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Syllabus of October geography class 12


Charul Mathur 8th Jul, 2022
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Ishan Katoch 8th Jul, 2022

Hey Charul.

Syllabus is dependent upon the course completed by the teacher till that time. Although you may find a list of topics that CBSE offers below:

A. Fundamentals of Human Geography

Unit 1: Human Geography

  • Nature and Scope

Unit 2: People

  • The World Population - distribution, density and growth
  • Population change - Components of population change, Demographic Transition
  • Human development - concept; selected indicators, international comparisons

Unit 3: Human Activities

  • Primary activities - concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agricultural and allied activities - some examples from selected countries
  • Secondary activities - concept; manufacturing: types - household, small scale, large scale; agro based and mineral based industries
  • Tertiary activities - concept; trade, transport and tourism; services; people engaged in tertiary activities
  • Quaternary activities - concept; people engaged in quaternary activities - case study from selected countries

Unit 4: Transport, Communication and Trade

  • Land transport - roads, railways; trans-continental railways
  • Water transport - inland waterways; major ocean routes
  • Air transport - Intercontinental air routes
  • Oil and gas pipelines
  • Satellite communication and cyber space - importance and usage for geographical information; use of GPS
  • International trade - bases and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade; role of WTO in international trade

B. India: People and Economy

Unit 6: People

  • Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of population - linguistic, religious;  rural-urban and occupational-regional variations in growth of population

Unit 7: Human Settlements

  • Rural settlements - types and distribution
  • Urban settlements - types, distribution and functional classification

Unit 8: Resources and Development

  • Land resources - general land use; agricultural land use; geographical conditions and distribution of major crops (Wheat, Rice, Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane and Rubber); agricultural development and problems
  • Water resources - availability and utilization - irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods - rain water harvesting and watershed management
  • Mineral and energy resources - distribution of metallic (Iron ore, Copper, Bauxite, Manganese); non-metallic (Mica, Salt) minerals; conventional (Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas and Hydroelectricity) and non-conventional energy sources (solar, wind, biogas) and conservation
  • Planning in India - target group area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)

Unit 9: Transport, Communication and International Trade

  • Transport and communication - roads, railways, waterways and airways: oil and gas pipelines; Geographical information and communication networks
  • International trade - changing pattern of India's foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland and airports

Unit 10: Geographical Perspective on selected issues and problems

  • Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal
  • Urbanisation, rural-urban migration; problems of slums
  • Land degradation

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