Political Science Ncert Notes (6-12) For UPSC 2024 [PDF]

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Class: 6 – Social and Political Life – I 

1. Chapter: 1 – Understanding Diversity
2. Chapter: 2 – Diversity and Discrimination
3. Chapter: 3 – What is Government
4. Chapter: 4 – Panchayati Raj
5. Chapter: 5 – Rural Administration
6. Chapter: 6 – Urban Administration
7. Chapter: 7 – Rural Livelihoods
8. Chapter: 8 – Urban Livelihoods

Class: 7 – Social and Political Life – II

1. Chapter: 1 – On Equality
2. Chapter: 2 – Role of the Government in Health
3. Chapter: 3 – How the State Government Works
4. Chapter: 4 – Growing up as Boys and Girls
5. Chapter: 5 – Women Change the World
6. Chapter: 6 – Understanding Media
7. Chapter: 7 – Markets Around Us
8. Chapter: 8 – A Shirt in the Market

Class: 8 – Social and Political Life – III

1. Chapter: 1 – The Indian Constitution
2. Chapter: 2 – Understanding Secularism
3. Chapter: 3 – Parliament and the MAking of Laws
4. Chapter: 4 – Judiciary
5. Chapter: 5 – Understanding Marginalisation
6. Chapter: 6 – Confronting Marginalisation
7. Chapter: 7 – Public Facilities
8. Chapter: 8 – Law And Social Justice

Class: 9 – Democratic Politics – I

1. Chapter: 1 – What is Democracy? Why Democracy?
2. Chapter: 2 – Constitutional Design
3. Chapter: 3 – Electoral Politics
4. Chapter: 4 – Working of Institutions
5. Chapter: 5 – Democratic Rights

Class: 10 – Democratic Politics – II

1. Chapter: 1 – Power Sharing
2. Chapter: 2 – Federalism
3. Chapter: 3 – Gender, Religion, and Caste
4. Chapter: 4 – Political Parties
5. Chapter: 5 – Outcomes of Democracy

Class: 11 – Political Theory

1. Chapter: 1 – Political Theory: An Introduction
2. Chapter: 2 – Freedom
3. Chapter: 3 – Equality
4. Chapter: 4 – Social Justice
5. Chapter: 5 – Rights
6. Chapter: 6 – Citizenship
7. Chapter: 7 – Nationalism
8. Chapter: 8 – Secularism

Class: 11 – Indian Constitution at Work 

1. Chapter: 1 – Constitution: Why and How
2. Chapter: 2 – Rights in The Indian Constitution
3. Chapter: 3 – Election and Representation
4. Chapter: 4 – Executive
5. Chapter: 5 – Legislature
6. Chapter: 6 – Judiciary
7. Chapter: 7 – Federalism
8. Chapter: 8 – Local Governments
9. Chapter: 9 – Constitution as a Living Document
10. Chapter: 10 – The Philosophy of the Constitution

Class: 12 – Contemporary World Politics

1. Chapter: 1 – The End of Bipolarity
2. Chapter: 2 – Contemporary Centres of Power
3. Chapter: 3 – Contemporary South Asia
4. Chapter: 4 – International Organisations
5. Chapter: 5 – Security In the Contemporary World
6. Chapter: 6 – Environment and Natural Resources
7. Chapter: 7 – Globalisation

Class: 12 – Politics in India Since Independence

1. Chapter: 1 – Challenges of Nation Building
2. Chapter: 2 – Era of One-Party Dominance
3. Chapter: 3 – Politics of Planned Development
4. Chapter: 4 – India’s External Relations
5. Chapter: 5 – Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System
6. Chapter: 6 – Crisis of the Democratic Order
7. Chapter: 7 – Regional Aspirations
8. Chapter: 8 – Recent Developments in Indian Politics

|| Class: 6 – Social and Political Life – I | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Understanding Diversity

1. Diversity in India
2. Unity in Diversity

Chapter: 2 – Diversity and Discrimination

1. Difference and Prejudice
2. Creating Stereotypes
3. Inequality and Discrimination
4. On Being Discriminated Against
5. Striving For Equality

Chapter: 3 – What Is Government

1. Levels of Government
2. Laws and the Government
3. Types of Government
4. Democratic Governments

Chapter: 4 – Panchayati Raj

1. Gram Sabha
2. The Gram Panchayat
3. Three Levels of Panchayats

Chapter: 5 – Rural Administration

1. Area of the Police Station
2. Maintenance of Land Records
3. A New Law

Chapter: 6 – Urban Administration

1. The Ward Councillor and Administrative Staff
2. A Community Protest

Chapter: 7 – Rural Livelihoods

1. Different Occupations
2. Seasonal Unemployment
3. Main Problems Faced By Indian Farmers
4. Agricultural Labourers and Farmers in India
5. Rural Livelihoods

Chapter: 8 – Urban Livelihoods

1. Working on the Street
2. In The Factory-Workshop Area
3. Who Are Casual Workers?
4. Why Do People Prefer Organised Sectors?

|| Class: 7 – Social and Political Life – II | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – On Equality

1. Equal Right to Vote
2. Other Kinds of Equality
3. Recognizing Dignity
4. Equality in Indian Democracy
5. Issues of Equality in Other Democracies
6. Challenge of Democracy

Chapter: 2 – Role of the Government in Health

1. What Is Health
2. Healthcare in India
3. Public Health Services
4. Private Health Facilities
5. Healthcare and Equality
6. What Can Be Done?

Chapter: 3 – How the State Government Works

1. Who Is an MLA
2. A Debate in the Legislative Assembly
3. Working of the Government

Chapter: 4 – Growing Up As Boys and Girls

1. Valuing Housework
2. Women’s Work and Equality

Chapter: 5 – Women Change the World

1. Learning for Change
2. Schooling and Education Today
3. Women’s Movement

Chapter: 6 – Understanding Media

1. Media and Money
2. Media and Democracy
3. Setting Agendas

Chapter: 7 – Markets Around Us

Chapter: 8 – A Shirt in the Market

|| Class: 8 – Social and Political Life – III | Political Science Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – The Indian Constitution

1. Why Does A Country Need A Constitution?
2. The Indian Constitution: Key Features

Chapter: 2 – Understanding Secularism

1. What Is Secularism?
2. Why Is It Important to Separate Religion From The State?
3. What Is Indian Secularism?

Chapter: 3 – Parliament and the Making of Laws

1. Why Should People Decide?
2. People and Their Representatives
3. The Role of the Parliament
4. Who Are The People In Parliament?

Chapter: 4 – Judiciary

1. What Is The Role Of The Judiciary?
2. What Is An Independent Judiciary?
3. What Is The Structure Of Courts In India?
4. What Are The Different Branches Of The Legal System?
5. Does Everyone Have Access To The Courts?

Chapter: 5 – Understanding Marginalisation

1. Who are Adivasis?
2. Adivasis and Stereotyping
3. Adivasis and Development
4. Minorities and Marginalisation
5. Muslims and Marginalisation
6. Conclusion

Chapter: 6 – Confronting Marginalisation

1. Invoking Fundamental Rights
2. Laws for the Marginalised
3. Conclusion

Chapter: 7 – Public Facilities

1. Water as Part of the Fundamental Right to Life
2. Public Facilities
3. The Government’s Role
4. Water Supply: Is It Available To All?
5. In Search Of Alternatives
6. Conclusion

Chapter: 8- Law and Social Justice

1. What Is A Worker’s Worth?
2. Enforcement of Safety Laws
3. New Laws to Protect the Environment
4. Conclusion

|| Class: 9 – Democratic Politics – I | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – What Is Democracy? Why Democracy?

1. What Is Democracy?
2. Features of Democracy
3. Why Democracy?
4. Broader Meanings of Democracy

Chapter: 2 – Constitutional Design

1. Democratic Constitution in South Africa
2. Why Do We Need A Constitution?
3. Making Of the Indian Constitution
4. Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution

Chapter: 3 – Electoral Politics

1. Why Elections
2. What Is Our System Of Elections?
3. What Makes Elections in India Democratic?

Chapter: 4 – Working Of Institutions

1. How Is A Major Policy Decision Taken?
2. Parliament
3. The Judiciary

Chapter: 5 – Democratic Rights

1. Rights in a Democracy
2. Rights in the Indian Constitution
3. Expanding Scope of Rights

|| Class: 10 – Democratic Politics – II | Political Science Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – Power Sharing

1. Belgium and Sri Lanka
2. Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka
3. Accommodation in Belgium
4. Forms of Power-Sharing

Chapter: 2 – Federalism

1. What Is Federalism?
2. What Makes India A Federal Country?
3. How Is Federalism Practised?
4. Decentralization in India

Chapter: 3 – Gender, Religion, and Caste

1. Gender and Politics
2. Caste and Politics

Chapter: 4 – Political Parties

1. Why Do We Need Political Parties?
2. How Many Parties Should We Have?
3. National Political Parties
4. State Parties
5. Challenges to Political Parties
6. How Can Parties Be Reformed?

Chapter: 5 – Outcomes of Democracy

1. How Do We Assess Democracy’s Outcomes?
2. Accountable, Responsive, and Legitimate Government
3. Economic Growth and Development
4. Reduction of Inequality and Poverty
5. Accommodation of Social Diversity
6. Dignity and Freedom of the Citizens

|| Class: 11 – Political Theory | Political Science Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – Political Theory: An Introduction

1. What Is Politics?
2. What Do We Study In Political Theory?
3. Putting Political Theory into Practice
4. Why Should We Study Political Theory?

Chapter: 2 – Freedom

1. The Ideal of Freedom
2. What Is Freedom
3. ‘Negative and Positive Liberty

Chapter: 3 – Equality

1. Why Does Equality Matter
2. What Is Equality
3. The Three Dimensions of Equality

Chapter: 4 – Social Justice

1. What Is Justice
2. Just Distribution
3. John Rawl’s Theory of Justice
4. Pressing Social Justice

Chapter: 5 – Rights

1. What Is Right
2. Where Do Rights Come From
3. Legal Rights and the State
4. Kinds of Right
5. Rights and Responsibilities

Chapter: 6 – Citizenship

1. Introduction
2. Full and Equal Membership
3. Equal Rights
4. Citizen and Nation
5. Global Citizenship

Chapter: 7 – Nationalism

1. Introduction
2. Nation and Nationalism
3. National Self-Determination
4. National and Pluralism

Chapter: 8 – Secularism

1. What Is Secularism?
2. Secular State
3. The Western Model of Secularism
4. The Indian Model of Secularism
5. Criticisms of Indian Secularism

|| Class: 11 – Indian Constitution at Work | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Constitution: Why and How

1. Why Do We Need A Constitution?
2. The Authority of a Constitution
3. Composition of the Constituent Assembly
4. Conclusion

Chapter: 2 – Rights in the Indian Constitution

1. Bill Of Rights
2. Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution
3. Right to Equality
4. Right to Freedom
5. Right to Life and Personal Liberty
6. Right against Exploitation
7. Right to Freedom of Religion
8. Cultural and Educational Rights
9. Right to Constitutional Remedies
10. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
11. Directive Principles of State Policy
12. Conclusion

Chapter: 3 – Election and Representation

1. Elections and Democracy
2. Election System in India
3. Proportional Representation
4. How Does PR Work In Rajya Sabha Elections?
5. Reservation of Constituencies
6. Free and Fair Elections
7. Electoral Reforms
8. Conclusion

Chapter: 4 – Executive

1. What Is An Executive?
2. What Are The Different Types Of Executive?
3. Parliamentary Executive in India
4. Discretionary Powers of the President
5. Prime Minister and Council Of Ministers
6. Size of the Council Of Ministers
7. Permanent Executive: Bureaucracy
8. Conclusion

Chapter: 5 – Legislature

1. Why Do We Need A Parliament?
2. Why Do We Need Two Houses Of Parliament?
3. States with the Second Chamber of Legislature
4. Rajya Sabha
5. Lok Sabha
6. What Does The Parliament Do?
7. Powers of Rajya Sabha
8. Special Powers of Rajya Sabha
9. A Money Bill Shall Not Be Introduced In the Council of States
10. Instruments of Parliamentary Control
11. What Does The Committees of Parliament Do?
12. How Does The Parliament Regulate Itself?
13. Conclusion

Chapter: 6 – Judiciary

1. Why Do We Need An Independent Judiciary?
2. Structure of the Judiciary
3. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
4. Judicial Activism
5. Judiciary and Rights
6. Judiciary and Parliament
7. Conclusion

Chapter: 7 – Federalism

1. What Is Federalism?
2. Federalism in the Indian Constitution
3. Division of Powers
4. Federalism with a Strong Central Government
5. Conflicts in India’s Federal System
6. Special Provisions
7. Conclusion

Chapter: 8 – Local Governments

1. Why Local Governments?
2. Growth of Local Government in India
3. 73rd And 74th Amendments
4. 73rd Amendment
5. 74th Amendment
6. Conclusion

Chapter: 9 – Constitution as a Living Document

1. Are Constitutions Static?
2. How to Amend the Constitution?
3. Why Have There Been So Many Amendments?
4. Basic Structure and Evolution of the Constitution
5. Constitution as a Living Document
6. Conclusion

Chapter: 10 – The Philosophy of the Constitution

|| Class: 12 – Contemporary World Politics | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – The End of Bipolarity

1. What Was the Soviet System?
2. Gorbachev and Disintegration of Soviet Union: Causes and Consequences
3. Shock Therapy and Its Consequences
4. Tensions and Conflicts
5. India’s Relations with Post-Communist Countries

Chapter: 2- Contemporary Centres of Power

1. European Union
2. Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
3. The Rise of the Chinese Economy
4. India’s Relations with China

Chapter: 3 – Contemporary South Asia

1. What Is South Asia
2. The Military and Democracy in Pakistan and Bangladesh
3. Monarchy and Democracy in Nepal
4. Ethnic Conflict and Democracy in Sri Lanka
5. Conflicts between India and Pakistan
6. India and Its Relations with Neighbours
7. Peace and Co-Operation in South Asia

Chapter: 4 – International Organisations

1. Why International Organisations
2. Evolution of the UN
3. Reform of Structures and Processes
4. Jurisdiction of the UN
5. India and the UN Reforms
6. The UN in A Unipolar World

Chapter: 5 – Security in the Contemporary World

1. What Is Security
2. Traditional Notions: External
3. Traditional Notions: Internal
4. Non-Traditional Notions
5. Different Sources of Threats and Co-Operative Security
6. India’s Security Strategy

Chapter: 6 – Environment and Natural Resources

1. Environmental Norms and Global Commons
2. India’s Stand on Environmental Issues
3. Resource Geopolitics, Indigenous People and Their Rights

Chapter: 7 – Globalisation

1. Globalization – Causes and Consequences
2. India and Globalisation

|| Class: 12 – Politics in India since Independence | Political Science Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Challenges of Nation Building

1. Challenges of Nation-Building
2. Legacy of Partition
3. Organization and Reorganisation of States

Chapter: 2 – Era of One-Party Dominance

1. Building Democracy
2. The dominance of National and State
3. Major Opposition Parties and Congress Coalition

Chapter: 3 – Politics of Planned Development

1. Five-Year Plans and the Developments
2. Green Revolution

Chapter: 4 – India’s External Relations

1. Nehru’s Foreign Policy
2. The Wars with the Neighbours
3. Recent Developments in World Politics

Chapter: 5 – Challenges To and Restoration of the Congress System

1. Political Succession after Nehru
2. Fourth General Elections of 1967 and Split in Congress
3. Major Opposition Parties and Congress Coalition

Chapter: 6 – Crisis of the Democratic Order

1. Background to Emergency
2. Declaration of Emergency
3. Politics after the National Emergency

Chapter: 7 – Regional Aspirations

1. Rise of Regional Parties
2. Punjab
3. Kashmir
4. North-East

Chapter: 8 – Recent Developments in Indian Politics

1. Political Developments
2. Coalition Governments
3. The emergence of a New Consensus

|| Brief Introduction of Political Science Ncert Notes (6-12) ||

NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) textbooks are foundational resources for students in India, covering various subjects including Political Science from grades 6 to 12. Here’s an overview of what each grade typically covers:

1. Class 6:
   • The basics of Civics and Political Science are introduced.
   • Topics may include understanding diversity, governance, and local government.
2. Class 7:
   • Students delve deeper into political concepts and governance structures.
   • They may learn about different forms of government, rights, and democracy.
3. Class 8:
   • More complex political concepts are introduced.
   • Topics may include understanding the Indian Constitution, judiciary, and understanding the political system.
4. Class 9:
   • Students typically learn about broader political concepts and historical contexts.
   • They may study topics such as the French Revolution, democracy, and electoral politics.
5. Class 10:
   • A focus on global political issues and India’s role in the world may be introduced.
   • Students might study topics such as power-sharing, federalism, and democracy.
6. Class 11:
   • Political Science at this level often delves into more specialized areas.
   • Students may study Indian Constitution at length, political theory, and comparative politics.
7. Class 12:
   • The curriculum may include advanced topics in political science.
   • Students might learn about international relations, political ideologies, and contemporary global issues.

These Political Science Ncert 6 to 12 Pdf textbooks are designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of political science concepts, governance structures, and political systems both in India and globally. They serve as foundational resources for students preparing for higher education in political science or related fields.