Assam Board Class 12th Sociology Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF Below

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council's (AHSEC) 2025 syllabus for Class 12 is out. Syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from the official website. The syllabus is a must-have document for students and tutors, as it guides them correctly throughout the academic year.

Here, the 2025 AHSEC HS 2nd year Sociology syllabus is provided that students must keep with them to prepare for the 2025 Assam Board examination. The syllabus consists of course structure, course content, and the project work. Out of 100, 80 marks are allocated for theory, which students can achieve by properly understanding each unit. The remaining 20 marks are for projects. Now, check and download the complete syllabus PDF from here.

DownloadAssam Board Class 12 Sociology syllabus 2025-26 here

Assam Board HS 2nd Year Sociology Course Structure 2025

The sociology syllabus for the Assam Board second-year students is divided into three parts. Part A is about Indian Society and Part B is about Social Change and Development in India. Part C is project work of 20 marks. To know the unit-wise mark distribution, check the tables below:

Part A: Indian Society

Part B: Social Change and Development in India

Part C: Project Work-Marks-20

Assam HS 2nd Year Sociology Syllabus 2025

From here, the complete detailed unit-wise syllabus for AHSEC 12th Sociology starts for the 2025 board examination. Check the list thoroughly and prepare for the exams accordingly.

A. INDIAN SOCIETY (Total Marks-40)

Unit. I Introducing Indian Society

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Non-evaluative)

Unit. II The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

• Theories and concepts in demography
• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
• Population Policy in India

Unit. III Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

• Caste and the Caste System
• Tribal Communities
• Family and Kinship

Unit. IV Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

• Social Inequality and Social Exclusion
• Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality - Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes
• Adivasi Struggles
• The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights
• The Struggles of the Differently Abled

Unit. V The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

• Cultural communities and the nation-state
• Regionalism in the Indian context
• The nation-state and religion-related issues and identities
• Communalism, secularism and the nation-state

State and Civil Society

Unit.VI Suggestions for Project Work Periods 10 (Non- evaluative)

B. SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA (Marks 40)

Unit. I Structural Change

• Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Unit. II Cultural Change

• Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation, Westernization, Modernization, Secularization

Unit.III Change and Development in Rural Society

• Agrarian Structure: Caste & class in Rural India
• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian Society
• Green revolution and its social consequences
• Transformation in Rural Society
• Circulation of labour
• Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society

Unit. IV Change and Development in Industrial Society

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• How People Find Jobs

Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, Home based work, Strikes and Unions

Unit. V Social Movements

• Concept of Social Movements
• Classification of Social Movements
• Environmental Movements
• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, BackwardClass/Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Tribal Movements
• Women’s Movements in Independent India