Part A : INDIAN SOCIETY

Unit 1 : Introducing Indian Society (05 Marks)

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

Unit 2 : Demographic Structure and Indian Society (05 Marks)

• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

Unit 3 : Social Institutions: Continuity and Change (10 Marks)

• Family and Kinship
• The Caste System

Unit 4 : Market as a Social Institution (05 Marks)

• Market as a Social Institution

Unit 5 : Pattern of Social Inquality and Exclusion (05 Marks)

• Caste Prejudice, 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 Abled

Unit 6 : The Challenges of Cultural Diversity (10 Marks)

• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
• Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
• What We Share

Unit 7 : Suggestions for Project Work (05 Marks)

Part B : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Unit 8 : Structural Change (05 Marks)

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Unit 9 : Cultural Change (10 Marks)

• Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
• Social Reform Movements and Laws

Unit 10 : The Story of Democracy (05 Marks)

• The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
• Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
• Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation

Unit 11 : Change and Development in Rural Society (05 Marks)

• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society

Unit 12 : Change and Development in Industrial Society (10 Marks)

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• Changes in the Class Structure

Unit 13 : Globalisation and Social Change (05 Marks)

Unit 14 : Mass Media and Communication Process (05 Marks)

Unit 15 : Social Movements (10 Marks)

• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
• Responses
• Women‟s Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements
• Environmental Movements