The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has released the 2025–26 Political Science syllabus for Class 12. This curriculum and syllabus will be used to develop the 2025 board exam papers and are thus of utmost importance for the 12th Class students. There are a total of six units covered in the West Bengal Class 12 Political Science syllabus 2025 that are further diluted into chapters to teach students about cultural amalgamation, colonialism, nationalism, etc. The theory section has 80 marks and 20 marks are allocated to projects.
The present WBCHSE curriculum of Political Science is framed in a systematic manner to facilitate students to have an understanding of political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, and behaviour. The contents enrich student’s writing, communication, data analysis skills and also develop knowledge about current and past political events across the world.
DownloadWBCHSE Class 12th Political Science Syllabus here
West Bengal Board Class 12 Political Science 2025-26 - Semester III
Below given is the detailed syllabus:
Unit No. | Topics | Contact Hours | Marks |
Unit 1 | International Relations in the Post Second World War Period- Cold War Era- Bipolarity and End of Bipolarity- Non-Aligned Movement | 20 | 8 |
Unit 2 | International Organizations and Institutions- United Nations – Aims and Principles- General Assembly – Composition and Functions- Security Council – Composition and Functions- ECOSOC – Composition and Functions- International Court of Justice- Agencies: UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO- World Bank and IMF | 20 | 8 |
Unit 3 | Security in the Contemporary World- Traditional Security – Internal and External- Non-traditional Security – Human Security, Terrorism, Migration, Poverty, Epidemics- Environmental Security | 10 | 7 |
Unit 4 | Challenges of Nation-Building- Partition of India- Refugee Problem- Integration of Princely States- Linguistic Reorganization of States | 20 | 5 |
Unit 5 | Political Parties and Party System- Definition and Features of Political Parties- Functions of Political Parties- Election Process of India and Electoral Reforms | 20 | 5 |
Unit 6 | India’s Foreign Policy- India and her Neighbours: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives- Major Powers: US, Russia, and China- India’s Nuclear Policy: Pokhran I, Pokhran II, PTBT, CTBT, NPT | 10 | 7 |
West Bengal Board Class 12 Political Science 2025-26 - Semester IV
Below given is the detailed syllabus:
UNIT No. | TOPICS | CONTACT HOURS | MARKS |
UNIT 1 | International Relations – Key Concepts and Political Doctrines- Evolution of IR as a Discipline- Realism, Idealism, Liberalism, Marxism – Brief Outline | 18 | 8 |
UNIT 2 | Major Regional and Sub-regional Organisations- European Union- SAARC- ASEAN- BIMSTEC | 10 | 6 |
UNIT 3 | Globalisation- Economic, Political and Cultural Consequences- India and Globalisation- Globalization – Critical Analysis | 8 | 6 |
UNIT 4 | Organs of the Indian GovernmentExecutive: Powers and Functions (President, PM, Governor, CM, Bureaucracy)Legislature: Composition and Functions (Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Parishad, Speaker – Power and Functions)Judiciary: Importance and Independence (Supreme Court, High Court, PILs, Consumer Courts, Lok Adalat) | 24 | 8 |
UNIT 5 | Contemporary Civil Society Movements in India- Brief Outline: Bhoodan Movement- CSR Acts and Roles- Right to Information: Act 2005 | 8 | 6 |
UNIT 6 | Constitutional Amendments and Local Self-Government- Methods of Amendments (Article 368)- 73rd Amendment – Rural Local Self-Government: 3 Tier Panchayat System – Composition, Functions and Source of Income- 74th Amendment – Urban Local Self-Government: Municipality and Corporation – Composition and Functions and Source of Income | 12 | 6 |
