Rajasthan Board Class 12 Geography Syllabus 2024-2025: Download in PDF

RBSE Class 12 Geography Syllabus 2025: The latest syllabus of Rajasthan Board Class 12th Geography subject is provided in this article. This syllabus has been released by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan on its official website, rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in for the current academic session. Students should refer to the latest syllabus only while they prepare for their examinations. The syllabus outlines the course content and examination structure for the current academic session 2024-2025. The syllabus is provided in English and Hindi medium which students can download according to their medium of education. Check and download the complete syllabus below.

Rajasthan Board Class 12 Geography Exam Pattern 2024-25

The total marks for RBSE Class 12 Geography Exam 2025 will be 100 which will be calculated based on the following assessment criteria:

• The theory exam will be conducted for 3 hours 15 minutes.
• The duration of practical exam will be 4 hours.

Rajasthan Board Class 12 Geography Syllabus 2024-25

Check the detailed syllabus and chapter-wise weightage below to prepare effectively for the examinations.

Fundamentals of Human Geography

Unit-1

Chapter 1 Human Geography-Nature and Scope

Nature of Human Geography, Definitions of Human Geography, Naturalization of Human and Humanization of Nature.

Unit-2

Chapter 2 The World Population:Distribution, Density and Growth

Patterns of population distribution in the world, density of population, factors influencing the distribution of Population growth, components of population change-births, deaths and migration, demographic transition, population control measures.

Chapter 3 Human Development

Growth and development, The four pillars of Human development, Approaches to human, development: Income approach, Welfare approach; Minimum needs approach; capabilities approach. measuring human development. The human development index (HDI). International comparisons.

Unit-3

Chapter 4 Primary activities:

Hunting and gathering, Pastoralism: Nomadic herding, Commercial livestock rearing. Agriculture: subsistence agriculture primitive subsistence agriculture. intensive subsistence agriculture. plantation agriculture. Extensive Commercial grain cultivation. Mixed farming. Dairy farming. Mediterranean agriculture. Market gardening and Horticulture. co-operative farming. collective farming. Mining: factors affecting mining activity. methods of mining.

Chapter 5 Secondary activities

Manufacturing, Characteristics of modern large scale manufacturing. Skill specialization, mechanization, organizational structure and __ stratification. Technological innovation. Uneven geographical distribution, Access to market. Access to raw material Access, access to labour sRajasthanply, access to Sources of Energy. Accessibility to transport and communication facilities, Government policy. Accessibility to agglomeration Economics Links between industries,

Classification of manufacturing industries: Size based industries, Raw materials based industries, Production. Product based industries. Ownership industries, Freelance industries.

Chapter 6 Tertiary and Quaternary activities

Types of tertiary activities, trade and commerce, retail trading, wholesale trading, transport, communication, telecommunication, services, people engaged in tertiary activities, some selected examples —tourism, tourism region, Medical services for overseas patients in India- medical tourism, quaternary activities. Quinary activities, outsourcing, the digital divide.

Chapter 7 Transport & Communication

Land Transport- Roads, Border roads, railways- trans-continental railways- Trans Siberian, Trans-Canadian, the union and pacific railway, the Australian trans-continental Railway, the orient express. water transport- sea routes- the northern Atlantic sea route, the mediterranean-indian ocean sea route, the cape of good hope sea route, the southern Atlantic sea route, the north pacific sea route, the south pacific sea route, coastal shipping. Shipping canals- the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal. Inland waterways- the Rhine waterways, the Volga waterway, the Danube waterway, the great lakes-st. lawrence seaway, the mississippi waterways. Air transport- inter-continental air routes. Pipelines, Communications-satellite communication, cyber space — internet.

Chapter 8 International Trade

History of international trade, why international trade existed, basis of international trade, Volume of Trade, Composition of Trade, direction of trade, balance of trade, free trade situation, dumping, world trade organization, matters related to international trade, port, type of port- classified according to the types of traffic which they handle, depending on location, on the basis of specialized functions.

Map work based on the units given above in the given Outline map of the world

Part 2 India: People and Economy

Unit 1

Chapter 1 Population: Distribution of Density, Growth and Composition

Distribution of density of population, Growth of Population,regional variations in population growth, population composition - rural-urban composition, linguistic composition and linguistic classification, religious composition, composition of working population. OccRajasthanatiolnal Categories.

Unit-2

Chapter 2 Human Settlements

Rural settlements, Types of Rural Settlement. the basic differences between rural and urban settlements, types of rural settlements: « Clustered, agglomerated or nucleated,*Semi-clustered or fragmented, Hamleted, and Dispersed or isolated. urban settlements: Ancient Towns, Medieval Towns and Modern Town. Urbanisation in India Functional Classification of Towns, Smart cities Mission.

Chapter 3 Land Resources And Agriculture

Land Use Categories, Land Use Change In India, Common Property Resources, Agricultural Land Use In India, Cropping Seasons In India, Types Of Farming, Foodgrains: Rice, Wheat, Jowar Maize, Bajra, Pulses, Gram, Tur (Arhar) Fibrous Crops: Cotton And Jute , Other Crops: Sugarcane, Tea And Coffee, Oilseeds, Agricultural Development In India, Increase In Agricultural Production And Development Of Technology, Problems Of Indian Agriculture.

Chapter 4 Water Resources

Water resources of India water demand and utilization, water quality depletion, water conservation and management, water pollution prevention, water recycling and reuse, watershed management, rainwater harvesting, watershed development: a reality Study, Indian National Water Policy, 2002, Jal Kranti Abhiyan (2015 -16).

Chapter 5 Mineral and Energy Resources

Types of Mineral Resources, Distribution of Minerals in India: Ferrous Mineral: Iron-Ore, Copper, Bauxite, Manganese Non-ferrous Minerals. Non-metallic Minerals Energy Resources: Conventional Sources of Energy, Unconventional Energy Sources, Conservation of Mineral Resources.

Chapter 6 Planning And Sustainable Development In Indian Context

Approches to Planning target area planning, hilly area development program, drought prone area development program, case study - coordinated tribal development program in Bharmour region, case study - Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area, sustainable nutritional development, promoting sustainable nutritional development remedy.

UNIT-4

Chapter 7 Transport and Communication

Major means of transport- Land Transport: Road Transport: Rail Transport, Water Transport, Inland Waterways, Ocean Routes, Air Transport, Oil & Gas Pipeline, Communication Network: Personal Communication System and Mass Communication System.

Chapter 8 International Trade

Changing Pattern of the Composion of Indias Exports, Changing Pattern of the Composion of Indias Import.

UNIT-5

Chapter 9 Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

Environmental pollution: water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, noise pollution. Urban Waste Disposal Case Study- A Role Model of Restore the ecology and safeguard. Human health in Daurala.

Map work based on the units given above in the given Outline map of India.

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Prescribed Textbooks:

1. Fundamentals of Human Geography -  NCERT's Book Published under Copyright

2. India - Poeple and Economy - NCERT's Book Published under copyright

3. Practical Work in Geography II - NCERT's Book Published under Copyright

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