Social Studies
Fourteen chapters spanning geography, history, civics, and economics — rebuilt around the questions that drive each field.
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Introduction – Why Social Science?What does it mean to study people, places, time, and power together?
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02Oceans and ContinentsThe seven big neighbours that divide the planet — and why their boundaries matter.
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03Landforms and LifeMountains, plains, plateaus, deserts — how the land you live on shapes how you live.
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04Timeline and Sources of HistoryHow historians know what they know — coins, inscriptions, ruins, and stories.
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05India, That Is BharatThe names, the borders, and the story of the land we share.
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06The Beginnings of Indian CivilisationThe Indus Valley and the deep roots of city, script, and trade.
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07India's Cultural RootsThe Vedas, the epics, the ideas that shaped a civilisation.
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08Unity in DiversityMany languages, faiths, foods, festivals — held together by shared belonging.
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09Family and CommunityThe smallest social unit — and how it scales into a society.
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10Grassroots Democracy: GovernanceHow decisions get made — from the village square to the parliament floor.
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11Grassroots Democracy: Rural Local GovernmentPanchayats — democracy where most Indians actually live.
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12Grassroots Democracy: Urban Local GovernmentMunicipalities, corporations — running the city we share.
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13The Value of WorkWhy work matters — paid, unpaid, formal, informal — and how we count it.
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14Economic Activities Around UsFarming, making, trading, serving — the economy in everyday life.
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