POLITICAL SCIENCE

Class-XI

Semester-I

Part-A: Foundations of Political Science

Unit-I: Meaning, scope ad significance of Political Science.
(a) Meaning of Political Science.
(b) Scope and significance of Political Science.
(c) Relationship of political science with History, Economics, Sociology and Ethics.

Unit-II: Citizen and his Rights and Duties.
(a) Citizen and citizenship
(b) Meaning of rights and duties.
(c) Relation between rights and duties.

Unit-III: Basic concepts.
(a) Law- meaning and its kinds.
(b) Liberty-meaning, kinds and safeguards.
(c) Equality-meaning, kinds, liberty and equality.
(d) Justice

Part-B Indian constitution and Government

Unit-VII: Basic principles of the Indian Constitution.
(a) Preamble and salient features of the Indian Constitution.

Unit-VIII: Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy.
(a) Fundamental Rights-Nature and Kinds.
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy-Importance and Sanctions behind them.
(c) Distinction and relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive principles.
(d) Fundamental Duties.

 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

PART-I

I. General Background:
    (i) Introduction: Meaning and importance of Rural Development; Its basic objectives. Overall and integrated approach to Rural Development.
    (ii) Integrated Rural Development Programme (I.R.D.P.). Its working, objectives and achievements: Various schemes of I.R.D.P. for strengthening the infrastructural base in the village.

II. Role of Community Development and Voluntary Agencies in the Rural Development (with special reference to Punjab)
    (i) Role of Voluntary Agencies like Mahila Mandals, Youth Clubs, Naujwan Sabhas and Farmers' Association etc.
    (ii) Role of Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads.
   (iii) Role of B.D.P.O. and other functionaries at the Block and village level in the execution of the various schemes for the development of rural areas.
   (iv) Role of District Rural Development Agencies (D.R.D.A.)
   (v) Role of Focal Points in the overall development of rural areas.
   (vi) Role of SFDA/MFAL agencies.

PART-II

III. Rural Industries
   (i) Development of the traditional skills in the rural artisans.
   (ii) Role of village and Khadi Board Commission for setting up village and cottage industries in the rural areas.
   (iii) Policy of the Government to encourage the rural people to set up their own small industries.

SEMESTER-II

PART-I

I. Role of Agriculture in Rural Development (with special reference to Punjab)
Importance of agriculture for self-sustaining growth in the rural areas.
(i) Cropping Pattern in the State:-
Major Rabi and kharif crops (Food and Cereals) grown in State and their average yields as compared to other States.
(ii) Diversification of Agriculture:-
Rotation of Crops, Relay cropping, Multiple cropping, mixed cropping and dry farming.
(iii) Farm Size and Management
Characteristics of farms in the State; Farm size and their inadequacies in resources use. Consolidation of Holdings and Land Ceiling Legislation in the proper management of farms.
(iv) Green Revolution:-
Its basic components and achievements for increasing the agricultural production in the State. Role of Green Revolution in the Rural Development.

Part-II

V. Rural Finance & Credit Facilities
(i) The Problem of Indebtedness.
(ii) Different sources of Rural Finance.
(iii) The Role of Cooperative Credit Societies, Agricultural Land Development Banks, Co-operative Banks, NABARD, RBI and other Govt. agencies for the provision of finance to the rural people.
VI. Rural Storage & Marketing Facilities
(i) Problem of storage of Agricultural produce in the rural areas. Warehousing arrangement by private and Government agencies.
(ii) Location of Mandis in the rural areas. System of transportation of agricultural produce to the Mandis.
(iii) Existing system of marketing of cash crops, cereals, vegetables and other crops in the rural areas. Role of Regulated and Unregulated Markets.
(iv) Role of APEX Marketing Bodies i.e. MARKFED, MILKFED, MANDIKARAN BOARD, etc. in the State.
(v) Role of the State Government to ensure the remunerative prices to the producers.

VII. Rural Employment
(i) Problem of unemployment in the rural areas.
(ii) Rural manpower as the major asset for rural development.
(iii) Various employment programmes sponsored by the Central and State Governments for rural people with special reference to CSRE, NREP, TRYSEM and RLEGP etc.

 

ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

1. Introduction to semi-conductors and their symbolic representation.
2. Introduction to integrated circuits.
3. Advantages and limitations of integrated circuits.
4. Introduction to Monolithic, Photolithography, film technology.

PRACTICAL
1. Classification, description and use of soldering iron, soldering and desoldering. Do’s and Don’ts.
2. Assembly of the power supply (i) Full wave rectification (ii) Using I.C. 723.
3. Assembly of regulated power supply (i) Full wave (ii) using I.C. 723.
4. Verification of Ohm’s law, Kirchoffs law.

SEMESTER-II

PRACTICAL
5. Assembly of various projects from I.C. 555.
6. Assembling an amplifier, oscillator and Radio receiver using Transistors and I.C.
7. Checking the valdity of the undermentioned gates.
OR
AND
NOT
NAND
NOR
EX-OR
8. Measurements of A.C.; D.C. Currents using voltmeter, ammeter and multimeter.
9. Use of computer and microprocessor.