In this article, we have come up with CBSE Class 12 Sociology syllabus 2024-25. According to the new curriculum shared by the Central Board of Secondary Education, there will be a single term class 12 exam in 2024. We have shared below latest syllabus of Sociology.
CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2024-25
Find below CBSE class 12 syllabus of Sociology:
| Units | No. of
periods | Marks | |
| A | Indian Society | ||
| 1. Introducing Indian Society | 0 | Non- evaluative | |
| 2. The Demographic Structure of Indian Society | 10 | 10 | |
| 3. Social Institutions: Continuity and Change | 12 | 10 | |
| 5. Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion | 18 | 10 | |
| 6. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity | 22 | 10 | |
| 7. Suggestions for Project Work | 10 | Non- evaluative | |
| Total | 40 | ||
| B | Social Change and Development in India | ||
| 8. Structural Change | 8 | 5 | |
| 9. Cultural Change | 12 | 5 | |
| 11.Change and Development in Rural Society | 10 | 10 | |
| 12. Change and Development in Industrial Society | 12 | 10 | |
| 15. Social Movements | 18 | 10 | |
| Total | 40 | ||
| Total | 132 | 80 |
| A. | INDIAN SOCIETY | 40 Marks |
| Unit 1 | Introducing Indian Society
· Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Non- evaluative) | 0 Periods |
| Unit 2 | The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society
· Theories and concepts in demography | 10 Periods |
| · Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
· Population Policy in India | ||
| Unit 3 | Social Institutions: Continuity and Change
· Caste and the Caste System · Tribal Communities · Family and Kinship | 12 Periods |
| Unit 5 | Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion
· Social Inequality and Social Exclusion · Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality – Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes · Adivasi Struggles · The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights · The struggles of the Differently Abled | 18 Periods |
| Unit 6 | The Challenges of Cultural Diversity
· Cultural communities and the nation state · Regionalism in the Indian context · The Nation state and religion related issues and identities · Communalism, secularism and the nation state · State and Civil Society | 22 Periods |
| Unit 7 | Suggestions for Project Work | 10 Periods |
| B. | SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA | 40 Marks |
| Unit 8 | Structural Change
· Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization | 8 Periods |
| Unit 9 | Cultural Change
· Social Reform Movements · Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation, | 12 Periods |
| Westernization, Modernization, Secularization | ||
| Unit 11 | Change and Development in Rural Society
· Agrarian Structure : Caste & class in Rural India · Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian society · Green revolution and its social consequences · Transformation in Rural Society · Circulation of labour · Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society | 10 Periods |
| Unit 12 | Change and Development in Industrial Society
· From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization · How people find Jobs · Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, home based work, Strikes and Unions | 12 Periods |
| Unit 15 | Social Movements
· Concept of Social Movements · Theories and Classification of Social Movements · Environmental Movements · Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants | 18 Periods |
| · Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Class/Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
· Tribal Movements · Women’s Movements in Independent India |
List of Prescribed Books
- Introducing Sociology, Class XI, Published by NCERT
- Understanding Society, Class XI, Published by NCERT
- Indian Society, Class XII, Published by NCERT
- Social Change and Development in India, Class XII, published by NCERT
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