PSEB Class 11 Geography Syllabus 2024-2025: Download in PDF

PSEB Class 11 Geography Syllabus: Students of PSEB Class 11 Humanities stream can check the detailed syllabus of Geography here to know the chapters and topics prescribed by the board for the current academic session 2024-2025. The syllabus is essential to know the course content and prepare the right stuff for the upcoming exams.

The PSEB Class 11 Geography syllabus equips students with fundamental knowledge of Earth and its processes. It explores various geological factors related to Earth like latitude, longitude, and time zones, etc. Some of the major geographical phenomena discussed in the syllabus include:

• Understanding Earth's atmosphere: Its structure, composition, and how factors like temperature, pressure, and wind control weather patterns.
• Discovering cyclones, anti-cyclones, humidity, and various forms of precipitation.
• Unveiling the world's oceans, their features, water circulation, and the importance of the Indian Ocean.
• Mastering mapmaking skills: Scale, direction finding, interpreting symbols on different maps, and creating weather maps.
• Learning to observe and record weather elements using instruments.

PSEB Class 11 Geography Syllabus 2024-25

Check and download the detailed PSEB Class 11 Geography Syllabus 2024-25 in PDF below:

UNIT–I (Solar System)

• Earth: Position of Earth in Solar System, Size and Shape, Movements ofEarth and Effects, Longitudes and Latitudes. Time; Local, Standard and International Date Line.
• Rocks: Origin, Classification and Characteristics Factors of change;
• Weathering and Denudation by river, glacier, wind, oceans and underground

UNIT–II (Lithosphere)

• Landforms: Mountains, Plateaus and Plains; Origin, Classification and their significance to mankind.
• Earthquakes: Causes, Effects, Types and Distribution. Volcanoes: Causesand effects of Volcanic activities.

UNIT–III (Atmosphere)

• Extents, Layers and composition.
• Temperature; Factors controlling temperature, distribution and range of
• Pressures; Factors controlling pressures, horizontal and vertical distribution.
• Winds: Planetary, seasonal and local; Shifting of wind belts and their Cyclones and Anti-cyclones.
• Humidity and Precipitation; Relative humidity and Specific humidityPrecipitation types, rainfall types and distribution.

UNIT–IV (Hydrosphere)

• Oceans: Ocean basins and submarine relief, Ocean waters and theircirculation, temperature, salinity, waves, currents and tides.
• Special reference: Geopolitical importance of Indian Ocean

Note:

A.Examples as far as possible be given from India.

B.Answers be illustrated with maps and diagrams

Map Work:

• Maps: Necessity of maps, classification, scale of maps;
• F., Linear scale, its use in maps.
• Reduction and enlargement through square method.
• Direction: Finding direction in the field and on the map, Orientation of Local mapin the field, methods of showing direction on the map.
• Atlas map symbols: Identifications and Recognition of Symbols of conventional signs used in atlas, Topographic sheet and weather maps.
• Methods of showing relief on maps: Contours, Interpolation of Contoursidentification of simple relief features from contours on a map.
• Drawing of crosssection, observation and recording of various weather elements with the help of following instruments:

1. Six’s minimum and maximum thermometer.
2. Aneroid Barometer
3. Wind Vane
4. Wet and Dry bulb thermometer
5. Rain gauge
6. Drawing of isotherms, isobars and isohyets.

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