Official Syllabus
| S.NO | CHAPTERS |
| 1 | Representation of Geographical Features |
| 2 | Population Dynamics |
| 3 | Migration |
| 4 | Urbanization |
| 5 | Natural and Man-made Disasters |
| 6 | Asia: The Largest Continent |
| 7 | India: Geographical Features |
| 8 | India: Human Resources |
Theme 1: Representation of Geographical Features
On the basis of the Topographical Sheet:
1. Interpret contours on the sheet (height, shape).
2. Identify landforms through contours.
(i) Types of slopes (steep, gentle).
(ii) Hills, Plateaus, Ridges (gap, saddle, col, pass).
3. Settlement patterns:
(i) Temporary and permanent
(ii) Nucleated, dispersed and linear
4. Interpret and analyze the given toposheet.
Theme 2: Population Dynamics
1. Distribution of the population in the world.
2. Overpopulation and underpopulation: meaning examples of countries from the world.
3. Impact of overpopulation and underpopulation on society.
4. Factors affecting the population of a place, birth, and death rate, immigration, and emigration.
5. Composition of the population - Age and sex, rural and urban; population pyramid.
Theme 3: Migration
1. Migration: Introduction.
2. Types of migration immigration, emigration, rural-urban and urban. (examples from the world).
3. Impact of migration on the socioeconomic structure of the society (examples from India and the world).
4. Brain Drain: introduction, causes of brain drain, positive and negative impacts of brain drain.
Theme 4: Urbanisation
1. Urbanisation - meaning and causes.
2. Positive and negative impacts of urbanization; satellite cities.
3. Concept of Smart Cities (examples from the World).
Theme 5: Natural and Man-made Disasters
1. Natural and man-made disasters: Meaning and examples.
2. Disaster management and its importance (in general); safety measures to be taken in case of floods, earthquakes, and fire.
3. Role of the government in disasters and its management.
Case Studies:
(i) Floods in Assam/Bihar (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
(ii) Earthquake in Nepal (2014): (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
(iii) Oil Spills - Coastal areas of the United States: (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
Theme 6: Asia: The Largest Continent
1. Location and Extent
2. East Asia, North Asia, Central Asia, South-East Asia, South-Central Asia, Western Asia
3. Physiography: Northern lowlands, Central highlands, Plateaus, River basins, Islands.
4. Climate: Factors affecting the Climate of Asia, Types of Climate: Tundra, Temperate, Tropical, Desert, Equatorial.
5. Natural Vegetation and Wildlife, Tundra, Taiga, Tropical Deciduous, Thorny, Equatorial.
Theme 7: India: Geographical Features
1. India - Its location and extent, its neighboring countries.
2. Political divisions of India - States/ UTs and Capitals.
3. Physiographic Divisions of India - The Himalayas, Northern plains, Peninsular plateau, Thar desert, Coastal regions, and Islands.
4. Conservation of Forests and wildlife in India.
5. National parks, biosphere reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries.
6. Climate and Natural vegetation:
(i) Factors affecting climate, Monsoon.
(ii) Types of Natural vegetation: Tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, thorny, Tidal Forest, and Montane forest.
Theme 8: India: Human Resources
1. Human resources - meaning.
2. Distribution of the population in India (rural-urban, geographical distribution, sex ratio).
3. Role of health and education in developing human resources (to be done briefly)
4. Skilled and unskilled human resources (meaning and examples only).
5. Impact of skilled human resources on the
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Official Syllabus
| S.NO | CHAPTERS |
| 1 | Representation of Geographical Features |
| 2 | Population Dynamics |
| 3 | Migration |
| 4 | Urbanization |
| 5 | Natural and Man-made Disasters |
| 6 | Asia: The Largest Continent |
| 7 | India: Geographical Features |
| 8 | India: Human Resources |
Theme 1: Representation of Geographical Features
On the basis of the Topographical Sheet:
1. Interpret contours on the sheet (height, shape).
2. Identify landforms through contours.
(i) Types of slopes (steep, gentle).
(ii) Hills, Plateaus, Ridges (gap, saddle, col, pass).
3. Settlement patterns:
(i) Temporary and permanent
(ii) Nucleated, dispersed and linear
4. Interpret and analyze the given toposheet.
Theme 2: Population Dynamics
1. Distribution of the population in the world.
2. Overpopulation and underpopulation: meaning examples of countries from the world.
3. Impact of overpopulation and underpopulation on society.
4. Factors affecting the population of a place, birth, and death rate, immigration, and emigration.
5. Composition of the population - Age and sex, rural and urban; population pyramid.
Theme 3: Migration
1. Migration: Introduction.
2. Types of migration immigration, emigration, rural-urban and urban. (examples from the world).
3. Impact of migration on the socioeconomic structure of the society (examples from India and the world).
4. Brain Drain: introduction, causes of brain drain, positive and negative impacts of brain drain.
Theme 4: Urbanisation
1. Urbanisation - meaning and causes.
2. Positive and negative impacts of urbanization; satellite cities.
3. Concept of Smart Cities (examples from the World).
Theme 5: Natural and Man-made Disasters
1. Natural and man-made disasters: Meaning and examples.
2. Disaster management and its importance (in general); safety measures to be taken in case of floods, earthquakes, and fire.
3. Role of the government in disasters and its management.
Case Studies:
(i) Floods in Assam/Bihar (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
(ii) Earthquake in Nepal (2014): (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
(iii) Oil Spills - Coastal areas of the United States: (Causes, effects, impacts on life and environment).
Theme 6: Asia: The Largest Continent
1. Location and Extent
2. East Asia, North Asia, Central Asia, South-East Asia, South-Central Asia, Western Asia
3. Physiography: Northern lowlands, Central highlands, Plateaus, River basins, Islands.
4. Climate: Factors affecting the Climate of Asia, Types of Climate: Tundra, Temperate, Tropical, Desert, Equatorial.
5. Natural Vegetation and Wildlife, Tundra, Taiga, Tropical Deciduous, Thorny, Equatorial.
Theme 7: India: Geographical Features
1. India - Its location and extent, its neighboring countries.
2. Political divisions of India - States/ UTs and Capitals.
3. Physiographic Divisions of India - The Himalayas, Northern plains, Peninsular plateau, Thar desert, Coastal regions, and Islands.
4. Conservation of Forests and wildlife in India.
5. National parks, biosphere reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries.
6. Climate and Natural vegetation:
(i) Factors affecting climate, Monsoon.
(ii) Types of Natural vegetation: Tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, thorny, Tidal Forest, and Montane forest.
Theme 8: India: Human Resources
1. Human resources - meaning.
2. Distribution of the population in India (rural-urban, geographical distribution, sex ratio).
3. Role of health and education in developing human resources (to be done briefly)
4. Skilled and unskilled human resources (meaning and examples only).
5. Impact of skilled human resources on the socioeconomic development of the country (examples from India).
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