HBSE Biology Syllabus for Class 11 2025 - Download PDF

HBSE Class 11th Biology Syllabus 2025-26 - Candidates can download the HBSE class 11th syllabus from the official website at bseh.org.in. In this article, students will get a detailed syllabus of biology for the academic year 2025-26.

Simran Akhouri
Jun 24, 2025, 16:29 IST

Introduction: The Board of School Education, Haryana, Bhiwani, has brought the updated syllabus for class 11th biology for the academic year 2025-26. Those candidates who have taken admission in the science stream and are looking for the class 11th biology syllabus can download it from the official website at bseh.org.in. In the syllabus, students will find all the important details related to the subject, including the marking scheme, chapter-wise weightage, etc.

Follow the article below to check and download the Haryana board class 11th biology syllabus.

HBSE Class 11 Biology- Syllabus and Chapter-wise Division of Marks (2025-26)

Class-XI

Subject- Biology

Code: 865

General Instructions:

  • There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus.
  • The annual examination (Theory) will be of 70 Marks, whereas the Practical examination will be of 30 marks (Internal). Therefore, the Total annual evaluation (70+30) will be of 100 marks. 
  1. For the Practical examination, the criteria are as follows:

S No.

Unit

Title

Marks

I

Diversity of Living Organisms

The Living World

15

Biological Classification

Plant Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

II

Structural Organization in Plants and Animals

Morphology of Flowering Plants

10

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Structural Organisation in Animals

III

Cell: Structure and Function

Cell: The Unit of Life

15

Biomolecules

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

IV

Plant Physiology

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

12

Respiration in Plants

Plant Growth and Development

V

Human Physiology

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

18

Body Fluids and Circulation

Excretory Products and their Elimination

Locomotion and Movement

Neural Control and Coordination

Chemical Coordination and Integration

Total

70

Practical

30

Grand Total

100

Haryana BSEH Class 11 Biology Syllabus 2025

Unit-I Diversity of Living Organisms 

Chapter 1: The Living World

Diversity in the living world, Taxonomic Categories- Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom.

Chapter 2: Biological Classification

Kingdom Monera: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Kingdom Protista: Chrysophytes, Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids, Slime-Moulds, Protozoans,

Kingdom Fungi: Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes,

Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Animalia, Viruses, Viroid, Prions, Lichens.

Chapter-3: Plant Kingdom

Algae: Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Rhodophyceae; Bryophytes: liverworts, mosses, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms.

Chapter-4: Animal Kingdom

Basis of classification-levels of organization, symmetry, diploblastic and triploblastic organization, coelom, segmentation, notochord, Classification of animals: Phylum-Porifera, Coelenterates (cnidaria), Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminths, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Hemi-Chordata, Phylum Chordata- Subphyla: Urochordata, Cephalo-Chordata, Vertebrata-class-Cyclostomata, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia.

Unit-II Structural Organization in Animals and Plant

Chapter-5: Morphology of Flowering Plants

The root- regions of root; The Stem, The leaf- venation, types of leaves phyllotaxy; The Inflorescence; The flower, Parts of flower: calyx, corolla, androecium, gynoecium, The Fruit; The seed- structure of a dicotyledonous seed, structure of monocotyledonous seed. Semi-technical description of a typical flowering plant, Description of some Important families- Solanaceae.

Chapter-6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants

The tissue system- Epidermal tissue system, the ground tissue system, The vascular tissue system; Anatomy of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants – Dicotyledonous root, Monocotyledonous root, Dicotyledonous stem, Monocotyledonous stem and Dorsiventral (Dicotyledonous) leaf, Isobilateral (Monocotyledonous) leaf.

Chapter-7: Structural Organisation in Animals

Organ and organ systems, Frogs- morphology, anatomy.

Unit-III Cell: Structure and Function

Chapter-8: Cell-The Unit of Life

What is a cell? cell theory, an overview of cell, prokaryotic cells, cell envelope and its modifications, ribosome and inclusion bodies; Eukaryotic cells, cell membrane, cell wall, endomembrane system: endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, Vacuoles; Mitochondria, Plastids, Ribosomes, cytoskeleton, cilia and flagella, centrosome and centrioles, Nucleus, microbodies.

Chapter-9: Biomolecules

How to analyze chemical composition? Primary and secondary metabolites, biomacromolecules, proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acid, Structure of Proteins, Enzymes- chemical reactions, how do enzymes bring about such high rate of chemical conversions? Nature of enzyme action, factors affecting enzymes activity- temperature and pH, concentration of substrate, Classification and nomenclature of Enzymes, co-factors.

Chapter 10: Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Cell cycle, phases of cell cycle, M phase-Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis, Significance of mitosis; Meiosis- meiosis I, meiosis II, Significance of meiosis.

Unit IV Plant Physiology

Chapter 11: Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

What do we know? Early experiments: Where does photosynthesis take place? How many types of pigments are involved in photosynthesis? What is light reaction? The electron transport- splitting of water, cyclic and noncyclic photophosphorylation, chemiosmotic hypothesis, where are the ATP and NADPH used?- the primary acceptor of CO2, The Calvin cycle, The C4 pathway, Photorespiration, Factors affecting Photosynthesis- Light, carbon dioxide concentration. temperature, water.

Chapter-12: Respiration in Plants

Do plants breathe? Glycolysis, Fermentation, Aerobic Respiration, Tricarboxylic acid cycle, electron transport system and oxidative phosphorylation, The respiratory balance sheet, Amphibolic pathway, Respiratory quotient.

Chapter 13: Plant Growth and Development

Growth- Plant growth generally is indeterminate, growth is measurable, phases of growth, growth rates, conditions for growth, Differentiation, dedifferentiation and redifferentiation. Development, Plant growth regulators- Characteristics, discovery of plant growth regulators, physiological effects of plant growth regulators- auxins, gibberellins, cytokinin, ethylene, abscisic acid.

Unit-V Human Physiology

Chapter 14: Breathing and Exchange of Gases

Respiratory organs in animals (recall only); Respiratory system in humans; mechanism of breathing and its regulation in humans - exchange of gases, transport of gases and regulation of respiration, respiratory volume; disorders related to respiration - asthma, emphysema, occupational respiratory disorders.

Chapter 15: Body Fluids and Circulation

Blood- Plasma, Formed elements, Blood groups- ABO grouping, Rhgrouping; Coagulation of blood, Lymph (Tissue fluid), Circulatory pathways- Human circulatory system, Cardiac cycle, Electrocardiograph (ECG), Double circulation, Regulation of cardiac activity, Disorders of circulatory system.

Chapter 16: Excretory Products and Their Elimination

Human Excretory system, Urine formation, Function of tubules, Mechanism of concentration of the filtrate, Regulation of Kidney function, Micturition, Role of other organs in excretion. Disorders of the excretory system.

Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement

Types of movement, Muscle, structure of contractile proteins, mechanism of muscle contraction; Skeletal system, Joints, Disorders of muscular and skeletal system.

Chapter 18: Neural Control and Coordination

Neural system, Human Neural system, Neuron as structural and functional unit of neural system, generation and conduction of nerve impulse, transmission of impulses, Central Neural System-Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain.

Chapter-19: Chemical Coordination and Integration

Endocrine glands and hormones, Human endocrine system, the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, the Pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, thymus, adrenal gland, Pancreas, Testis Ovary, Hormones of heart, kidney and gastrointestinal tract, Mechanism of hormone action.

HBSE Class 11 Biology Syllabus 2025-26 PDF Download Here:

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HBSE Class 11 Biology Question Paper Design

Type of Questions Marks Number of Questions Description Total Marks
Objective Type Questions 1 18 09 Multiple Choice Questions 03 Fill in the blanks 03 One-word answers 03 Assertion Reason type Questions 18
Very Short Answer Type Questions 2 7 Internal Choice will be given in any 3 questions 14
Short Answer Type Questions 3 5 Internal Choice will be given in any 2 questions 15
Case Study Based Questions 4 2 Internal Choice will be given only in one part of both questions 8
Long Answer Type Questions 5 3 Internal Choice will be given in all questions 15
TOTAL   35   70

HBSE Class 11 Biology 2025-26: PRESCRIBED BOOKS

Biology Class-XI, BSEH Publications NCERT 

  1. Laboratory Manual: Biology, Class XI, NCERT Publications 
  2. Exemplar Problems, Class XI, NCERT Publications
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