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1. ENGLISH CORE [CODE NO 301] TERM 1 1. THEORY (80 marks)

Flamingo

The Last Lesson

Lost Spring

Deep Water

My Mother at Sixty-Six

An Elementary School…Slum

Keeping Quiet

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

The Rattrap

Indigo

Vistas

o Tiger King

o The Enemy

o Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

o On the Face of It

o Memories of Childhood

Short Writing Skills

Invitation Formal/Informal

Letter Writing

Business Letter- Enquiry & Complaint

Long Writing Skills

Report Writing

TERM 2

Flamingo

Going Places

A Thing of Beauty

Vistas

o Evans Tries O Level

Letter Writing

Official Letter- Complaint, Enquiries

2. INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (20 Marks)

*Class XI Reading & Writing Skills included in Term 1

& 2.

** Any modifications in the syllabus will be included after

CBSE’s notifications.

2. GEOGRAPHY (Code No. 029) One Theory Paper 3 Hours 70 Marks A Fundamentals of Human Geography 35 Marks Unit 1: Human Geography 30 Unit 2: People Unit 3: Human Activities Unit 4: Transport, Communication and Trade Unit 5: Human settlements Map Work 5 B India: People and Economy 35 Marks

Unit 6: People 30 Unit 7: Human Settlements Unit 8: Resources and Development Unit 9: Transport, Communication and International Trade Unit 10: Geographical Perspective on selected issues and problems Map Work 5 C Practical Work 30 Marks Unit 1: Processing of Data and Thematic Mapping 15 Unit 2: Field study or Spatial Information Technology 10 Unit 3: Practical Record Book and Viva Voce 5 Part-A. Fundamentals of Human Geography 90 Periods 35 Unit 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope 05 Periods Unit 2: People 18 Periods

Population-distribution, density and growth Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants

of population change; Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition; Human development - concept; selected indicators,

international comparisons Unit 3: Human Activities 28 Periods

Primary activities - concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agricultural and allied activities - some examples from selected countries.

Secondary activities-concept; manufacturing: types - household, small scale, large scale; agro based and mineral based industries; people engaged in secondary activities - some examples from selected countries.

Tertiary activities-concept; trade, transport and tourism; services; people engaged in tertiary activities - some examples from selected countries.

Quaternary activities-concept; people engaged in quaternary activities - case study from selected countries. Unit 4: Transport, Communication and Trade 24 Periods

Land transport - roads, railways; trans-continental railways. Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes. Air transport- Intercontinental air routes. Oil and gas pipelines. Satellite communication and cyber space- Importance and

usage for geographical information; use of GPS. International trade-Bases and changing patterns; ports as

gateways of international trade, role of WTO in International trade.

Ocean: National rights and international treaties. Unit 5: Human Settlements 10 Periods

Settlement types - rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of mega cities; problems of human settlements in developing countries. Map Work on identification of features based on 1-5 units on the outline/Physical/Political map of World.05 Periods Part B. India: People and Economy 90 Periods

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Unit 6: People 15 Periods Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of

population - linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational-regional variations in growth of population.

Migration: international, national-causes and consequences. Human development: selected indicators and regional patterns. Population, environment and development.

Unit 7: Human Settlements 10 Periods

Rural settlements - types and distribution. Urban settlements - types, distribution and functional

classification. Unit 8: Resources and Development 30 Periods

Land resources- general land use; agricultural land use, Geographical conditions and distribution of major crops (Wheat, Rice, Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane and Rubber), agricultural development and problems.

Water resources-availability and utilization-irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods-rain water harvesting and watershed management.

Mineral and energy resources- distribution of metallic (Iron ore, Copper, Bauxite, Manganese); non-metallic (Mica, Salt) minerals; conventional (Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas and Hydroelectricity) and non-conventional energy sources (solar, wind, biogas) and conservation.

Industries - types, factors of industrial location; distribution and changing pattern of selected industries-iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge based industries; impact of liberalization, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location; industrial clusters.

Planning in India- target group area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study). Unit 9: Transport, Communication and International Trade 15 Periods

Transport and communication-roads, railways, waterways and airways: oil and gas pipelines; Geographical information and communication networks.

International trade- changing pattern of India's foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland and airports. Unit 10: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal. Urbanisation, rural-urban migration; problems of slums. Land degradation.

Map work on locating and labelling of features based on above units on outline map of India. 05 Marks Part-C Practical Work 40 Periods Unit 1: Processing of Data and Thematic Mapping 25 Periods

Type and Sources of data: Primary, Secondary and other sources.

Tabulating and processing of data; calculation of averages, measures of central tendency, deviation and rank correlation.

Representation of data- construction of diagrams: bars, circles and flowchart; thematic maps; construction of dot; choropleth and isopleth maps.

Data analysis and generation of diagrams, graphs and other visual diagrams using computers. Unit 2: Field Study or Spatial Information Technology 15 Periods Field visit and study: map orientation, observation and preparation of sketch; survey on any one of the local concerns; pollution, ground water changes, land use and land-use changes, poverty, energy issues, soil degradation, impact of floods and drought, catchment area of school, Market survey and Household survey (any one topic of local concern may be taken up for the study; observation and questionnaire survey may be adopted for the data collection; collected data may be tabulated and analysed with diagrams and maps). Students can be given different topics to get more insight into various problems of society. OR Spatial Information Technology Introduction to GIS; hardware requirements and software modules; data formats; raster and vector data, data input, editing and topology building; data analysis; overlay and buffer.

3. POLITICAL SCIENCE (Code No. 028)

TERM I

Part A - Contemporary World Politics

1 Cold War and Non-aligned Movement

2 The End of Bipolarity

3 New Centres of Power

4 South Asia and the Contemporary World

5 United Nations and its Organizations

6 Security in Contemporary World

7 Environment and Natural Resources

8 Globalization

Part B - Politics in India since

Independence

9 Challenges of Nation-Building

10 Planning and Development

TERM II

11 India's Foreign Policy

12 Parties and the Party Systems in India

13 Democratic Resurgence

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14 Social and New Social Movements in

India

15 Regional Aspirations

16 Indian Politics: Trends and Developments

COURSE CONTENT

Part A: Contemporary World Politics

1 Cold War and Non-aligned Movement

Emergence of two power blocs/Bipolarity,

Non-aligned Movement (NAM).

2 The End of Bipolarity Disintegration of

Soviet Union, Unipolar World, Middle East

Crisis – Afghanistan, Gulf War, Democratic

Politics and Democratization – CIS and the

21st Century (Arab Spring).

3 New Centres of Power Organizations:

European Union, ASEAN, SAARC, BRICS.

Nations: Russia, China, Israel, India.

4 South Asia and the Contemporary World

Conflicts and efforts for Peace and

Democratization in South Asia: Pakistan,

Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives.

5 United Nations and its Organizations

Principle Organs, Key Agencies: UNESCO,

UNICEF, WHO, ILO, Security Council and

the Need for its Expansion.

6 Security in Contemporary World Security:

Meaning and Types; Terrorism.

7 Environment and Natural Resources

Environmental Movements, Global Warming

and Climate Change, Conservation of Natural

Resources.

8 Globalization Globalization: Meaning,

Manifestations and Debates.

Part B: Politics in India Since

Independence

9 Challenges of Nation- Building Nation and

Nation Building, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and

Integration of States, Legacy of Partition:

Challenge of Refugee, Resettlement, Kashmir

Issue, Nehru’s Approach to Nation –

Building, Political Conflicts over Language

and Linguistic Organization of States.

10 Planning and Development Changing

nature of India’s Economic Development,

Planning Commission and Five year Plans,

National Development Council, NITI Aayog.

11 India's Foreign Policy Principles of

Foreign Policy; India’s Changing Relations

with Other Nations: US, Russia, China, Israel;

India’s Relations with its Neighbours:

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and

Myanmar; India’s Nuclear Programme.

12 Parties and the Party Systems in India

Congress System, Bi-party System, Multi-

party Coalition System.

13 Democratic Resurgence Jayaprakash

Narayan and Total Revolution, Ram Manohar

Lohia and Socialism, Pandit Deendayal

Upadhyay and Integral Humanism, National

Emergency, Democratic Upsurges –

Participation of the Adults, Backwards and

Youth. 14 Social and New Social Movements

in India Social vs. New Social Movements,

Farmer’s movements, Worker’s Movements,

Women’s Movements, Ecological

Movements.

15 Regional Aspirations Rise of Regional

Parties, Punjab Crisis, The Kashmir issue,

Movements for Autonomy.

16 Indian Politics: Trends and Developments

Era of Coalitions: National Front, United

Front, United Progressive Alliance [UPA] – I

& II, National Democratic Alliance [NDA] –

I, II, III & IV, Issues of Development and

Governance.

Prescribed Books:

1. Contemporary World Politics, Class XII,

Published by NCERT

2. Politics in India since Independence, Class

XII, Published by NCERT

4. ECONOMICS Theory: 80 Marks Project: 20 Marks Part A: Introductory Microeconomics Unit 1: Introduction Meaning of microeconomics and macroeconomics; positive and normative economics What is an economy? Central problems of

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an economy: what, how and for whom to produce; concepts of production possibility frontier and opportunity cost. Unit 2: Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand Consumer's equilibrium - meaning of utility, marginal utility, law of diminishing marginal utility, conditions of consumer's equilibrium using marginal utility analysis. Indifference curve analysis of consumer's equilibrium-the consumer's budget (budget set and budget line), preferences of the consumer (indifference curve, indifference map) and conditions of consumer's equilibrium. Demand, market demand, determinants of demand, demand schedule, demand curve and its slope, movement along and shifts in the demand curve; price elasticity of demand - factors affecting price elasticity of demand; measurement of price elasticity of demand – percentage-change method. Unit 3: Producer Behaviour and Supply Meaning of Production Function – Short-Run and Long-Run Total Product, Average Product and Marginal Product. Returns to a Factor Cost: Short run costs - total cost, total fixed cost, total variable cost; Average cost; Average fixed cost, average variable cost and marginal cost-meaning and their relationships. Revenue - total, average and marginal revenue - meaning and their relationship. Producer's equilibrium-meaning and its conditions in terms of marginal revenue-marginal cost. Supply, market supply, determinants of supply, supply schedule, supply curve and its slope, movements along and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply; measurement of price elasticity of supply - percentage-change method. Unit 4: Forms of Market and Price Determination under Perfect Competition with simple applications. Perfect competition - Features; Determination of market equilibrium and effects of shifts in demand and supply. Other Market Forms - monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly - their meaning and features. Simple Applications of Demand and Supply: Price ceiling, price floor. Part B: Introductory Macroeconomics Unit 5: National Income and Related Aggregates Some basic concepts: consumption goods, capital goods, final goods, intermediate goods; stocks and flows; gross investment and depreciation. Circular flow of income (two sector model); Methods of calculating National Income - Value Added or Product method, Expenditure method, Income method. Aggregates related to National Income: Gross National Product (GNP), Net National Product (NNP), Gross and Net Domestic Product (GDP and NDP) - at market price, at factor cost; Real and Nominal GDP. GDP and Welfare Unit 6: Money and Banking Money - meaning and supply of money - Currency held by the public and net demand deposits held by commercial banks. Money creation by the commercial banking system. Central bank and its functions (example of the Reserve Bank of India): Bank of issue, Govt. Bank, Banker's Bank, Control of Credit through Bank Rate, CRR, SLR, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate, Open Market Operations, Margin requirement. Unit 7: Determination of Income and Employment Aggregate demand and its components. Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal). Short-run equilibrium output; investment multiplier and its mechanism. Meaning of full employment and involuntary

unemployment. Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct them - changes in government spending, taxes and money supply. Unit 8: Government Budget and the Economy Government budget - meaning, objectives and components. Classification of receipts - revenue receipts and capital receipts; classification of expenditure – revenue expenditure and capital expenditure. Measures of government deficit - revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, primary deficit their meaning. Unit 9: Balance of Payments Balance of payments account - meaning and components; balance of payments deficit-meaning. Foreign exchange rate - meaning of fixed and flexible rates and managed floating. Determination of exchange rate in a free market. Part C: Developing Projects in Economics The students may be encouraged to develop project, as per the suggested project guidelines. Students are supposed to pick any ONE of the two suggested projects. I. Project (Option One) : What’s Going Around Us Scope of the project: Following essentials are required to be fulfilled in the project. Explanation of the concept: - Meaning and Definition - Application of the concept - Diagrammatic Explanation (if any) - Numerical Explanation related to the concept etc. (if any) - Students’ own views/perception/ opinion and learning from the topic.. Mode of presentation and submission of the Project: At the end of the stipulated term, each student(s) will present their work in the Project File (with viva voce) to the external examiner. II. Project (Option Two): Analyse any concept from the syllabus Following essentials are required to be fulfilled in the project. Explanation of the concept: - Meaning and Definition - Application of the concept - Diagrammatic Explanation (if any) - Numerical Explanation related to the concept etc. (if any) - Students’ own views/perception/ opinion and learning from the topic.. Mode of presentation and submission of the Project: At the end of the stipulated term, each student(s) will present their work in the Project File (with viva voce) to the external examiner.

5. INFORMATICS PRACTICES

CHAPTERS

1) Data Handling using Pandas and Data Visualization

Data Handling using Pandas -I Introduction to Python libraries-

Pandas, Matplotlib. Data structures in Pandas - Series and

Data Frames. Series: Creation of Series from –

ndarray, dictionary, scalar value; mathematical operations; Head and Tail

functions; Selection, Indexing and Slicing.

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Data Frames: creation - from dictionary of Series, list of dictionaries, Text/CSV

files; display; iteration; Operations on rows and columns: add,

select, delete, rename; Head and Tail functions; Indexing using Labels,

Boolean Indexing; Joining, Merging and Concatenation.

Importing/Exporting Data between CSV files and Data Frames.

Data handling using Pandas – II Descriptive Statistics: max, min, count,

sum, mean, median, mode, quartile, Standard deviation, variance.

DataFrame operations: Aggregation, group by, Sorting, Deleting and

Renaming Index, Pivoting. Handling missing values – dropping

and filling. Importing/Exporting Data between

MySQL database and Pandas. Data Visualization, Purpose of plotting;

drawing and saving following types of plots using Matplotlib – line plot, bar

graph, histogram, pie chart, frequency polygon, box plot and scatter plot.

Customizing plots: color, style (dashed, dotted), width; adding label, title, and

legend in plots.

2) Database Query using SQL Math functions: POWER (), ROUND (),

MOD (). Text functions: UCASE ()/UPPER (),

LCASE ()/LOWER (), MID ()/SUBSTRING ()/ SUBSTR (), LENGTH

(), LEFT (), RIGHT (), INSTR (), LTRIM (), RTRIM (), TRIM ().

Date Functions: NOW (), DATE (), MONTH (), MONTHNAME (), YEAR (),

DAY (), DAYNAME (). Aggregate Functions: MAX (), MIN (),

AVG (), SUM (), COUNT (); using COUNT (*).

Querying and manipulating data using Group by, Having, Order by.

Operations on Relations - Union, Intersection, Minus, Cartesian Product,

JOIN

3) Introduction to Computer Networks Introduction to networks, Types of

network: LAN, MAN, WAN. Network Devices: modem, hub, switch,

repeater, router, gateway

Network Topologies: Star, Bus, Tree, Mesh.

Introduction to Internet, URL, WWW and its applications- Web, email, Chat,

VoIP. Website: Introduction, a website and

webpage, static, dynamic web page, web server and hosting of a website.

Web Browsers: Introduction, commonly used browsers, browser settings, add-

ons and plug-ins, cookies.

4) Societal Impacts

Digital footprint, net and communication etiquettes, data

protection, intellectual property rights (IPR),

plagiarism, licensing and copyright, free and open source software (FOSS),

cybercrime and cyber laws, hacking, phishing, cyber bullying, overview of

Indian IT Act. E-waste: hazards and management.

Awareness about health concerns related to the usage of technology.

6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Unit 1: Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Sensing Entrepreneurial Opportunities Environment Scanning

Problem Identification

Spotting Trends

Creativity and Innovation

Selecting the Right Opportunity

Unit 2: Plentrepreneurial Planning

Forms of Business Entitites – Sole proprietorship, Joint Stock

Company - Meaning characteristics and suitability

Business Plan

Organisational plan

Operational plan and production plan

Financial plan

Marketing Plan

Human Resource Planning

Formalities for starting a business

Unit 3: Enterprise Marketing

Goals of Business; Goal Setting. SMART Goals

Marketing and Sales strategy

Branding - Business name, logo, tag line

Promotion strategy

Negotiations - Importance and methods

Customer Relations

Vendor Management

Business Failure – Reasons

Unit 4: Enterprise Growth Strategies

Franchising

Merger and Acquisition

Value Chain and Value Addition

Unit 5: Business Arithmetic

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Unit of Sale, Unit Cost for multiple products or services

Break even Analysis for multiple products or services

Importance and use of cash flow projections

Budgeting and managing the finances

Computation of working capital

Inventory control and EOQ

Return on Investment (ROI) and Return on Equity (ROE)

Unit 6: Resource Mobilization

Angel Investor

Venture Capital Funds

Stock Market – raising funds

Specialized Financial Institutions - Meaning and objectives

7. HOME SCIENCE Unit 1 Work, Livelihood And Career 1. Work, Livelihood And Career Unit 2. Nutrition Food Science And Technology 2. Clinical Nutrition And Dietetics 3 Public Nutrition And Health 4 Catering And Food Service Management 5. Food Processing And Technology 6. Food Quality And Food Safety. Unit 3. Human Development And Family Studies. . 7. Early Childhood Care And Education 8. Guidance And Counselling 9. Special Education And Support Service 10. Management Of Support Service, Institutions

And Programmes For Children, Youth And Elderly Unit 4. Fabric And Apparel 11. Design For Fabric And Apparel. 12. Fashion Design And Merchandising. 13. Production And Quality Control In The Garment Industry. 14. Textile Conservation In Museums 15. Care And Maintanance Of Fabric In Institution. II Term Theory. Unit 5 Resource Management. 16. Human Management. 17. Hospitality Management. 18. Ergonomic Sand Designing Of Interior And

Exterior Space. 19. Event Management. 20. Consumer Education And Protection. 21. Development Communication And Journalism. 22. Advocacy 23. Media Management, Design And Production 24. Corporate Communication And Public Relations 25. Management Of Development programme. Unit 6. Communication And Extension.

9. SOCIOLOGY

TERM -I

Book -1 Indian Society

Chap-2 The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

Chap-3 Social Institutions – Continuity and Change

Chap-4 The Market as a Social Institution

Chap-5 Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Chap-6 The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

Book -2 Social Change and development in India

Chap-7 Mass Media and Communications

Chap-8 Social Movements

Chapters for

Term –II

Book-2 Social Change and Development in Indian Society

Chap- 1 Structural Change

Chap-2 Cultural change

Chap-3 The Story of Democracy

Chap-4 Change and Development in Rural Society

Chap-5 Change and Development in Industrial Society

Chap-6 Globalization and Change.

8. GENERAL STUDIES

Contemporary Problems of Indian Society-APRIL - MAY 1. Removal of Poverty 2. Removal of Illiteracy 3. Eradication of Superstition

The Evolution of Indian Culture….JULY 1. The Indus Valley Civilization 2. The Vedic Culture 3. Buddhism/Jainism (Project Work on Topics 1 -3) 4. Indianess and impact of other cultures on society

Religion/dress/architecture etc Constitutional Obligations:… AUG.

1. The Preamble (Memorization) 2. The Preamble: Learn about rights of the common man

(Posters) Democratic Living:… ….SEPT

1. Respect for others’ Rights 2. Role of Education

Secularism in a Religious Society:…….OCT 1. Divide and Rule policy (British) 2. Religion 3. Measures to promote Secularism

Great Leaders: (Projects- Research & Poster Making)NOV. 1. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

9. PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION APRIL – SEPTEMBER [FIRST TERM] 1. Aims of Physical Education

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2. Games & Sports major Badminton, Football, Volley ball & Basketball. 3. Health Education 4. Recreational Games 5. P.T. Drills & Mass P.T. 6. First Aid OCTOBER- MARCH [SECOND TERM]

1. Aims of Physical Education 2. Games & Sports (Major Games- Volleyball, Basket Ball,

Table Tennis & Cricket 3. Health Education: Mind & Body coordination 4. Recreational Games: Lead up Games, Dodge Ball, Throw

Ball 5. First aid 6. Leadership development

10. WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Paper Work (Cards/Lanterns/Japanese Fans) 2. Cloth: (sock Puppet/heart-cushions) 3. Glass Painting 4. Fabric Painting 5. Slipper Socks (Knitting)

11. MORAL EDUCATION 1. Self-awareness Inventory – April & May 2. Goal Setting – July & August 3. Success & Money- September & October 4. What to expect in College life?- November 5. Freedom Vs Responsibility - December 6. Drugs? Peer Pressure- January 7. Stress and ways to cope- February __________________