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NCERT Class 12 Political Science: Chapter List and Official PDFs
All 15 chapters of the NCERT Class 12 Political Science textbook(s), with the section headings of each chapter and a link to the official PDF on ncert.nic.in. Open a chapter to see what it covers.
15 chapters2 books
Contemporary World Politics
Chapter 1: The End of BipolarityPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- What was the Soviet System?
- Gorbachev and the Disintegration
- Why did the Soviet Union Disintegrate?
- Consequences of Disintegration
- Shock Therapy in Post-Communist Regimes
- Consequences of Shock Therapy
- Tensions and Conflicts
- India and Post-communist Countries
- Exercises
Chapter 2: Contemporary Centres of PowerPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- European Union
- Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- The Rise of the Chinese Economy
- India - China Relations
- Steps (class activity)
- Japan
- South Korea
- Exercises
Chapter 3: Contemporary South AsiaPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- What is South Asia?
- The Military and Democracy in Pakistan
- Democracy in Bangladesh
- Monarchy and Democracy in Nepal
- Ethnic Conflict and Democracy in Sri Lanka
- India-Pakistan Conflicts
- India and its Other Neighbours
- Peace and Cooperation
- Exercises
Chapter 4: International OrganizationsPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- Why International Organisations?
- Evolution of the UN
- Reform of the UN after the Cold War
- Reform of Structures and Processes
- Jurisdiction of the UN
- India and the UN Reforms
- The UN in a Unipolar World
- Exercises
Chapter 5: Security in the Contemporary WorldPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- What is Security?
- Traditional Notions: External
- Traditional Notions: Internal
- Traditional Security and Cooperation
- Non-Traditional Notions
- New Sources of Threats
- Cooperative Security
- India's Security Strategy
- Steps (class activity)
- Exercises
Chapter 6: Environment and Natural ResourcesPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- Environmental Concerns in Global Politics
- The Protection of Global Commons
- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
- Common Property Resources
- India's Stand on Environmental Issues
- Environmental Movements: One or Many?
- Resource Geopolitics
- The Indigenous Peoples and Their Rights
- Steps (class activity)
- Exercises
Chapter 7: GlobalisationPart A: Contemporary World Politics (40 marks)
- Overview
- The Concept of Globalisation
- Causes of Globalisation
- Political Consequences
- Economic Consequences
- Cultural Consequences
- India and Globalisation
- Resistance to Globalisation
- India and Resistance to Globalisation
- Exercises
Politics in India Since Independence
Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation BuildingPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Challenges for the new nation-state
- The Dawn of Freedom
- Partition: displacement and rehabilitation
- Integration of Princely States
- Reorganisation of States
- Exercises
Chapter 2: Era of One-Party DominancePart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Challenge of building democracy
- Congress dominance in the first three general elections
- Nature of Congress dominance
- Congress as social and ideological coalition
- Tolerance and management of factions
- Emergence of opposition parties
- Exercises
Chapter 3: Politics of Planned DevelopmentPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Political contestation
- Ideas of development
- Planning
- The Early Initiatives
- Exercises
Chapter 4: India's External RelationsPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- International context
- The Policy of non-alignment
- Afro-Asian unity
- Peace and conflict with China
- Wars and Peace with Pakistan
- India's nuclear policy
- Exercises
Chapter 5: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress SystemPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Challenge of Political Succession
- Fourth General Elections, 1967
- Split in the Congress
- The 1971 Election and Restoration of Congress
- Exercises
Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic OrderPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Background to Emergency
- Declaration of Emergency
- Lessons of the Emergency
- Politics after Emergency
- Legacy
- Exercises
Chapter 7: Regional AspirationsPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Region and the Nation
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Punjab
- The North-East
- Exercises
Chapter 8: Recent Developments in Indian PoliticsPart B: Politics in India since Independence (40 marks)
- Context of the 1990s
- Era of Coalitions
- Political Rise of Other Backward Classes
- Communalism, Secularism, Democracy
- Emergence of a new consensus
- Exercises
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