CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus (Released): Check Topics, Pattern, Download PDF

Lam Vijaykanth

Updated On: May 16, 2024 01:47 AM | CUET

CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus has been released. The Political Science syllabus  includes topics such as The Era of One-Party Dominance, Nation-Building and Its Problems, Politics of Planned Development etc. Download the syllabus PDF from here.

 

CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus: Check Topics, Pattern, Download PDF

CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 has been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) allowing candidates to prepare well in advance for the CUET UG 2024 exam. The CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 is divided into two sections: "Politics in India since Independence" and "Contemporary World Politics". It has 19 units, with 10 units in the first section and 9 in the second. The units cover a wide range of topics related to international events and Indian politics.

The syllabus for CUET 2024 Political Science includes topics such as The Era of One-Party Dominance, Nation-Building and Its Problems, Politics of Planned Development, India's External Relations, Challenge to and Restoration of the Congress System, Crisis of the Constitutional Order, Regional Aspirations and Conflicts, Rise of New Social Movements, Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics, Recent Issues and Challenges in Indian Politics Since Independence.

Other section of CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 includes CUET Political Science topics in Contemporary World Politics include the Cold War Era, the Disintegration of the 'Second World' and the Collapse of Bipolarity, US Dominance in World Politics, Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power, South Asia in the Post-Cold War Era, International Organisations in a Unipolar World, and so on.

As per the CUET datesheet, the Political Science paper will be conducted on May 18, 2024 in an offline mode. Candidates can get the CUET Political Science syllabus PDF from the official websites, nta.ac.in and cuet.samarth.ac.in. The CUET Political Science syllabus PDF lists the names of the various units, as well as the topics covered in each. Candidates are able to benefit a better understanding of the CUET Political Science syllabus by reading further.

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CUET 2024 Overview

The CUET UG 2024 is being conducted on May 15 to May 24, 2024. From May 15–May 18, NTA will administer 15 test papers in an offline format. From May 21–May 24, 2024, 48 subjects will be administered via computer-based testing (CBT). The CUET UG 2024 exam will be administered in seven days over one shift, so there won't be a score normalisation procedure.

CUET UG 2024 Admit Card has been released on May 13, 2024 for the candidates who are going to appear for CUET UG 2024 exam from May 15 to May 18, 2024. Candidates can use the Direct link to Download CUET Admit Card 2024 and download their admit card. Also, the advance CUET UG City Intimation Slip 2024 Released for the examination scheduled to be held on May 15, 16, 17, and 18 on May 6, 2024.  Candidates can download the same using the given link; CUET City Intimation Slip 2024 .

Furthermore, the exam pattern for CUET UG 2024 includes three sections. Sections IA and IB deal with language tests, while Section II deals with domain-specific tests and Section III with a general test. The Political Science question paper will consist of 50 questions where candidates are provided with internal choices. They can answer any 40 questions from those given 50 questions. Also, the National Testing Agency is going to conduct CUET 2024 in thirteen languages. Candidates appearing for the CUET Political Science paper can check all the about CUET Syllabus 2024 PDF and other details in this article.

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Overview of CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus

The overview of the CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 is given below.

Politics in India Since Independence

Check the Politics in India Since Independence syllabus:

Topic

Title of the Topic

Topic -1

The Era of One-Party Dominance

Topic -2

Nation-Building and Its Problems

Topic -3

Politics of Planned Development

Topic -4

India’s External Relations

Topic -5

Challenge to and Restoration of Congress System

Topic-6

Crisis of the Constitutional Order

Topic-7

Regional Aspirations and Conflicts

Topic-8

Rise of New Social Movements

Topic-9

Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics

Topic-10

Recent Issues and Challenges

Contemporary World Politics

Check the CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 for Contemporary World Politics:

Topic

Title of the Topic

Topic -1

Cold War Era in World Politics

Topic -2

The Disintegration of the ‘Second World’ and the Collapse of Bipolarity

Topic -3

US Dominance in World Politics

Topic -4

Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power

Topic -5

South Asia in the Post-Cold War Era

Topic-6

International Organisations in a Unipolar World

Topic-7

Security in Contemporary World

Topic-8

Environment and Natural Resources in Global Politics

Topic-9

Globalisation and Its Critics

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CUET Political Science Syllabus 2024

The Political Science Syllabus of CUET 2024 is divided into two sectopms: Politics in India Since Independence and Contemporary World Politics. Politics in India Since Independence is further divided into ten topics and Contemporary World Politics into 9 topics.

Politics in India Since Independence

The era of One-Party Dominance: First three general elections, Nature of Congress dominance at the national level, uneven dominance at the state level, coalitional nature of Congress. Major opposition parties.

Nation-Building and Its Problems: Nehru’s approach to nation-building: Legacy of partition: the challenge of ‘refugee’ resettlement, the Kashmir problem, Organization and reorganization of states; Political conflicts over language

Politics of Planned Development: Five- year plans, expansion of state sector, and the rise of new economic interests. Famine and suspension of five-year plans. Green Revolution and its political fallouts.

India’s External Relations: Nehru’s foreign policy. Sino-Indian war of 1962, Indo-Pak war of 1965 and 1971. India’s nuclear programme and shifting alliances in world politics

Challenge to and Restoration of Congress System: Political succession after Nehru. NonCongressism and electoral upset of 1967, Congress split and reconstitution, Congress’ victory in 1971 elections, politics of ‘garibi hatao’.

Crisis of the Constitutional Order: Search for ‘committed’ Bureaucracy and Judiciary. Navnirman movement in Gujarat and the Bihar movement. Emergency: context, constitutional and extra-constitutional dimensions, resistance to emergency. 1977 elections and the formation of the Janata Party. Rise of civil liberties organizations.

Regional Aspirations and Conflicts: Rise of regional parties. Punjab crisis and the antiSikh riots of 1984. The Kashmir situation. Challenges and responses in the North East.

Rise of New Social Movements: Farmers’ movements, Women’s movements, Environment, and Development-affected people’s movements. Implementation of Mandal Commission report and its aftermath.

Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics: Participatory upsurge in the 1990s. Rise of the JD and the BJP. The increasing role of regional parties and coalition politics. UF and NDA governments. Elections 2004 and UPA government.

Recent Issues and Challenges: Challenge of and responses to globalization: new economic policy and its opposition. Rise of OBCs in North Indian politics. Dalit politics in the electoral and non-electoral arena. Challenge of communalism: Ayodhya dispute, Gujarat riots.

Contemporary World Politics

Cold War Era in World Politics: Emergence of two power blocs after the Second World War. Arenas of the Cold War. Challenges to Bipolarity: Non-Aligned Movement, the quest for new international economic order. India and the Cold War.

Disintegration of the ‘Second World’ and the Collapse of Bipolarity: New entities in world politics: Russia, Balkan states, and, Central Asian states, Introduction of democratic politics and capitalism in post-communist regimes. India’s relations with Russia and other post-communist countries.

US Dominance in World Politics: Growth of unilateralism: Afghanistan, first Gulf War, response to 9/11 and attack on Iraq. Dominance and challenge to the US in economy and ideology. India’s renegotiation of its relationship with the USA.

Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power: Rise of China as an economic power in post- Mao Era, creation, and expansion of European Union, ASEAN. India’s changing relations with China

South Asia in the Post-Cold War Era: Democratisation and its reversals in Pakistan and Nepal. Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. Impact of economic globalization on the region. Conflicts and efforts for peace in South Asia. India’s relations with its neighbours

International Organisations in a Unipolar World: Restructuring and the future of the UN. India’s position in the restructured UN. Rise of new international actors: new international economic organizations, NGOs. How democratic and accountable are the new institutions of global governance?

Security in Contemporary World: Traditional concerns of security and politics of disarmament. Non-traditional or human security: global poverty, health, and education. Issues of human rights and migration.

Environment and Natural Resources in Global Politics: Environment movement and evolution of global environmental norms. Conflicts over traditional and common property resources. Rights of Indigenous People. India’s stand-in global environmental debates.

Globalization and Its Critics: Economic, cultural and political manifestations. Debates on the nature of consequences of globalization. Anti-globalization movements. India is an arena of globalization and struggles against it.

CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus

The CUET Political Science syllabus 2024 PDF is provided below. Aspirants can download it from the link given below by just clicking on it.

CUET 2024 Political Science Syllabus - (PDF Available)


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