WBCHSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2024-2025: The West Bengal Board’s Class 12 Political Science Syllabus for the 2024-2025 academic year is provided in this article. Students of the Humanities/ Arts stream under the WBCHSE Board must know the complete syllabus to understand the overall course structure and the pattern of examination to be followed in the current academic session.
The syllabus of Political Science prescribed for WBCHSE Class 12, is framed in a systematic manner to facilitate students to have an understanding of political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, and behaviour. The contents enrich student’s writing, communication, data analysis skills and also develop knowledge about current and past political events across the world. The syllabus mentions the course content, details of annual assessment and the exam pattern for the 2024-25 academic year. Check and download the detailed syllabus in PDF below.
WBCHSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2024-25
The WBCHSE Class 12 Political Science subject consists of a theory part of 80 marks and project work of 20 marks. The subject is divided into two semesters, with each semester having a 40-mark theory exam. The content details for each semester are mentioned below.
Course Curriculum for Semester III (Theory)
| Unit No. | Topics | Marks |
| UNIT 1 | International Relations in the Post Second World War Period Cold War Era Bipolarity and End of Bipolarity Non-Aligned Movement | 08 |
| UNIT 2 | International Organizations and Institutions United Nations- Aims and Principles General Assembly – Composition and Functions Security Council -Composition and Functions ECOSOC - Composition and Functions International Court of Justice Agencies- UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 08 |
| UNIT 3 | Security in the Contemporary World: Traditional Security – Internal and External Non-traditional Security – Human Security, Terrorism, Migration, Poverty, Epidemics Environmental Security | 07 |
| UNIT 4 | Challenges of Nation-Building Partition of India Refugee problem Integration of Princely States Linguistic Re-organization of States | 05 |
| UNIT 5 | Political Parties and Party System Definition and Features of Political Parties Functions of Political Parties Election Process of India and Electoral Reforms | 05 |
| UNIT 6 | India’s Foreign Policy India and her Neighbours - Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives Major Powers-US, Russia and China India’s Nuclear Policy - Pokhran 1, Pokhran 2, PTBT, CTBT,NPT | 07 |
| Total | 40 | |
Course Curriculum for Semester IV (Theory)
| Unit No. | Topics | Marks |
| UNIT 1 | International Relations -Key Concepts and Political Doctrines Evolution of IR as a Discipline Realism, Idealism, Liberalism, Marxism- Brief Outline | 08 |
| UNIT 2 | Major Regional and Sub-regional Organisations European Union SAARC ASEAN BIMSTEC | 06 |
| UNIT 3 | Globalisation Economic, Political and Cultural consequences, India and Globalisation Globalization- Critical Analysis | 06 |
| UNIT 4 | Organs of the Indian Government: Executive - Powers and Functions (President, PM, Governor, CM,Bureaucracy) Legislature - Composition and Functions (Lok Sabha,Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Parishad, Speaker- Power and Functions) Judiciary- Importance and Independence (Supreme Court, High Court, PILs, Consumer Courts, Lok Adalat), | 08 |
| UNIT 5 | Contemporary Civil Society Movements in India Brief Outline : Bhoodan Movement, CSR Acts and Roles, Right to Information: Act 2005 | 06 |
| UNIT 6 | Constitutional Amendments and Local Self-Government Methods of Amendments (Article 368) 73rd Amendment -Rural Local Self-Governemnt – 3 tier panchayat system- Composition, Functions and Source of Income 74th Amendment -Urban Local Self-GovernmentMunicipality and Corporation – Composition and Functions and Source of Income | 06 |
| Total | 40 | |
Download the full syllabus to know the course content and project work for the annual assessment below:
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