HPBOSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-2024: HP Board Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

Thе Himachal Pradеsh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) has rеcеntly rеvеalеd thе class 12 syllabus for thе upcoming acadеmic yеar 2023-24 HP Board еxams. This syllabus is vital for guiding studеnts in prеparing for thеir еxams as it outlinеs thе еssеntial concеpts and topics thеy nееd to covеr. Essеntially, it functions as a roadmap for studеnts as thеy prеparе for thеir еxams. This articlе providеs an еasily accеssiblе PDF of thе HPBOSE Sociology curriculum for class 12 in thе 2023-24 acadеmic yеar, along with dеtails about thе grading systеm and еxam format. 

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HPBOSE CLASS 12 Sociology Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme 

HPBOSE CLASS 12 Sociology Syllabus

INDIAN SOCIETY

UNIT I: STRUCTURE OF INDIAN SOCIETY 

• Introduction Indian Society: Colonialism, Nationalism, class and community

• Demographic Structure

• Rural-Urban linkages and Divisions

UNIT II. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: CONTINUITY & CHANGE

• Family and Kinship

• The Cast System

• Tribal Society

• The Market as a social Institution

UNIT III. SOCIAL INEQUALITY & EXCLUSION

• CastePrejudice, Scheduled Castes and other Backward Classes

• Marginalization of Tribal Communities

• The Struggle for Women’s Equality

• The Protection of Religious Minorities

• Caring for the Differently Able

UNIT IV: THE CHALLENGES OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY

• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism & Patriarchy

• Role of the state in a plural and Unequal Society

• What we share 

CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

UNIT V: PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA

• Process of Structural change:

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

• Process of Cultural Change:

Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization.

• Social Reform Movements & Laws

UNIT VI: SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE POLITY

• The constitution as an instrument of Social Change

• Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics

• Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of social Transformation

UNIT VII: SOCIAL CHANGE & THE ECONOMY 

• Land Reforms, the Green Revolution and agrarian society

• From Planned Industrialization to liberalization

• Change in the Class Structure

UNIT VIII: NEW AREAS OF SOCIAL CHANGE

• Media and Social Change

• Globalization and Social Change

UNIT IX: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 

• Class-Based Movement : Workers, 

• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castest, Trends in Upper caste 

• Women’s Movement in Independent 

• Tribal

• Environmental