CBSE Class 11 Sociology Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CBSE Syllabus 2025-26 Class 11: The CBSE Class 11 Sociology Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CBSE Class 11 Sociology Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CBSE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CBSE Class 11 Sociology Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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CBSE Class 11 Sociology Revised Syllabus
CBSE Class 11 Sociology and their Unit wise marks distribution
CBSE Class 11 Sociology Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
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Syllabus
CBSE Class 11 Sociology Syllabus for Chapter 1: Introducing Sociology
1.1 Sociology and Society
- Introduction of Sociology and Society
- The Sociological Imagination: the Personal Problem and the Public Issue
- Pluralities and Inequalities Among Societies
- Concept of Sociology
- Sociology and Common Sense Knowledge
- The Intellectual Ideas that Went into the Making of Sociology
- The Material Issues that Went into the Making of Sociology
- Why Should We Study the Beginning and Growth of Sociology in Europe?
- The Growth of Sociology in India
- The Scope of Sociology and Its Relationship to Other Social Science Disciplines
- Sociology and Economics
- Sociology and Political Science
- Sociology and History
- Sociology and Psychology
- Sociology and Social Anthropology
1.2 Terms, Concepts and Their Use in Sociology
- Terms, Concepts and Their Use in Sociology
- Social Groups and Society
- Types of Groups
- Primary and Secondary Social Groups
- Community and Society or Association
- In-Groups and Out-Groups
- Reference Group
- Peer Groups
- Social Stratification
Introduction of Social Stratification
Definitions of Social Stratification
- Society and Social Control
1.3 Understanding Social Institutions
- Understanding Social Institutions
- Family, Marriage and Kinship
- Work and Economic Life
- What is Work?
- Modern Forms of Work and Division of Labour
- Transformation of Work
- Politics
- Stateless Societies
- The Concept of the State
- Religion
- Education
1.4 Culture and Socialisation
- Culture and Socialisation
- Diverse Settings, Different Cultures
- Defining Culture
- Dimensions of Culture
- Cognitive Aspects of Culture
- Normative Aspects of Culture
- Material Aspects of Culture
- Culture and Identity
- Ethnocentrism
- Cultural Change
- Socialisation
1.5 Doing Sociology : Research Methods
- Doing Sociology : Research Methods
- Some Methodological Issues
- Objectivity and Subjectivity in Sociology
- Multiple Methods and Choice of Methods
- Participant Observation
- Field Work in Social Anthropology
- Field Work in Sociology
- Some Limitations of Participant Observation
- Surveys
- Interview
CBSE Class 11 Sociology Syllabus for Chapter 2: Understanding Society
2.1 Social Structure, Stratification and Social Processes in Society
- Social Structure, Stratification and Social Processes in Society
- Social Structure and Stratification
- Two Ways of Understanding Social Processes in Sociology
- Cooperation and Division of Labour
- Competition as an Idea and Practice
- Conflict and Cooperation
2.2 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
- Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
- Concept of Social Change
Introduction of Social Change
Definition of Social Change
- Social Order
- Domination, Authority and Law
- Contestation, Crime and Violence
- Social Order and Change in Village, Town and City
- Social Order and Social Change in Rural Areas
- Social Order and Social Change in Urban Areas
2.3 Environment and Society
- Environment and Society
- Major Environmental Problems and Risks
- Resource Depletion
- Pollution
- Global Warming
- Genetically Modified Organisms
- Natural and Man-made Environmental Disasters
- Why Environmental Problems Are Also Social Problems
- Sustainable Development
- No Rain but Water Parks
2.4 Introducing Western Sociologists
- Introducing Western Sociologists
- The Context of Sociology
- The Enlightenment
- The French Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution
- Class Struggle
- Durkheim’s Vision of Sociology
- Division of Labour in Society
- Max Weber and Interpretive Sociology
- Bureaucracy
2.5 Indian Sociologists
- Indian Sociologists
- Ghurye on Caste and Race
- D.P. Mukerji on Tradition and Change
- A.R. Desai on the State
- M.N. Srinivas on the Village
