Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus - Free PDF Download
Maharashtra State Board Syllabus 2026-27 11th Standard: The Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus for the examination year 2026-27 has been released by the MSBSHSE, Maharashtra State Board. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2026-27 Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new Maharashtra State Board syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus for 2026-27 is below.
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Syllabus
1: Section I : Political Concepts
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus
1 The State
- Nation
- Features of a nation
1. Population
2. Feeling of community
3. Desire to be politically separate
- Features of a nation
- Nationalism
- State
- Elements of the State
1. Sovereignty
2. Government
3. Territory
4. Population
- Elements of the State
- State and Government
2 Liberty and Rights
- Liberty
- Nature of Liberty
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Jeremy Bentham
- John Stuart Mill
- Two Concepts of Liberty
- Negative Liberty
- Positive Liberty
- Indian Concept of Liberty
- Rights
- Rights can be classified as follows
1. Natural rights
2. Moral rights
3. Legal rights
a. Civil Rights
b. Political Rights
- Rights can be classified as follows
- Human Rights
- Concept of Liberty and Rights in the Constitution of India
3 Equality and Justice
- Equality
- History of Equality
- Importance of Equality
- Facets of Equality
- Equality before law and equal protection of law
- Equality of Opportunity
- Types of Equality
- Natural Equality
- Civil Equality
- Political Equality
- Economic Equality
- Social Equality
- Equality in the Context of India
- Justice
- Types of Justice
- Natural Justice
- Legal Justice
- Social Justice
- Indian Concept of Justice
2: Section II : Comparative Government and Politics
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus
4 Constitutional Government
- Constitution
- Constitutionalism
- Governments
- Major Types of Democratic Governments
1. Parliamentary Systems
2. Presidential system
- Major Types of Democratic Governments
- Concept of Federalism
- Federal system of government
- Importance Features of Federalism
5 Concept of Representation
- Representation
- Divine Right of Kings
- Representative Assemblies
- India
- Methods of Representation
- Electoral
- Non-electoral
- Non-Official
- Classification of Electoral Systems
- Number of Member that are elected from one constituency
a) Single Member
b) Multi Member - How many votes are required to get elected from any one constituency
a) Plurality
b) Majority
c) Proportional
- Number of Member that are elected from one constituency
- Right to Vote
- Channels and Levels of Representation
- Classification of Political Parties
- Origin of Political Parties
- Interest and Pressure Groups
- Non Governmental Organisations (NGO)
6 Role of the Judiciary
- Judicial Independence
- Judicial System in India
- Role of Judiciary
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Review
3: Section III : Public Administration
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus
7 Public Administration
- Public Administration
- Defining Public Administration
- Inter-relationship between Political Science and Public Administration
- Scope of Public Administration: Narrow and Broad
- Narrow Perspective
- P - Planning
- O - Organisation
- S - Staffing
- D - Directing
- CO-Co-ordination
- R-Reporting
- B-Budgeting
- Broad Perspective
- Evolution of Public Administration
- Public Policy
- Policy Choice
- Policy Output
- Policy Impact
- Administrative System in India
- How Does the Administration Function?
8 Development Administration
- Development Administration
- Evolution and Meaning
- Definitions
- Features of Development Administration
- Change oriented
- Output-oriented
- Citizen participation
- Public Commitment
- Development Administration in India
- India’s goals of development since independence
- Modernisation of the economy
- Land Reforms
- Agriculture
- Self-reliance
- Socialist pattern with social justice
- NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)
- Introduction
- Think-Tank Role
- Pillars of NITI Aayog
- Organisational Structure
- Core Functions
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Development Programmes
4: Section IV : International Relations
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Political Science Syllabus
9 The World since 1945 - I
- The World since 1945
- Effects of the Second World War
- End of the primacy of Europe
- Division of Europe
- Role of Ideology
- United Nations
- Rise of Asia
- Cold War (1945-1991)
- Early Cold War Developments (1945–1947)
- The Potsdam (Germany) Conference of 1945
- Causes of the Cold War
- Phases of Cold War
- Phase: 1945 to 1949/50 (Formative years)
- Phase: 1949/50 to 1959 (Cold war in Asia)
- Series of Military Alliances Made in Asia
10 The World since 1945 - II
- Phase 1959 to 1962 (Shifts in the Cold War)
- Phase 1962 to 1972 (Foundations of Détente)
- Phase 1972 to 1979 (Détente)
- Phase 1979 to 1985/86 (New Cold War)
- Disintegration of the USSR and Political Shifts in Eastern Europe
- Introduction
- The Regime of Gorbachev (1985-1991)
- Economic and Cultural Reforms
- End of the Cold War
- Political Changes
- August Coup of 1991
- Impact of Poland
- Development in Germany
- Impact of Czechoslovakia
