NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Geography 2022-2023, Download PDF

Class 11 Geography syllabus is divided into two parts; Part A: Fundamentals of Physical Geography and Part B: India: Physical Environment. These parts are further categorized into units, topics, and sub-topics. The course content, marks distribution and PDF download link are provided in the blog below. Scroll down to get all the necessary details. 

NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Geography 2022-2023 : Marks Distribution

The marks distribution for Geography syllabus Class 11 is tabulated below. 

NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Geography 2022-2023: Course Content

The course content for Geography syllabus Class 11 is explained below. It includes two parts and ten units. Let's have a look. 
 

Part A: Fundamentals of Physical Geography (89 Periods)

Unit 1: Geography as a Discipline (06 Periods)

• Geography as an integrating discipline, as a science of spatial attributes
• Branches of Geography: Physical Geography and Human Geography

Unit 2: The Earth (11 Periods)

• Origin and evolution of the earth
• Interior of the earth Earthquakes and volcanoes: causes, types and effects
• Distribution of oceans and continents : Wegener’s continental drift theory and plate tectonics

Unit 3: Landforms (20 Periods)

• Geomorphic processes: weathering; mass wasting; erosion and deposition; soil-formation
• Landforms and their evolution- Brief erosional and depositional features

Unit 4: Climate (30 Periods)

• Atmosphere- composition and structure; elements of weather and climate
• Solar Radiation-Insolation-angle of incidence and distribution; heat budget of the earthheating and cooling of atmosphere (conduction, convection, terrestrial radiation and advection); temperature- factors controlling temperature; distribution of temperature-horizontal and vertical; inversion of temperature
• Atmospheric circulation and weather systems – Pressure-pressure belts; winds-planetary, seasonal and local; air masses and fronts; tropical and extra tropical cyclones
• Water in the atmosphere-Precipitationevaporation; condensation-dew, frost, fog, mist and cloud; rainfall-types and world distribution
• World Climate and Global Concerns

Unit 5: Water (Oceans) (10 Periods)

• Basics of Oceanography
• Oceans – distribution of temperature and salinity
• Movements of ocean water-waves, tides and currents; submarine reliefs

Unit 6: Life on the Earth (07 Periods)

• Biosphere – importance of plants and other organisms; biodiversity and conservation
• Map work on identification of features based on 1 to 6 units on the outline Physical/Political map of the world. (05 Periods)

Part B: India-Physical Environment (78 Periods)

Unit 7: Introduction (04 Periods)

• India : Location, space relations, India’s place in the world

Unit 8: Physiography (28 Periods)

• Structure and Relief; Physiographic Divisions
• Drainage systems: Concept of river basins, watershed; the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers

Unit 9: Climate, Vegetation and Soil (28 Periods)

• Weather and climate – spatial and temporal distribution of temperature, Indian monsoon: mechanism, onset and withdrawal
• Natural vegetation-forest types and distribution; wild life; conservation; biosphere reserves

Unit 10: Hazards and Disasters: Causes, Consequences and Management (14 Periods)

• Floods, Cloudbursts
• Droughts: types and impact
• Earthquakes and Tsunami Cyclones: features and impact
• Landslides

Map Work of features based on above units for locating andlabeling on the outline Political/Physical map of India (04 Periods)
 

Part C: Practical Work in Geography Part I (50 Periods)

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Maps (25 Periods)

• Geo spatial data, Concept of Geographical data matrix; Point, line, area data
• Maps – types; scales-types; construction of simple linear scale, measuring distance; finding direction and use of symbols
• Map projection- Latitude, longitude and time, typology, construction and properties of projection: Conical with one standard parallel and Mercator’s projection. (only two projections)

Unit 2: Topographic and Weather Maps (25 Periods)

• Study of topographic maps (1 : 50,000 or 1 : 25,000 Survey of India maps); contour cross section and identification of landforms-slopes, hills, valleys, waterfall, cliffs; distribution of settlements
• Satellite imageries, stages in remote sensing data- acquisition, platform and sensors and data products, (photographic and digital)

NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Geography 2022-2023: PDF Download

NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Geography
 

Prescribed Books

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI (NCERT)
• India, Physical Environment, Class XI (NCERT)
• Practical Work in Geography Part I, Class XI (NCERT)

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• The syllabus inspires students to prepare for the exams in the way they will be held
• The curriculum can help make students’ time table and learn according to the examination pattern
• The syllabus is easily accessible, which eliminates the obstacles to learning the concepts

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