INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER –SETTER AND CANDIDATES:
1. The syllabus has been divided into four Units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short answer type
containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be answered in about 25 to 30 words
each. The candidates are required to attempt any 5 short answer type questions carrying 5 marks i.e.
1 marks for each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each Unit shall have two essay type
questions and the candidate shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each UnitIV in all. Each question will carry 10 marks.
2. For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper-setter must put note (2) in the question paper.
3. One question from Unit-IV shall be set on the map.
Explanation:
1. Each essay type question would cover about one-third or one-half of a topic detailed in the syllabus.
2. The distribution of marks for the map question would be as under:
Map : 6 Marks
Explanatory Note : 4 Marks
3. In case a paper setter chooses to set a question of map on important historical places, the paper setter
will be required to ask the students to mark 06 places on map of 01 marks each and write explanatory
note on any 02 of 02 marks each.
4. The paper-setter would avoid repetition between different types of question within one question
paper.
Paper: Max. Marks : 50
Theory : 45
Internal Assessment : 05
Time : 3 Hours
UNIT I
Migration and its Socio-Economic impact
Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Demand for Punjabi Suba; Reorganization Act 1966
UNIT II
Green Revolution and its impact
Development of Education
Political and Economic Development post 1966
UNIT III
Issues of Boundary; water; Chandigarh
Socio-Economic Development in the 1980’s
Operation Bluestar and its impact
UNIT IV
New Social issues-gender discrimination, drug menace, farmer suicide
Development of Punjabi literature :BhaiVir Singh; Shiv Kumar Batalvi;AmritaPritam
Map:Delhi,Amritsar,Khemkaran,TarnTaran,Jalandhar,Ambala,Ludhiana,Panipat,Karnal,Qadian,Gurdaspur,
Hissar, Chandigarh.
