History

1.Christianity and Islam

• Introduction
• Christianity – Teachings and Impact
• Islam
• Semitical Characters

2.Middle Age in Europe

• Introduction
• Feudalism
• Decline of Feudalism

3.India from 9^th Century AD to 14^th Century AD

• Introduction
• Rajaputs
• Mohammad of Ghazni and Ghori
• The Delhi Sultans
  • Polity
  • Society
  • Economy
  • Literature
  • Art and Architecture

4.Religious Preachers of India

• Introduction
• Shankarachrya
• Ramanujacharya
• Basaveswara
• Madhwacharya

Their Teachings and Impact

5.The Vijayanagara and The Bahamani Polity

• Introduction
• Vijayanagara
• Bahamani
  • Polity
  • Society
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Literature
  • Art and Architecture

6.The Mughals and The Marathas

• Introduction
• The Mughals
• The Marathas
  • Polity
  • Society
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Literature
  • Art and Architecture

7.Bhakti Cult

• Introduction
• Ramananda
• Kabir
• Chaitanya
• Gurunanak
• Meera Bai
• Sufi Saints

Teachings and Impact

8.Modern Europe

• Introduction
• Renaissance
• Geographical Explorations
• Reformation
• Industrial Revolution

9.Revolutions and The Rise of Nation States

• Introduction
• The American War of Independence
• The French Revolution – Ideas and Philosophers
• Unification Movements
  • Italy
  • Germany

Political Science

1.Constitution of India

• Forming of Constituent Assembly
• Framing of the Constitution
• Preamble
• Features of the Constitution
• Fundamental Rights

(PIL & RTI) and Duties

• Directive Principles

2.Union Government

• Meaning – Organs
• Legislative – Parliament
• Executive – President
• Judiciary
  • Supreme Court
  • High Courts
• Composition, Power and Functions

3.State Government

• State Legislature
• State Executive
• Subordinate Courts
  • District Courts
  • Magistrate Courts
  • Revenue Courts
  • Lok Adalts
• Composition, Power and Functions

4.Defence

• Need for Defence
• Organisation of Defence (Structure)
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Airforce
• Chiefs – Training Centres – Defence production
• Second line of Defence (Auxuliary Forces)
  • Border Security Force
  • Home Guards
  • Coastal Guards
  • Civil Defence
  • NCC – wings
  • Red Cross

5.National Integration

• Meaning
• Factors Promoting

National Integration

• Problems Hindering

National Integration

Geography

1.Karnataka – Our State

• Karnataka: Location, Extent and Physical Setting with Neighbouring States
• Physiographic Divisions
• Climate, Soils, Natural Vegetation and Animal Wealth
• Water Resources: Rivers

Tanks-Irrigation: Types

Hydro-electricity: Important

Hydel Power Stations, Sharing of River Water: Water disputes (Cauvery, Krishna etc.), Need for Water Conservation

• Land Resources: Land Use

Agriculture: Importance, Types, And Major Crops: Rice, Jowar, Ragi, Sugarcane, Cotton, Tobacco, And Coffee

• Mineral Resources: Availability and Distribution of Major and Minor Minerals: Iron Ore,  Manganese Ore, Bauxite, Gold
• Transportation: Major Roadways, Railways, Water ways and Airways
• Major Industries and Industrial Belts: Iron and Steel, Cotton, Sugar, Paper, Cement
• Important Tourist Centres: Natural and Cultural Places with national and international importance – Hills, Waterfall, Forest, Historic Places etc.
• Population: Growth, Distribution, Density, Literacy, Migration – Its role in changing the face of Karnataka

Business Studies

1.Management of Business

• Meaning of Management
• Principles of Management
• Decision – Making Process
• Functional Areas of Management

2.Financial Management

• Role and Importance of Finance in Business
• Short-term Finance and Its Sources
• Long-term Finance and Its Sources
• Financial Institutions and Markets

3.Marketing Management

• Role and Importance of Marketing in Business
• Marketing Mix – Product, Price, Place and Promotion
• Producer – Middlemen – Consumer
• Consumer Rights and Consumer Forms

4.Accounting in Business

• Need for Maintaining Accounts in Business
• Meaning of Account – Types – Principles
• Accounting Cycle – Business – Transactions – Journal – Ledger – Trade Balance – Profit and Loss Account – Balance Sheet

Economics

1.Economic Structure

• Structural Transformation
• Sources of Income
• Sources of Employment
• Static Economy and Dynamic Economy

2.Sectors of the Indian Economy

• Primary – Agriculture
• Secondary – Industries
• Services – Trade, Transport etc.
• Karnataka Economy

3.Money Credit

• Forms of Money
• Forms of Credit
• Banks and Deposits
• Reserve Bank of India

4.Labour and Employment

• Division of Labour
• Labour: Male-Female
• Employment-Unemployment
• Disguised Unemployment

Sociology

1.Family and Household

• What is the family?
• Husbands and Wives / Parents and Children
  • Childhood and Youth
  • Adulthood, Middle age and old age
  • Generations and Families
• Different types of Families
  • How do families differ on the basis of size (Nuclear, Extended, Joint family)
• The dark side of family
  • Sexual abuse
  • Domestic Violence

2.Socialisation and Family Relations

• What is Socialisation?
• Family, neighbourhood, peer group and school
• Gender and Socialisation

3.City and Community

• What is a City?
• Features of City
• Industrialisation and Urbanisation
• What is community?
• Rural Community and its Characteristics
• Tribal Community and its Characteristics