Political Science Class 11 Syllabus
Theory paper is of 80 marks and 3 hours duration. There are 15 units in the syllabus divided into two parts: (A) Indian Constitution at Work (B) Political Theory.
Exam Structure
| Unit | Topic | Marks |
| Part A: Indian Constitution at Work | 40 | |
| 1 | Constitution | 12 |
| 2 | Election and Representation | 10 |
| 3 | The Legislature | |
| 4 | The Executive | 8 |
| 5 | The Judiciary | |
| 6 | Federalism | 10 |
| 7 | Local Governments | |
| Part B: Political Theory | 40 | |
| 8 | Political Theory: An Introduction | 4 |
| 9 | Liberty | 10 |
| 10 | Equality | |
| 11 | Justice | 8 |
| 12 | Rights | |
| 13 | Citizenship | 10 |
| 14 | Nationalism | |
| 15 | Secularism | 8 |
Part A: Indian Constitution at Work
1. Constitution
Constitution: Why and How, The Making of the Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy, constitutional Amendments.
2. Election and Representation
Elections and Democracy, Election System in India, Electoral Reforms.
3. Legislature
Why do we need a Parliament? Unicameral / Bicameral Legislature. Functions and Power of the Parliament, Parliamentary committees. Parliamentary Officials: Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Parliamentary Secretary.
4. Executive
What is an Executive? Different Types of Executive. Parliamentary Executive in India, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Permanent Executive: Bureaucracy.
5. Judiciary
Why do we need an Independent Judiciary? Structure of the Judiciary, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Judicial Over-reach.
6. Federalism
What is Federalism? Evolution & Growth of the Indian Federalism: Quasi Federalism, Cooperative Federalism & Competitive Federalism.
7. Local Governments
Why do we need Local Governments? Growth of Local Government in India, 73rd and 74th Amendments, Working and Challenges of Local Governments.
Part B: Political Theory
8. Political Theory: An Introduction
What is Politics? Politics V/s Political Theory, Importance of Political Theory.
9. Liberty
Liberty V/s Freedom, Negative and Positive Liberty.
10. Equality
What is Equality? Significance of Equality. Various dimensions of Equality. How can we promote Equality?
11. Justice
What is Justice? Different dimensions of Justice, Distributive Justice.
12. Rights
What are Rights? Where do Rights come from? Legal Rights and the State. Kinds of Rights. Human Rights.
13. Citizenship
What is citizenship? Citizen and Citizenship, Citizen and Nation, Global Citizenship.
14. Nationalism
Nations and Nationalism, Variants of Nationalism, Nationalism, Pluralism and Multiculturalism.
15. Secularism
What is Secularism? What is Secular State? The Western and the Indian approaches to Secularism. Salient Features of Indian Secularism.