PSEB 12th Class Syllabus 2025 Sociology

Academic Session-2024-25 Subject- Sociology Class-XII Syllabus 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. 1

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 2