Social Science Unit-Wise Weightage 

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – II

• The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
  • The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation
  • The Making of Nationalism in Europe
  • The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848
  • The Making of Germany and Italy
  • Visualizing the Nation
  • Nationalism and Imperialism

• Nationalism in India
  • The First World War, Khilafat and Non -Cooperation
  • Differing Strands within the Movement
  • Towards Civil Disobedience
  • The Sense of Collective Belonging
• The Making of a Global World
  • The Pre-modern world
  • The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)
  • The Inter war Economy
  • Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-War Era
• The Age of Industrialization
  • Before the Industrial Revolution
  • Hand Labour and Steam Power
  • Industrialization in the colonies
  • Factories Come Up
  • The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth
  • Market for Goods
• Print Culture and the Modern World
  • The First Printed Books
  • Print Comes to Europe
  • The Print Revolution and its Impact
  • The Reading Mania
  • The Nineteenth Century
  • India and the World of Print
  • Religious Reform and Public Debates
  • New Forms of Publication
  • Print and Censorship

Unit 2: Contemporary India - II 

• Resources and Development
  • Types of Resources
    • Development of Resources
    • Resource Planning in India
    • Land Resources
    • Land Utilization
    • Land Use Pattern in India
    • Land Degradation and Conservation
  • Measures 
    • Soil as a Resource
    • Classification of Soils
    • Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation
• Forest and Wildlife
  • Biodiversity or Biological Diversity
  • Flora and Fauna in India
  • Vanishing Forests
  • Asiatic Cheetah: Where did they go?
  • The Himalayan Yew in trouble
  • Conservation of forest and wildlife in India
  • Project Tiger
  • Types and distribution of forests and wildlife resources
  • Community and Conservation

• Water Resources
  • Water Scarcity and The Need for Water Conservation and Management
  • Multi-Purpose River Projects and Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Rainwater Harvesting
• Agriculture
  • Types of farming
  • Cropping Pattern
  • Major Crops
  • Technological and Institutional Reforms
  • Impact of Globalization on Agriculture

• Minerals and Energy Resources
  • Mode of occurrence of Minerals
  • Ferron’s and Non-Ferrous Minerals
  • Non-Metallic Minerals
  • Rock Minerals
  • Conservation of Minerals
  • Energy Resources
  • Conventional and Non-Conventional
  • Conservation of Energy Resources
• Manufacturing Industries
  • Importance of manufacturing
  • Contribution of Industry to National Economy
  • Industrial Location
  • Classification of Industries
  • Spatial distribution
  • Industrial pollution and environmental
  • Control of Environmental Degradation

• Life Lines of National Economy
  • Transport – Roadways, Railways, Pipelines, Waterways, Airways
  • Communication
  • International Trade
  • Tourism as a Trade

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – II

• Power Sharing
  • Case Studies of Belgium and Sri Lanka
  • Why power sharing is desirable
  • Forms of Power Sharing
• Federalism
  • What is Federalism
  • What make India a Federal Country
  • How is Federalism practiced?
  • Decentralization in India

• Democracy and Diversity
  • Case Studies of Mexico
  • Differences, similarities and divisions
  • Politics of social divisions
• Gender, Religion and Caste
  • Gender and Politics
  • Religion, Communalism and Politics
  • Caste and Politics

• Popular Struggles and Movements
  • Popular Struggles in Nepal and Bolivia
  • Mobilization and Organization
  • Pressure Groups and Movements
• Political Parties
  • Why do we need Political Parties
  • How many Parties should we have
  • National Political Parties
  • State Parties
  • Challenges to Political Parties
  • How can Parties be reformed?

• Outcomes of Democracy
  • Accountable, responsive and legitimate government
  • Economic growth and development
  • Reduction of inequality and poverty
  • Accommodation of social diversity
  • Dignity and freedom of the citizens
• Challenges to Democracy
  • Thinking about challenges
  • Thinking about Political Reforms
  • Redefining democracy

Unit 4: Understanding Economic Development

• Development
  • What Development Promises – Different people different goals
  • Income and other goals
  • National Development
  • How to compare different countries or states
  • Income and other criteria
  • Public Facilities
  • Sustainability of development
• Sectors of the Indian Economy
  • Comparing the three sectors
  • Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors in India
  • Division of sectors as organized and unorganized
  • Sectors in terms of ownership: Public and Private Sectors

• Money and Credit
  • Money as a medium of exchange
  • Modern forms of money
  • Loan activities of Banks
  • Two different credit situations
  • Terms of credit
  • Formal sector credit in India
  • Self Help Groups for the Poor
• Globalization and the Indian Economy
  • Interlinking production across countries
  • World Trade Organization
  • Impact of Globalization on India
  • The Struggle for a Fair Globalisation Foreign Trade and integration of markets Globalisation
  • Factors that have enabled Globalisation
  • What is globalization

• Consumer Rights
  • Consumer Rights’ to be done as Project Work. Every student has to compulsorily undertake any one project on the following topics:

• Consumer Awareness

                                    OR

• Social Issues

                                    OR

• Sustainable Development