KSEAB II PUC Political Science study plan

Define political science and distinguish it from political theory, political philosophy and public administration, writing out each distinction in your own words

Explain the normative versus empirical and philosophical versus behavioural approaches, giving one Indian example of each

List and justify the scope of political science across state, power, institutions and international relations

State the four elements of the state and apply them to a stateless community and to the European Union to test the definition

Compare the social contract, evolutionary, force and divine origin theories of the state, listing one strong and one weak point of each

Define sovereignty and differentiate legal, political, popular and de facto versus de jure sovereignty with one example each

Distinguish power, authority and legitimacy and explain how legitimacy collapses into coercion using one historical example

Explain the constituent and legislative powers of a constitution and the difference between a rigid and flexible constitution

Distinguish constitution from constitutionalism and identify three practices that undermine constitutionalism in a parliamentary system

Compare parliamentary, presidential and federal forms of government on accountability, stability and division of power

Describe the composition, functions and mutual checks of the legislature, executive and judiciary in a parliamentary system

Explain Montesquieu's separation of powers and assess how far India actually separates them

Define democracy, distinguish direct from representative democracy and evaluate one merit and one criticism of each

Explain first-past-the-post, proportional representation and mixed systems, and calculate seat shares for a small worked example

Classify party systems and list the functions parties perform that pressure groups and media cannot replace

Distinguish legal, moral and natural rights and match each type to a concrete claim

Explain citizenship by birth, descent, registration and naturalisation as categories, without citing statute numbers you are unsure of

Define justice as distributive, corrective and procedural and apply each to one policy example

Differentiate negative and positive liberty and show how each justifies a different role for the state

Explain equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome and how fraternity relates to both

Distinguish nationalism from internationalism and identify two forces that push them into conflict

Trace the making of the Indian Constitution from the Constituent Assembly to adoption, noting the drafting committee's role and the major borrowed features

List the salient features of the Indian Constitution and justify each with one institutional consequence

Summarise Fundamental Rights category by category, stating one limitation or restriction attached to each

Distinguish Fundamental Duties from Fundamental Rights and explain the role of Directive Principles in governance

Map the Union Executive and Parliament: President, Council of Ministers, Prime Minister, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha powers and procedures

Explain the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and High Courts and the significance of judicial review and basic structure

Explain Indian federalism with the Centre-State division of powers, and evaluate the tension between centralisation and state autonomy

Describe the Governor's role, the Chief Minister's office and the State Legislature in Karnataka's setup

Outline the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure and the significance of constitutional status for local bodies

Explain the role of the District Collector and state administrative machinery in implementing policy

Identify two Karnataka-specific governance issues and analyse them using concepts from earlier weeks

Define foreign policy and list the determinants that shape India's external relations

Explain the principal organs of the United Nations and the composition and powers of the Security Council

Assess the UN's role in peacekeeping and collective security with one success and one failure

Explain global issues such as climate change, terrorism and trade, and how they constrain sovereignty

Link internationalism to India's foreign policy choices and evaluate whether national interest and internationalism can coexist

Revise all twelve domains using your own week-by-week deliverables, not fresh material

Write timed answers of 10, 15 and 20 marks for the four heaviest domains and self-mark against the marking scheme

Recite definitions of 30 key terms from memory and correct the ones you miss

Redo every question you answered incorrectly in earlier weeks and record the reason for each error

Build a one-page revision sheet of thinkers, theories and Indian constitutional articles you are confident about