This is the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) social science political science textbook for Class X, Democratic Politics II. It is an English medium (Roman script) book — the complete text, exercises, cartoons and captions are in English, and there is no Hindi content in it. It is the prescribed political science component of the Class 10 social science course for CBSE schools and for state boards that follow the NCERT curriculum.
Where the Class 9 volume set out what democracy is, this one asks how it works in practice. It opens with power sharing — the Belgian and Sri Lankan cases, and why power is shared vertically, horizontally, among social groups and among parties. Federalism covers the constitutional division of powers, the Union, State and Concurrent Lists, linguistic states, the language policy and decentralisation through panchayati raj and urban local bodies. The chapter on gender, religion and caste examines the political expression of social divisions in India — women's representation, communalism and secularism, and caste in politics. Political parties covers the party system, national and state parties, their functions, the challenges they face and the reforms proposed. The final chapter assesses the outcomes of democracy — accountability, economic growth, inequality, social diversity and dignity.
For competitive-exam candidates the federalism chapter alone justifies the book. The division of legislative powers, the position of Union Territories, the constitutional status of local government after the 73rd and 74th Amendments, and the language policy are all standing topics in the UPSC, RPSC and RSSB polity sections, and the treatment here is short, accurate and correctly framed. Aspirants are routinely advised to read the NCERT political science books from Class 9 to Class 12 before starting on any standard polity reference.
For Class 10 students this is board material, and the paper is set on it directly — the cartoons and case studies in these chapters are what source-based questions are drawn from. The chapters carry in-text questions and full exercise sets at the end.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script), no Hindi content
Published by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training)
Social Science — Democratic Politics II, Textbook in Political Science for Class X (Class 10)
Prescribed for CBSE schools and state boards following the NCERT curriculum
Covers Power Sharing — Belgium and Sri Lanka, forms of power sharing
Covers Federalism — division of powers, linguistic states, language policy, decentralisation
Covers panchayati raj and urban local bodies after the 73rd and 74th Amendments
Covers Gender, Religion and Caste — political expression of social divisions
Covers Political Parties — party system, functions, challenges and reforms
Covers Outcomes of Democracy — accountability, growth, inequality and dignity
Political cartoons, photographs, case studies and data tables throughout
In-chapter questions and full chapter-end exercises
Base textbook for the CBSE Class 10 social science board examination
Source-based questions in the board paper are set directly on this text
Federalism and local government chapters directly useful for competitive examinations
Also widely used as foundation reading for UPSC, RPSC, RSSB and other competitive examinations
Standard NCERT text — the base book before any reference or guide
यह पुस्तक राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद (NCERT) द्वारा कक्षा X (कक्षा 10) के लिए निर्धारित सामाजिक विज्ञान — राजनीति विज्ञान की पाठ्यपुस्तक Democratic Politics II है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है — इसमें हिन्दी भाषा का प्रयोग नहीं है। इसमें सत्ता की साझेदारी (बेल्जियम एवं श्रीलंका के उदाहरण), संघवाद (शक्तियों का विभाजन, संघ-राज्य-समवर्ती सूची, भाषा नीति एवं विकेंद्रीकरण, 73वें एवं 74वें संविधान संशोधन के बाद पंचायती राज एवं नगरीय निकाय), लिंग-धर्म एवं जाति, राजनीतिक दल तथा लोकतंत्र के परिणाम — ये अध्याय सम्मिलित हैं। राजनीतिक कार्टून, चित्र, केस स्टडी तथा अध्यायांत अभ्यास प्रश्न दिए गए हैं। बोर्ड परीक्षा में स्रोत-आधारित प्रश्न इसी पुस्तक से पूछे जाते हैं, तथा UPSC, RPSC एवं RSSB की राजव्यवस्था में संघवाद, शक्तियों का विभाजन एवं स्थानीय स्वशासन नियमित रूप से पूछे जाने वाले विषय हैं।
