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Uttar Pradesh State Board 12th Arts Syllabus 2018 – Unit Wise English History Geography Economics

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Up Board 12th Syllabus 2018-2019 PDF for Arts Stream (English, History, Geography, Economics) In Hindi English. This article is write for the UP Board students who are in 12th standard Arts stream can check the syllabus of English, History, Geography & Economics syllabus Unit wise & Topics in the Exam 2018-19. The official website of Uttar Pradesh State Board is upmsp.edu.in

UP Board 12th Arts Syllabus 2018 | All Subjects Exam Pattern

There are so many subjects in the 12th Arts. The main subjects in the 12t arts are English, History, Geography & Economics etc. So if you are studying the same class, then you must know that the exam is going to be conducted in the same manner. The syllabus can be seen one after another in the same article. lease check the details from here.

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UP MSP  English Syllabus Unit Wise 2018

The course Distribution is written as below. The marks are distributed in the exam for all the sections. There are total three sections in the English exam. The table written below will provide you all the details.

 Name of the Section  Marks Distributed
 Section A ( Reading Skills ) Reading unseen prose passages and note making  20 Marks
 Section B  (Advanced Writing Skills ) 35  Marks
 Section C (Prescribed Books)
(i) Flamingo
(ii) Supplementary Reader – Vistass		  45 Marks
 Total  100

Topics are written in the table for more detailsed information.

 Name of the Unit  Topics
SECTION-A
 Reading unseen Passages and Note-making
Two unseen passages with a variety of questions including 03 marks for vocabulary such a
s word
formation and inferring meaning and 05 marks for note-making.
The total length of the two passages will be between 950-1200 words. The passages wil
l include
two of the following:
(a)
Factual Passages
e.g. instructions, descriptions, reports.
(b)
Discursive passage
involving opinion e.g. argumentative, persuasive or interpretative text.
(c)
Literary passage
e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography
SECTION B
Advanced Writing Skills
  • One out of two short compositions of not more than 50 words 5 each e.g. advertisement and notices, designing or drafting posters, writing formal and informal invitations and replies.
  • A report or a factual description based on verbal input provided 10(one out of two) (100-125 words)
  • Writing one out of two letters based on verbal input.
  • Letter types include:

(a) business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies):

(b) letters to the editor (giving suggestions on an issue)
(c) application for a job
  • One out of two compositions based on visual and/or verbal input 10 (150-200 words). Output may be descriptive or argumentative in nature such as an article, or a speech
SECTION C
 Flamingo
  •  One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test comprehension and appreciation
  • Three out of four short questions from the poetry section to test local and global comprehension of text.
  • Five short answer questions based on the lessons from prescribed text. (2×5)
  • One out of two long answer type questions based on the text to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text. (Expected word limit about 125-150 words each)
 Snapshots
  1. One out of two long answer type question based on Supplementary
  2. Reader to test comprehension and extrapolation of theme, character
  3. and incidents (Expected word limit about 125-150 words)
  4. Four short answer questions from the Supplementary Reader

UP State Board History Syllabus 2018 Topic & marks Distribution.

History syllabus is divided into three sections. The candidates who have studied History & checking for the syllabus can be downloaded from here. The sections of syllabus are divided into three parts. Check the details below.

  • Section A: Archaeology & Ancient India (25 Marks) :- Units 1 – 4
  • Section B: Medieval India (30 Marks)  :- Units 5 – 9
  • Section C: Modern India ((45 Marks):- Units 10 – 15 , Unit 16 : Map Work

Themes in Indian History

 Name of the Unit  Topics
 SECTION A: ARCHAEOLOGY &
ANCIENT INDIA
 The Story of the First Cities:
Harappan Archaeology		  Broad overview: Early urban centres
Story of discovery:  Harappan civilization
Excerpt: Archaeological report on a major site
Discussion:  how it has been utilized by
archaeologists/historians

  • Familiarize the learner with early urban centres as economic and social institutions.
  • Introduce the ways in which new data can lead to a revision of .existing notions of history.
  • Illustrate how archaeological reports are analyzed and interpreted by scholars.
 Political and Economic  History: How
Inscriptions tell a story		  Broad overview: Political and economic history  from the Mauryan to the Gupta period
Story of discovery: Inscriptions and the  decipherment of the script. Shifts in the under  standing of political and economic history.
Excerpt: Asokan inscription and Gupta period and grant.
Discussion:  Interpretation of inscriptions by historians
 Social Histories: Using the Mahabharata  Broad overview: Issues in social history, including caste, class, kinship and gender
Story of discovery: Transmission and  publications of the Mahabharat
Excerpt:  from the Mahabharata, illustrating  how it has been used by historians.Discussion:  Other sources for reconstructing  social history.
 A History of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa  Broad overview:
(a) A brief review of religious histories of Vedic religion, Jainism, Vaisnavism,  Saivism.(b) Focus on Buddhism
Story of discovery: Sanchi stupa
Excerpt:  Reproduction of sculptures from Sanchi
Discussion:  Ways in which sculpture has been  interpreted by historians, other sources for  reconstructing the history of Buddhism
 SECTION B: MEDIEVAL INDIA
 Agrarian Relations  Broad overview:
(a) Structure of agrarian
relations in the 16th and 17th centuries.(b) Patterns of change over the period.
Story of Discovery: Account of the compilation  and translation of  Ain-i-AkbariExcerpt:  from the  Ain-i-AkbariDiscussion: Ways in which historians have used  the text to reconstruct history.
  The Mughal Court: Reconstructing
Histories through Chronicles		  Broad Overview:
(a) Outline of political history 15th-17th centuries.(b) Discussion of the Mughal court and politics.
Story of Discovery:
Account of the production of court chronicles, and ‘their subsequent
translation and transmission.
Excerpts:  from  the Akbarnama and Padshahnama.
Discussion:  Ways in which historians have used the texts to reconstruct political histories
  New Architecture: Hampi  Broad Overview:
(a) Outline of new buildings during Vijayanagar period-temples,  forts, irrigation facilities.(b) Relationship between architecture and the political system.. Story of Discovery:  Account of how Hampi  was foundExcerpt:  Visuals of buildings at HampiDiscussion:  Ways in which historians have  analyzed and interpreted these structures
 Religious Histories: The Bhakti-Sufi
tradition		  Broad Overview:
(a) Outline of religious developments during this period.(b) Ideas and  practices of the Bhakti-Sufi saints.
Story of Transmission:  How Bhakti-Sufi compositions have been preserved.
Excerpt:
Extracts from selected Bhakti Sufi works.
Discussion:
Ways in which these have been interpreted by historians
 Medieval Society Through Travellers’
Accounts		  Broad Overview:
Outline of social and cultural life as they appear in travellers’
Story of their writings:  A discussion of where they travelled, why they travelled, what they wrote, and for whom they wrote.
Excerpts:  from Alberuni, Ibn Batuta, Bernier.Discussion: What these travel accounts can tell  us and how they have been interpreted by historians
 SECTION C: MODERN INDIA
 Colonialism and-Rural Society: Evidence
from Official Reports		  Representations of 1857, Colonialism and Indian Towns, Mahatma Gandhi through Contemporary Eyes, Partition through Oral Sources , The Making of the Constitution , Map Work on Units 1-15

Uttar Pradesh Geography syllabus Unit Wise 2018 Topics

 Unit  Topics
 Unit 1: Human Geography  Nature and Scope
 Unit 2: People
  • Population — distribution, density and growth
  • Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change
  • Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition
  • Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons
 Unit 3: Human Activities
  • Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering , pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agricultural and all ied activities – some examples from selected countries.
  • Secondary activities-concept; manufacturing: types – household, small scale, large scaleagro based and mineral based industries; people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries.
  • Tertiary activities-concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary activities – some examples from selected countries
  • Quaternary activities-concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities – some examples from selected countries
 Unit 4: Transport, Communication and Trade
  • Land transport – roads, railways; trans-continental railways.
  • Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes.
  • Air transport- Intercontinental air routes.
  • Oil and gas pipelines.
  • Satellite communication and cyber space.
  • International trade-Bases and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade,role of WTO in International trade
 Unit 5: Human Settlements  Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study) distribution of mega cities; problems of human settlements in developing countries.
 Part B. India: People and Economy
 Unit 7: People
  1. Population : distribution, density and growth; composition of population – linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational– population change through time and regional variations;
  2. Migration: international, national-causes and consequences;
  3. Human development: selected indicators and regional patterns;
  4. Population, environment and development.
 Unit 8: Human Settlements
  •  Rural settlements – types and distribution;
  • Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification.
 Unit 9: Resources and Development
  1. Land resources- general land use; agricultural land use, Distribution of major crops (Wheat, Rice, Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Jute, Sugar cane and Rubber), agricultural development and problems.
  2. Water resources-availability and utilization-irrigation, domestic
    , industrial and other uses;
  3. scarcity of water and conservation methods-rain water harvesting and watershed management (one case study related with participatory watershed management to be introduced).
  4. Mineral and energy resources: distribution of metallic (Ironore,
    Copper, Bauxite, Manganese) non-metallic (Mica, Salt) minerals; conventional (Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas and Hydro electricity) and non-conventional energy sources (solar, wind, biogas).
  5. Industries – types, industrial location and clustering; distribution and changing pattern of selected industries-iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge based industries; impact of liberalization, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location;
  6. Planning in India- target area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)
 Unit 10: Transport, Communication and International
  •  Transport and communication-roads, railways, waterways and airways:
    oil and gas pipelines; national electric grids; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet;
  • International trade- changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland and airports,
 Unit 11: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issue
s and Problems
  •  Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal.
  • Urbanisation rural-urban migration; problem of slum.
  • Land Degradation.
 Unit 12 Map work

UP State Board ECONOMICS syllabus Unit Wise 2018 Examinations

The topics are written here for students who are studying economics in the same. The topics can be seen from here.

 Unit  Topics
 Part A : Introductory Microeconomics
 Unit 1: Introduction  What is an economy? Central problems of an economy : what, how and for
whom to produce;
concepts of production possibility frontier and opportunity cost.
Distinctions between(a) planned and market economies,(b) positive and normative perspectives in economics, and(c) microeconomics and macroeconomics .(Non-evaluative topics: Some basic tools in the study of economics – equation of a line, slope
of a line, slope of a curve.)
 Unit 2: Consumer Equilibrium and Demand  Consumer’s equilibrium – meaning of utility, marginal utility, law
of diminishing marginal utility,
conditions of consumer’s equilibrium using marginal utility analysis.
Indifference curve analysis of consumer’s equilibrium-the consumer’s
budget (budget set and budget line), preferences of the consumer (indifference curve, indifference map) and conditions of
consumer’s equilibrium.
Demand, market demand, determinants of demand, demand schedule, demand curve , movement along and shifts in the demand curve; price elasticity of demand – factors affecting price elasticity of
demand; measurenment of price elasticity of demand –(a) percentage -change method and(b) geometric method (linear demand curve); relationship between pr
ice elasticity of demand and total expenditure.
 Unit 3: Producer Behaviour and Supply  Production function: Total Product, Average Product and Marginal Product.
Returns to a Factor.
Cost and Revenue: Short run costs – total cost, total fixed cost,
total variable cost; Average fixed cost,
average variable cost and marginal cost-meaning and their relationship.
Revenue – total, average and marginal revenue.
Producer’s equilibrium-meaning and its conditions-under(a) total revenue-total cost approach and(b) marginal revenue-marginal cost approach. Supply, market supply, determinants of supply, supply schedule, supply curve, movements along
and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply;measurement of price elasticity of supply –

(a) percentagechange method and

(b) geometric methods.
 Unit 4: Forms of Market and Price Determination  Perfect competition – meaning and features.
Market Equilibrium under perfect competition – Determination of equilibr
ium price, Effects of shifts
in demand and supply.
Non – Competitive Markets – monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly – their meanings and features.
 Unit 5:   Simple applications of Tools of demand and supply
 Part B : Introductory Macroeconomics
 Unit 6: National Income and related aggregates  Macroeconomics: Its meaning.
Some basic concepts of macroeconomics: consumption goods, capital goods, final goods, intermediate goods; stocks and flows; gross investment and depreciation. Circular flow of income; Methods of calculating National Income –
Value Added or Product method,
Expenditure method, Income method.
Concepts and aggregates related to National Income:
Gross National Product (GNP), Net National Product (NNP), Gross and Net D
omestic Product (GDP
and NDP) – at market price, at factor cost; National Disposa
ble Income (gross and net), Private
Income, Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income; Real and N
ominal GDP. GDP and Welfare
 Unit 7: Money and Banking  Money – its meaning and function.
Supply of money – Currency held by the public and net demand deposits held by commercial banks.
Money creation by the commercial banking system.
Central banking and its functions (example of the Reserve Bank of India).
 Unit 8: Determination of Income and Employment  Aggregate demand and its components.
Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal).
Short–run fixed price in product market, equilibrium output; investment or output multiplier and the multiplier mechanism. Meaning of full employment and involuntary unemployment.
Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct them – change in government spending, availability of credit.
 Unit 9: Government Budget and the Economy  Government budget – meaning, objectives and components.
Classification of receipts – revenue receipt and capital receipt; classification of expenditure – revenue expenditure and capital expenditure. Various measures of government deficit – revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, primary deficit:their
meaning and implications.
 Unit 10: Balance of Payments  Balance of payments account – meaning and components; balance of payments deficit-meaning.  Foreign exchange rate – meaning of fixed and  flexible rates and managed floating.  Determination of exchange rate in a free market.

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