PSEB 12th Class Syllabus 2024 Sociology

Punjab Board

2023-2024

CLASS-XII
Session 2023-24
Subject- Sociology

PART-A
Unit : I Tribal, Rural and Urban Societies in India
1. Tribal Society : Meaning ,Features; Classification of
Tribes; Marriage System; Issues- Deforestation and
Displacement; Changes in Tribal Society.
2. Rural Society : Meaning, Features; Issues- Indebtedness,
Impact of Green Revolution; Changes in Rural Society.
3. Urban Society: Meaning Features; Issues Housing and
Slums
Unit : II Inequalities in Indian Society
4. Caste Inequalities: Concept, Features; Caste and Social
Stratification, Theories of Origin of Caste, Caste Inequality
and Indian Society
5. Class Inequalities: Concept of class, Features of Class;
Relations between caste, class, status Group and class
Hierarchy, Views of Sociologists on class structure,
Classes in Rural and Urban India.
6. Gender Inequalities: Concept, Gender Inequality,
Theories of Feminism, Gender; Gender Discrimination:
Meaning and Nature; Problems of Women, Role of Gender
relation in Societal Development
Unit : III Structural and Cultural Change in India
7. Westernisation and Sankritisation: Westernisation:
Meaning, Carrier of process, Features, Impact:
Sanskritisation: Meaning, Sanskritisation preferred as
against Brahminisation, Dominant Caste, Impact
8. Modernisation and Globalisation: Modernisation:
Meaning, Characteristic, Process of Modernisation,
Causes, Impact: Globalisation: Meaning, Characteristics,
Process of Globalization, Causes ,impact
9. Social Movement: Meaning Types, Stages Caste Based
Movements, Class Based Movements, Women's
movements, Environmental movements.

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Unit : IV Social Problems in Indian Society
10. Social Problems: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
11. Violence Against Women: Female Foeticide and
Domestic Violence: Female Foeticide: Meaning, India
Scenario,Causes, Consequences, Strategies to Combat
Female Foeticide; Domestic Violence- Meaning, Forms,
Factors, Causes, Effects, Remedies
12. Social Issues: The Aged and Disability: The Aged:
Theries, Problems, Remedial Measures: Disability-
Definition, Magnitude of Disability, Types, Causes, Social
Model, Problems, Measures

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