AHSEC 2nd Year Political Science Syllabus 2024-25: Download Assam Board Class 12 Political Science Syllabus FREE PDF

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Assam Board Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2025: This article provides a free downloadable PDF for the AHSEC Class 12 Political Science syllabus 2024-25. Get the unit-wise Assam Board syllabus and weightage here for the 2025 exams.

Get here Assam Board HS 2nd Year Political Science Syllabus 2024-25 free PDF Download.
Get here Assam Board HS 2nd Year Political Science Syllabus 2024-25 free PDF Download.

HS 2nd Year Political Science Syllabus 2024 PDF Download: The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) Political Science syllabus for HS 2nd year is available on the official website. The 2024-25 batch of students can visit ahsec.assam.gov.in and download the syllabus PDF. It has been noticed that the new syllabus is not different from last year’s syllabus and follows a similar format and content. Like many other subjects, the AHSEC Pol. Science syllabus is divided into theory and practical. The major portion (80%) will be evaluated from theory, and the 20% will be evaluated from practical.

Through this course, students will learn about the bio-polarity, contemporary South Asia, globalisation, nation-building, democratic order, etc. To check and download the complete syllabus and mark distribution, read the complete article.

Assam Board HS 2nd Year Political Science Course Structure 2024-25

There are two parts in AHSEC 2nd Year Political Science, Part A: Contemporary World Politics and Part B: Politics in India Since Independence. These two parts together cover 15 units and are aligned in an order to provide essential knowledge to students. Check the complete course structure here.

A. Contemporary World Politics

 

Unit I The End of Bio-Polarity

06

16

 

Unit II Contemporary Centre of Power

06

16

 

Unit III Contemporary South Asia

06

16

 

Unit IV International Organisations

06

10

 

Unit V Security in the Contemporary World

06

12

 

Unit VI Environment and Natural Resources

06

12

 

Unit VII Globalisation

04

10

 

B. Politics in India Since Independence

 

 

 

Unit I Challenges of Nation Building

06

12

 

Unit II Era of One Party Dominance

06

12

 

Unit III Politics of Planned Development

06

12

 

Unit IV India’s Foreign Policy

06

12

 

Unit V Challenges to and Restoration of the

 

 

 

Congress System

04

10

 

Unit VI The crisis of Democratic Order

04

10

 

Unit VII Regional Aspirations

04

10

 

Unit VIII Indian Politics: Recent Trends and Development

04

10

 

Project

20

 

 

Total Marks

100

180

 

Assam Board HS 2nd Year Political Science Syllabus 2024-25

A: Contemporary World Politics 

Unit I: The end of Bipolarity

Soviet System and its disintegration- Policy Gorbachev - Shock therapy & its consequences - India and post-communist countries.

 Unit II: Contemporary Centre of Power

European union Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) - the rise of the Chinese economy-Indo-China Relation-Japan, South Korea

 Unit III: Contemporary South Asia

What is South Asia? Military System & Democracy in Pakistan- Democracy in Bangladesh-Moranchy & Democracy in Nepal-ethnic conflict and democracy in Srilanka -India-Pakistan Conflict -India and its Neighbours -Peace & cooperation in South Asia.

Unit IV: International Organisations

Necessity of an Internal organization- Evolution of UN-Reform of UN after the Cold War-Jurisdiction of UN- other important international Organisations - World bank, WTO, Amnesty International Human Rights Watch, IAEA etc., - The UN in a unipolar World-India and the UN reform.

Unit V: Security in the Contemporary World

What is security? – Traditional and Non-traditional notions of security –Types – Human Security, Global Security - New Sources of threats- Terrorism Human Right-Global poverty -Migration-Health Epidemics-Cooperative Security-India’s security strategy.

 Unit VI: Environment and Natural Resources

Environmental concerns in Global politics-protection of Global Commons- Common but differentiated Responsibilities-Common Property Resources-India’s stand on environmental issues- Environmental movements, Resources geo- politics- Indigenous people and their rights

Unit VII: Globalisation

Concept of Globalisation- Causes and Consequences of Globalisation-Resistance to Globalisation-India and resistance to Globalisation.

B. Politics in India Since Independence 

Unit I: Challenges of Nation Building

What is Nation building and three challenges of Nation Building-Partition: displacement and rehabilitation-consequences of partition and sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi- Integration of princely states- Reorganisation of states and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Unit II: Era of One Party Dominance

Challenges of Building democracy- Congress dominance in first three general elections and Communist victory in Kerala and role of CPI- Socialist Party- Communist Party-Bharatiya Jan Sangh-emergence of opposition party.

Unit III: Politics of Planned Development

Ideals of Development-Planning and Planning Commission and First Five Year Plan.

Unit IV: India’s External Relation

International context-The policy of Non- Alignment and Nehru’s role -Peace and conflict with China-War and peace with Pakistan (Bangladesh War 1971) – Kargil Confrontation- India’s Nuclear Policy- Shifting alliances in world politics.

Unit V: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Challenge of Political succession - Nehru-Shastri-Indira Gandhi- Fourth General election 1967- Emergence of coalition politics and Defection – Split in the Congress-Railway Strike 1974- Presidential election 1969-1971 election and Restoration.

 Unit VI: The Crisis of Democratic Order

Background of emergency - Gujrat and Bihar movements - Conflicts with Judiciary; Declaration and consequences of Emergency 1975; Lessons of Emergency Politics after emergency – Loksabha election 1977 Janta Government –Legacy of emergency.

 Unit VII: Regional Aspirations

Region and the nation- Indian approach to regional aspirations –Areas of tension Jammu and Kasmir- Politics Since 1948- Conflict in Panjab – 2002 and beyond- Demand for autonomy and secessionist movements in NE; Assam Movement; Accommodation and National integration – Insurgency and After.

Unit VIII: Recent Trends and Development in Indian Politics

Context of the 1990s- era of Coalition- Decline of Congress- Alliance Politics – Political rise of other backward classes and Mandal Commission and its Consequences - Communalism, Secularism and democracy in Indian Politics. - Lok sabha election 2004- Growing Consensus.

  1. Project Work Marks-20

Sample Project Work

  • Globalisation and its consequences
  • Importance of the USA in the Unipolar World
  • Shock Therapy and its consequences
  • India’s Security Strategy and its Implication
  • Rise of China in global Politics
  • Regional aspiration in North-East India: demand for autonomy
  • The Integration of Jammu and Kasmir and the subsequent Conflicts.
  • The crisis of Democratic order and declaration of Emergency
  • India’s Nuclear Policy. Etc.
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