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Board |
Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) |
Topic |
Syllabus |
Subject |
Political Science |
Theory Marks |
|
Course III – Political Theory (II) |
50 |
Course IV – The Indian Constitution and Political System in operation |
50 |
Total Marks |
100 |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
CLASS – XII
Course III Political Theory (II)
Unit I
Key Concepts:
- Rights: Meaning and characteristics of Rights; kinds of Rights; classification of Rights; relation between Rights and Duties.
- Liberty: negative and positive meaning of Liberty; kinds of Liberty – natural, civil, political, economic, national; relation between Law and Liberty.
- Equality: negative and positive meaning of Equality; kinds of Equality – natural, social, civil, political, economic; the relationship between Liberty and Equality.
- Justice: the varied meanings of Justice; kinds of justice – natural, social, economic, political, legal.
- Law: meaning; source – customs, religion, equity, scientific commentaries judicial decisions, Legislature; kinds of Law; relationship between Law and Morality.
- Citizenship :– Meaning of citizenship; Legal and Moral aspects of citizenship; similarities and differences between citizens and aliens; citizens and nationals; methods of acquiring citizenship – by birth and by naturalisation; double citizenship; loss or termination of citizenship.
Unit II
- The Electorate: meaning and basis of franchise; Universal Adult Franchise arguments for and against.
- Systems of Representation: kinds of Representation – Proportional (Hare System & List System), Functional, Territorial, Communal, and their merits and demerits.
Unit III
Major Contemporary Political Theories
- Liberalism: its meaning and essence; classical or negative Liberalism and contemporary or positive Liberalism and the shift from classical Liberalism.
- Marxism: Genesis; tenets of Marxism – dialectical materialism, historical materialism, class struggle, surplus value, revolution and dictatorship of the proletariat, classless society.
Unit IV
- The United Nations: Origins of the United Nations, development, aims and principles of the United Nations Organization of the United Nations
Course IV The Indian Constitution and Political System in operation.
Unit V
- The Fundamental Rights: Characteristics; Kinds of Fundamental Rights; Writs for enforcement of the Fundamental Rights; Evaluation of the Fundamental Rights.
- The Fundamental Duties: Kinds, characteristics and evaluation.
- The Directive Principles of State Policy: Sources, meaning and objectives.
Classification – social welfare, Gandhian, economic, administrative, educational and cultural principles. Constitutional significance of the Directive Principles. Distinction between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
Unit VI
The Union Government
- The President of India: – Qualifications, method of election, tenure and removal, privileges, powers and functions, constitutional position.
- The Vice-President of India: – Qualifications, election, tenure and removal, privileges, functions, position.
- The Union Council of Ministers: – Composition, powers and functions.
- The Prime Minister:- Appointment, tenure, powers, functions and position of the Council of Ministers, distribution of portfolios, as a supervisor of and co[1]ordinator between the different ministries, as a leader of the Parliament, as a link between the President and the Parliament, etc.
- The Parliament:-
(i) The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) – composition, qualifications of members, term of office, presiding officers, privileges, quorum, powers and functions.
(ii) The Lok Sabha (House of the People) – composition, qualifications of members, election, term of office, privileges, quorum, powers and functions – legislative, executive, financial, constituent and miscellaneous. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha – election, tenure, powers and functions, position.
- The Judiciary: The Supreme Court of India – Composition, appointment of Judges, qualifications of Judges, tenure and method of removal of Judges.
- Powers and functions – original jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction, advisory jurisdiction, miscellaneous. Evaluation of the Supreme Court.
Unit VII
- India and the world: India and the United Nations; India and SAARC; India‘s role in the Non-Align movement; India‘s approach to major world issues like Disarmament, Human Rights and Globalisation.