Note: Each paper will carry 75 marks and of three hours duration. 25 marks in each paper is for internal assessment.

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1 1 MATA GUJRI COLLEGE FATEHGARH SAHIB (An Autonomous College) SYLLABUS B.A. PART II POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) (SEMESTER III AND IV) Max Marks :100 Theory: 75 Marks Internal Assessment: 25 Marks Note: Each paper will carry 75 marks and of three hours duration. 25 marks in each paper is for internal assessment. The Break up of 25 marks for internal assessment is as below: 1. MST :13 Marks 2. Class Attendance :05 Marks 3. Assignment/Seminar :07 Marks Total Marks : 25 Marks

2 2 SYLLABUS FOR B.A. PART II POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMESTER-III PAPER- INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS-I Max. Marks: 75 Pass Marks: 26 Time allowed: 3 hrs. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER/EXAMINER The question paper will consist of three Units I, II and III. Units I & II will have eight questions from the respective portion of the Syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Unit III will consist of 9 shortanswer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus and will carry 27 marks in all. Each short answer type question will carry 3 marks. INSTRUCTION FOR THE CANDIDATES Candidates are required to attempt two questions each from Units I and II of the question paper and the entire unit III. Candidates are required to answer the short questions in not less than 50 words. Unit-I 1. A brief survey of the developments towards the making of Indian Constitution 2. Constituent Assembly and framing of Indian Constitution 3. Preamble and its importance 4. Basic features of India's Constitution 5. Centre-State relations: A critical analysis 6. Nature of Indian Federalism: Emerging Trends Unit-II 7. Fundamental Rights: Classification and assessment. 8. Fundamental Duties 9. Directive Principles of State Policy 10. President: Election, Powers and Position 11. Parliament: Composition, Powers and Role 12. Union Council of Ministers, Prime Minister: Appointment, Powers and Position.

3 3 SYLLABUS FOR B.A. PART II POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMESTER-IV PAPER - INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS-II Max. Marks: 75 Pass Marks: 26 Time allowed: 3 hrs. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER/EXAMINER The question paper will consist of three Units I, II and III. Units I & II will have eight questions from the respective portion of the Syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Unit III will consist of 9 shortanswer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus and will carry 27 marks in all. Each short answer type question will carry 3 marks. INSTRUCTION FOR THE CANDIDATES Candidates are required to attempt two questions each from Units I and II of the question paper and the entire unit III. Candidates are required to answer the short questions in not less than 50 words. Unit-I 1. Governor: appointment, powers and role 2. State Legislature: Composition, Powers and role 3. Chief Minister: Appointment, Powers, Role and Position 4. Supreme Court: Composition, Powers, Judicial Review and Judicial Activism 5. National Political Parties (Indian National Congress and BJP): their organization, support base, ideology and electoral performance 6. Regional Political Parties with Special Reference to SAD: Organization, support base, ideology and electoral performance Unit-II 7. Role of Religion in Indian Politics 8. Role of Caste in Indian Politics 9. Role of Language in Indian politics 10. The Election Commission: Composition and Powers 11. Electoral Reforms 12. Determinants of Voting behaviour in India

4 4 Books Recommended 1. G. Austin : The Indian Constitution : Corner Stone of a Nation, Oxford, Oxford University Press, G. Austin : Working of a Democratic Constitution : The Indian Experience, Delhi, Oxford University Press, D.D. Basu : An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, Prentice Hall, C.P. Bhambari : The Indian State fifty years, New Delhi, Sipra, P.Brass : Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge University Press, P. Brass : Ethnic Groups and the State, London, Croom Helm, P. Brass : Language, Religion and Politics in North India, London, Cambridge University Press, B.L. Fadia : State Politics in India, Vol. II, New Delhi, Radint Publisher, B.L. Fadia : Indian Govt and Politics, Agra, Shatiya Bhawan Publication, F.R. Frankel : Indian Political Economy , The Gradual Revolution, Oxford, Oxford University Press, R. Kothari : State against Democracy : In Search of Human Governance, Delhi, Ajantha, R. Kothari : Politics in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, R. Kothari : Party System and Election Studies, Bombay, Asia Publishing House, Iqbal Narain (ed) : State Politics in India, Meerut, Meenakshi Parkashan, M.V. Pylee : Constituional Government in India, Bombay, Asia Publishing House, M.V. Pylee : An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, Vikas S.P. Verma and C.P. Bhambari (ed) : Election and Political Consciousness in India, Meerut, Meenakshi Parkashan, S.S. Nanda : Indian Political System ( English, Hindi and Punjabi) S.S. Nanda : National Movement (English,Punjabi and Hindi) 20. N.K. Jha : India's Foreign Policy in Emerging World, Sonic Asian Publications, New Delhi, M.S. Rajan : Non-Alignment and Non-Alignment Movement in the present World, Order, Konark, Delhi, Rajni Kothari (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics, New Delhi, Orient Longman, Reprint, M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity, Mcgraw Hill, Delhi 2017

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