical

• Social Change in India

Unit I : Processes of Social Change in India: Nature and Direction

• Structural Processes of change: Industrialisation, Urbanization and Modernisation,

• Cultural Processes of change: Sanskritlisation, Westernisation & Secularization.

Unit II : State and Social Change

• Constitutional Provisions

• Plan and Social Change

• Panchayat Raj Institutions

• Legislation and Social Change

Unit III: Economic Development and Social Change

• Land Reforms and Green Revolution

• Globalisation and Liberalisation

• Emergence of New Groups and Classes

Unit IV: Culture, Education and Mass Media

• Education and Social Change

• Mass Media and Culture Change

• Globalisation and Local Cultures

Unit V: Dissent and Social Change

• Major Types of Social Movements

• Patterns of Social Deviance: Crime and Violence.