
This course is designed for Board students.
Course Curriculum
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The Story of Village Palampur (Economics)
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India-Size and Location
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What is Democracy? Why Democracy? (Political Science)
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People As Resource (Economics)
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The French Revolution (History)
- Storming of Bastille, French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century
- The Struggle To Survive, A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges, The Outbreak of the Revolution
- France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy, Reading Political Symbols, France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic
- The Reign of Terror, A Directory Rules France, Did Women Have a Revolution?
- The Abolition of Slavery, The Revolution and Everyday Life
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Constitutional Design (Political Science)
- Democratic Constitution In South Africa, Struggle against apartheid, Towards a new Constitution
- Why Do We Need A Constitution? Making Of The Indian Constitution.
- The Path to Constitution, The Constituent Assembly
- Guiding Values Of The Indian Constitution, Philosophy Of The Constitution, Institutional Design
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Physical Features of India (Geography)
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Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution (History)
- The Age of Social Change Liberals, Radicals and Conservatives, Industrial Society and Social Change
- The Coming of Socialism to Europe, Support for Socialism, The Russian Revolution, The Russian Empire in 1914, Economy and Society
- Socialism in Russia, A Turbulent Time: The 1905 Revolution, The First World War and the Russian Empire
- The February Revolution in Petrograd, After February, The Revolution of October 1917
- What Changed after October? The Civil War, Making a Socialist Society
- Stalinism and Collectivisation, The Global Influence on the Russian Revolution and the USSR
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Poverty as a Challenge (Economics)
- Overview, Introduction, Two Typical Cases Of Poverty, Urban Case, Rural Case, Poverty as seen by social scientists, Social Exclusion, Vulnerability
- Poverty Line, Poverty Estimates, Vulnerable Groups
- Story of Sivaraman, Inter-State Disparities, Global Poverty Scenario
- Causes Of Poverty, The Challenges Ahead
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Climate (Geography)
- Introduction, Climatic Controls
- Factors Affecting India’s Climate, Latitude.Altitude, Pressure and Winds
- The Onset Of The Monsoon And Withdrawal, The Seasons, The Cold Weather Season (Winter), The Hot Weather Season (Summer)
- Advancing Monsoon (The Rainy Season), Retreating/Post Monsoons (The Transition Season)
- Distribution Of Rainfall, Monsoon As A Unifying Bond
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Electoral Politics (Political Science)
- Overview, Why Elections? Why do we need elections?
- What makes an election democratic? Is it good to have political competition?
- What Is Our System Of Elections?, Electoral Constituencies, Reserved Constituencies
- Voters list, Nomination Of Candidate
- Election Campaign, Polling And Counting Of Votes
- What Makes Elections In India Democratic?, Independent Election Commission, Popular Participation
- Acceptance of election outcome, Challenges to free and fair elections
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Nazism and the Rise of Hitler (History)
- Introduction, Birth Of Weimar Republic
- The Effects of the War, Political Radicalism and the Economic Crises
- The Years Of Depression
- Hitler’s Rise To Power, The Destruction Of Democracy, Reconstruction
- The Nazi Worldview, Establishment Of Racial State
- The Racial Utopia, Steps To Death, Youth In Nazi Germany, The Nazi Cult of Motherhood, The Art of Propaganda, Ordinary People And The Crimes Against Humanity, Knowledge about the Holocaust
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Natural Vegetation And Wild Life (Geography)
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Working of Institutions (Political Science)
- Introduction, How is a major policy decision taken?, The Decision Makers
- Need for Political Institutions, Parliament, Why do we need a Parliament?
- Two Houses Of Parliament, Political Executive, Political and Permanent Executive
- Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Powers of the Prime Minister, The President, The Judiciary