West Bengal HS Syllabus 2024-25: Download Latest West Bengal Class 12 Syllabus PDF

UNIT 1: PROSE

1. ‘War’ by Luigi Pirandello

2. ‘Debut on Stage’ by Charles Chaplin

3. ‘The Legends of Pensam’ by Mamang Dai

UNIT 2: VERSE

1. ‘Ode to the West Wind’ by P. B. Shelley

2. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ by Kamala Das

UNIT 3: DRAMA

‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams (Scene I to IV)

UNIT 4: TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

Textual Grammar from Unit 1 and Unit 2: Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences; Change of Narration; Correction of errors

UNIT 5: READING COMPREHENSION

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Total

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UNIT 1: PROSE

1. ‘Mr. Pirzada’ by Jhumpa Lahiri

2. ‘The Lamb of the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl

UNIT 2: VERSE

1. ‘Last Ride Together’ by Robert Browning

2. ‘I cannot live with thee’ by Emily Dickinson

3. ‘This is a Photograph of Me’ by Margaret Atwood

UNIT 3: DRAMA

‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams (Scene V to VII)

UNIT 4: NONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR

Non-textual Grammar: Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences; Change of Narration; Correction of Errors

UNIT 5: WRITING SKILL

Essay

Total

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1

Electrostatics

SUB TOPICS: ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

Electric charges, conservation of charge.

Coulomb's law - force between two point charges, forces between multiple charges, superposition principle and continuous uniform distribution of charges.

Electric field: electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines.

Electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole (at a point on its axis, at a point on its perpendicular bisector, at any point), torque on a dipole in uniform electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its application to find the field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside)

SUB TOPICS: ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

Electric potential, potential difference, relation between electric field intensity and potential, electric potential : due to a point charge, a dipole and system of point charges, equipotential surface and its properties, electrical potential - energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in electrostatic field.

Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor.

Dielectrics and electric polarization.

Capacitors and capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel.

Capacitance of parallel plate capacitors with or without dielectric medium between the plates. Capacitances of solid and hollow spherical capacitors.

Energy stored in a capacitor. Example of capacitors in our daily life (only qualitative idea )

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Current electricity

Electric current, flow of electric charge in a metallic conductor. Drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current. Ohm's law, electrical resistance, resistivity and conductivity. V-I characteristics for ohmic resistance, temperature dependence of resistance. Series, parallel and mixed grouping of resistances. Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel and in mixed grouping. Parallel combination of two cells of unequal emfs, series combination of n cells of unequal emfs. Kirchhoff's law and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge principle, Metre Bridge principle (end error correction not required). Potentiometer: principle and its applications to measure the potential difference and for comparing emfs of two cells and measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

3

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism

SUB TOPICS: MOVING CHARGE AND MAGNETIC FIELD Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment. Biot - Savart law, calculation of magnetic field for linear and circular current carrying conductors and its simple applications. Ampere's circuital law and its application to infinitely long straight wire and straight solenoid. Force on a moving charge in a uniform magnetic and electric fields - Lorentz force. Motion of a charged particle in a perpendicular magnetic field (Cyclotron frequency). Force on a current carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force between two parallel current carrying conductors - definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current carrying loop in uniform magnetic field, moving coil galvanometer -its current sensitivity. Conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter. SUB TOPICS: MAGNETISM AND MATTER Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron. Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field, magnetic field lines. Magnetic properties of a material: magnetic permeability, magnetic susceptibility, intensity of magnetization, magnetic retentivity and coercivity. Hysteresis: B - H loop and its significance, (only qualitative idea) Earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements. Dia, Para and Ferro - magnetic substances with examples. Electromagnets and factor affecting their strengths.

4

Electromagnetic induction and alternating current

SUB TOPICS : ELCTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION Electromagnetic induction, concept of magnetic flux. Faraday's laws, induced emf and current, Lenz's law, Eddy current. Concept of self and mutual inductance, self-inductance of a solenoid and mutual inductance of two coaxial solenoids (qualitative ideas). SUB TOPICS : ALTERNATING CURRENT Alternating current, peak and RMS values of alternating current/voltage, reactance and impedance. Concept of phasor diagram, only resistive circuit, only inductive circuit , only capacitive circuit, LR circuit, CR circuit, and LCR series circuit, resonance, LC oscillator (qualitative idea only). Power in AC circuit, power factor in AC circuit, wattless current. AC generator and transformer

5

Electromagnetic waves

Basic idea of displacement current, electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, Gamma Rays) including elementary facts about their uses.

6

Optics

SUB TOPICS : RAY OPTICS AND OPTCAL INSTRUMENTS Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications, optical fibers. Refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula. Lens -Maker's Formula. Displacement method to find the position of image (conjugate points), magnification power of a lens. Combination of thin lenses in contact, combination of lens and mirrors. Refraction and dispersion of light through a Prism. Scattering of light - blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset. Optical instruments: human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) only qualitative Ideas. Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers. SUB TOPICS : WAVE OPTICS Wave front and Huygens' principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using Huygens' principle. Interference: interference of monochromatic light by double slits –Young’s experiment, conditions for sustained interference of light - coherent sources, condition of maxima and minima in the term of path difference and phase difference, expression for the fringe width. Diffraction: Fraunhoffer's diffraction due to single slit, width of central maximum. Resolving power of microscope and astronomical telescope. Polarization, plane polarized light. Brewster's law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroid.

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Dual nature of radiation and matter

Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect. Hertz and Lenard's observations, Einstein's Photoelectric equation - particle nature of light. Matter waves - wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation and its simple applications.

8

Atoms and nuclei

SUB TOPICS: ATOMS Alpha - particle scattering experiment, Rutherford's model of atom, Bohr model of hydrogen like atoms, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Elementary theory of X -ray production, continuous and characteristic X-ray(their origin and properties only),Moseley's law. SUB TOPICS : NUCLEI Composition and size of nucleus, atomic mass, isotope, isobar, isotone. Radioactivity: alpha, beta and gamma particles / rays and their properties, radioactive decay law. Mass - energy relation, mass defect, binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, Nuclear fission and fusion

9

Electronic devices

Thermal emission of electrons and only the basic concepts of vacuum diode and triodes. Energy bands in solids: conductors, insulators and semiconductors ( qualitative idea only) Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, band diagram. P- N junction diode, forward and reverse bias, I - V characteristics of junction diode (nonlinear concept). Special type of diodes: LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode with their characteristics. Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, npn and pnp transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor, transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration). Transistor as a switch. Elementary idea of analogue and digital signals. Concepts of decimal and binary numbers. Logic gates : OR,AND,NOT,NAND,NOR (Symbols, input, output Boolean equations, truth table, qualitative explanation). Simple cases of combination of gates.

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Communication system

Elements of a communication system (Block diagram only), concepts of amplitude and frequency modulation. Band width of signals (speech, TV and digital data). Band width of transmission medium. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere, sky wave and space wave propagation (qualitative idea only).

Semester 1

Unit 1

Liquid state

Unit 2

p-Block elements (Groups 15, 16, 17 and 18)

Unit 3

Haloalkanes and haloarenes

Unit 4

Alcohols, phenols and ethers

Unit 5

Biomolecules

Unit 6

Polymers

Semester 2

Unit 1

Electrochemistry

Unit 2

Chemical kinetics

Unit 3

d and f Block elements

Unit 4

Coordination compounds

Unit 5

Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids

Unit 6

Organic compounds containing nitrogen

Unit 1

Nature and Significance of Management

Unit 2

Principles of Management

Unit 3

Business Environment

Unit 4

Planning

Unit 5

Organising

Unit 6

Marketing Management

Unit 7

Staffing

Unit 8

Directing

Unit 9

Controlling

Unit 10

Financial Management

Unit 11

Financial Markets

Unit 12

Consumer Protection

UNIT 1

International Relations in the Post-Second World War Period

- Cold War Era

- Bipolarity and End of Bipolarity

- Non-Aligned Movement

08

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 International Monetary Fund (IMF)

08

UNIT 3

Security in the Contemporary World

- Traditional Security: Internal and External

- Non-traditional Security: Human Security, Terrorism, Migration, Poverty, Epidemics

- Environmental Security

07

UNIT 4

Challenges of Nation-Building

- Partition of India

- Refugee problem

- Integration of Princely States

- Linguistic Re-organization of States

05

UNIT 5

Political Parties and Party System

- Definition and Features of Political Parties

- Functions of Political Parties

- Election Process of India and Electoral Reforms

05

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 1, Pokhran 2, PTBT, CTBT, NPT

07

TOTAL

40

UNIT 1

International Relations - Key Concepts and Political Doctrines

- Evolution of IR as a Discipline

- Realism, Idealism, Liberalism, Marxism: Brief Outline

08

UNIT 2

Major Regional and Sub-regional Organisations

- European Union

- SAARC

- ASEAN

- BIMSTEC

06

UNIT 3

Globalisation

- Economic, Political, and Cultural consequences

- India and Globalisation

- Globalization: Critical Analysis

06

UNIT 4

Organs of the Indian Government

- Executive: 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)

08

UNIT 5

Contemporary Civil Society Movements in India

- Brief Outline: Bhoodan Movement

- CSR Acts and Roles

- Right to Information: Act 2005

06

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

06

TOTAL

40

Unit 1

Sociology in India

- Pioneers of Indian Sociology

- G.S. Ghurye: Caste and Race

- R.K. Mukherjee: Social Ecology

- M.N. Srinivas: Sanskritization and Westernization

8

Unit 2

Social Change in India: Continuity and Change

- Colonialism, Nationalism

- Post-Colonial India: Liberalization and Globalization

7

Unit 3

Change in Social Structure

- Family: Changes in structure and functions, factors of change, recent trends (family disorganization)

- Rural and Urban Communities: Difference between City and Village, emerging Agrarian Society in the 21st century, Panchayat, Municipality, Smart City

- Caste and Tribe: Pollution and Purity, Caste Association – SC, ST, OBC, Tribal Absorption, Tribal movements

- Religion: Communalism, Secularism

- Education: Education Policy perspective in Independent India, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Right To Education (RTE), State Education Policy of West Bengal (2023) in the context of National Education Policy (NEP- from foundation to senior secondary level, in brief)

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Unit 4

Contemporary Social Issues

- Population Explosion, Poverty, Illiteracy and Unemployment, Mobility and Migration, Consequences and Remedies

- Corruption: Concept, Recent Legislations

- Gender and Sexuality: Concept of Sex and Gender, Women and Different forms of Sexuality (LGBTQ), Different forms of gender violence

- Environment: Crisis and Responses (State and Non-State Initiatives)

- Mass Media: Print and Tele Media, Social Media- Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, LinkedIn, Vlogs, Reels and their impact in social life

- Social Movements: Women’s movement and Environment movement

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