CISCE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2026-27 Class 12: The CISCE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus for the examination year 2026-27 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. 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 CISCE Class 12 Political Science Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus for 2026-27 is below.
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CISCE Class 12 Political Science Revised Syllabus
CISCE Class 12 Political Science Course Structure 2026-27 With Marking Scheme
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Syllabus
1: Constitution and Government [Revision]
CISCE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus
1 Forms of Government: Totalitarian and Authoritarian States, and Liberal Democratic State [Revision]
- Totalitarian and Authoritarian States
- Liberal Democratic State
- Unitary and Federal States
- Meaning and features of Unitary and Federal States with reference to U.K. as a Unitary state, U.S.A. as a Federal State and India as a Quasi-federal State.
- Parliamentary and Presidential Forms of Government (U.K. and U.S.A.)
- Decentralisation in India
- Overview of Forms of Government: Totalitarian and Authoritarian States, and Liberal Democratic State
2 Forms of Government: Unitary and Federal States [Revision]
- Meaning of Constitution
- Kinds of Constitutions - Written and Unwritten, Rigid and Flexible, Enacted and Evolved
- Amending Procedures
- Conventions - Meaning and Examples with Reference to U.K., U.S.A. and India
- Overview of Forms of Government: Unitary and Federal States
3 Forms of Government: Parliamentary and Presidential Forms of Government [Revision]
- Methods of Election - Direct and Indirect
- Constituency - Single Member and Multi-member
- Universal Adult Franchise
- First Past the Post System
- Minority Representation
meaning, rationale and kinds: Proportional Representation, Cumulative Vote System, Nomination and Reservation
- Political Parties
meaning, definition and functions
- Kinds of Party System - Single Party, Bi-party, Multi-party System
- Overview of Forms of Government: Parliamentary and Presidential Forms of Government
4 Constitution [Revision]
5 Franchise and Representation [Revision]
6 Organs of Government: The Legislature [Revision]
7 Organs of Government: The Executive [Revision]
8 Organs of Government: The Judiciary [Revision]
2: Indian Democracy [Revision]
CISCE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus
9 Indian Constitution the Preamble and Salient Features of the Indian Constitution [Revision]
- Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
- Legislative Functions
- The Legislature in India and U.S.A.
- Composition and Powers of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- Comparison of the Rajya Sabha and the U.S. Senate
- Lok Sabha with the U.S. House of Representatives
- Overview of Indian Constitution the Preamble and Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
10 Fundamental Rights [Revision]
- What is an Executive
- Functions of Executive
- Discretionary Powers of the President
- President’s role in choosing the Prime Minister
- Civil Service
- Difference Between the Political Executive and the Permanent Executive
- Political Executive in India and U.S.A. - a Comparative Study
- Powers and Functions of Executive Heads of U.S.A. (President)
- Changing Role of the Indian Prime Minister in the Coalition Era (1996 Onwards) - with Reference to Increasing Role of Regional Political Parties
- Overview of Fundamental Rights
11 Directive Principles of State Policy [Revision]
- Introduction and Composition of Judiciary
- Functions of Judiciary
- Conditions of Independence of Judiciary
- Judiciary in India and U.S.A
- A comparative study - composition and powers of Indian Supreme Court and American Supreme Court
- Judicial Review
- Principles and Critical Evaluation with Special Reference to U.S.A. and India
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Restraint
- The Supreme Court
- Overview of Directive Principles of State Policy
12 Local Self-Government [Revision]
13 Democracy in India: Perspective of Challenges Faced [Revision]
