Geography Class 11 Term-II Syllabus

The syllabus is divided into two parts: (A) Fundamentals of Physical Geography (B) India - Physical Environment.

Exam Structure

Part A: Fundamentals of Physical Geography

Unit 4: Climate

• Atmosphere - composition and structure; elements of weather and climate.
• Insolation - angle of incidence and distribution; heat budget of the earth - heating and cooling of atmosphere (conduction, convection, terrestrial radiation and advection); temperature - factors controlling temperature; distribution of temperature - horizontal and vertical; inversion of temperature.
• Pressure - pressure belts; winds - planetary, seasonal and local; air masses and fronts; tropical and extra-tropical cyclones.
• Precipitation - evaporation; condensation - dew, frost, fog, mist and cloud; rainfall  -types and world distribution

Unit 5: Water (Oceans)

• Movements of ocean water - waves, tides and currents; submarine reliefs
• Ocean resources and pollution

Unit 6: Life on the Earth

• Biosphere - importance of plants and other organisms; biodiversity and conservation.

Part B: India - Physical Environment

Unit 9: Climate, Vegetation and Soil

• Weather and climate - spatial and temporal distribution of temperature, pressure winds and rainfall, Indian monsoon: mechanism, onset and withdrawal, variability of rainfalls: spatial and temporal; use of weather charts
• Natural vegetation - forest types and distribution; wild life; conservation; biosphere reserves
• Soils - major types (ICAR's classification) and their distribution, soil degradation and conservation

Map work on identification / interpolation of features based on the units on the outline Physical or Political map of the world or India.