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Latest Syllabus for Academic Year (2019-20)Geography (Code No. 029)

CLASS–XIIOne Theory Paper 3 Hours 70 Marks

Part Units No. of Periods Marks

A FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 90 35 Marks

Unit 1: Human Geography 05

30

Unit 2: People 18

Unit 3: Human Activities 28

Unit 4: Transport, Communication and Trade 24

Unit 5: Human Settlements 10

Map Work 05 5

B INDIA: PEOPLE AND ECONOMY 90 35 Marks

Unit 6: People 15

30

Unit 7: Human Settlements 10

Unit 8: Resources and Development 30

Unit 9: Transport, Communication and International Trade

15

Unit 10: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

15

Map Work 05 5

Total 180 70 Marks

C PRACTICAL WORK 30 Marks

Unit 1: Processing of Data and Thematic Mapping 25 15

Unit 2: Field Study or Spatial Information Technology 15 10

Practical Record Book and Viva Voce 5

COURSE CONTENTPart A: Fundamentals of Physical Geography 90 Periods

Unit 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope 05 Periods

Unit 2: PeoplePopulation-distribution, density and growthPopulation change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population changePopulation Composition - age-sex ratio; rural-urban compositionHuman development - concept; selected indicators, international comparisons

18 Periods

Unit 3: Human ActivitiesPrimary activities - concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral,

mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agricultural and allied activities - some examples from selected countries

28 Periods


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Secondary activities-concept; manufacturing: types -household, small scale, large scale; agro based and mineral based industries; people engaged in secondary activities - some examples from selected countries

Tertiary activities-concept; trade, transport and tourism; services; people engaged in tertiary activities - some examples from selected countries

Quaternary activities-concept; people engaged in quaternary activities - case study from selected countries

Unit 4 : Transport, Communication and TradeLand transport - roads, railways; trans-continental railways Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routesAir transport- Intercontinental air routesOil and gas pipelinesSatellite communication and cyber space-importance and usage for

geographical information; use of GPSInternational trade- bases and changing patterns; ports as gateways of

international trade; role of WTO in international trade

24 Periods

Unit 5 : Human SettlementsSettlement types - rural and urban; morphology of cities (case

study); distribution of mega cities; problems of human settlements in developing countries

10 Periods

Map Work on identification of features based on 1-5 units on theoutline Physical/Political map of World.

05 Periods

Part B : India: People and Economy 90 Periods

Unit 6 : PeoplePopulation: distribution, density and growth; composition of population

- linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational-regional variations in growth of population

Migration: international, national-causes and consequences Human development: selected indicators and regional patterns Population, environment and development

15 Periods

Unit 7 : Human SettlementsRural settlements - types and distributionUrban settlements - types, distribution and functional classification

10 Periods

Unit 8 : Resources and DevelopmentLand 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

30 Periods

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Industries - types, factors of industrial location; distribution and changing pattern of selected industries-iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge based industries; impact of liberalization, privatization and globalization on industrial location; industrial clusters

Planning in India- target group area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)

Unit 9: Transport, Communication and International TradeTransport 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

15 Periods

Unit 10: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and ProblemsEnvironmental pollution; urban-waste disposalUrbanization, rural-urban migration; problems of slumsLand degradation

15 Periods

Map work on locating and labelling of features based on aboveunits on outline map of India.

05 Periods

Part C: Practical Work 40 Periods

Unit 1: Processing of Data and Thematic MappingType and Sources of data: Primary, Secondary and other sourcesTabulating and processing of data; calculation of averages, measures of

central tendencyRepresentation of data - construction of diagrams: bars, circles and

flowchart; thematic maps; construction of dot; choropleth and isopleths maps

Data analysis and generation of diagrams, graphs and other visual diagrams using computers

25 Periods

Unit 2: Field Study or Spatial Information TechnologyField visit and study: map orientation, observation and preparation of

sketch; survey on any one of the local concerns; pollution, ground wa-ter changes, land use and land-use changes, poverty, energy issues, soil degradation, impact of floods and drought, catchment area of school, Market survey and Household survey (any one topic of local concern may be taken up for the study; observation and questionnaire survey may be adopted for the data collection; collected data may be tabulated and analyzed with diagrams and maps). Students can be given different topics to get more insight into various problems of society.

ORSpatial Information Technology Introduction to GIS; hardware requirements and software modules;

data formats; raster and vector data, data input, editing and topology building; data analysis; overlay and buffer.

15 Periods

Prescribed Books : Fundamentals of Human Geography, Class XII, Published by NCERT India - People and Economy, Class XII, Published by NCERT Practical Work in Geography, Class XII, Published by NCERT

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Fundamentals of Human GeographyClass XII - Textbook I (NCERT)

Map Items for identification only on outline political map of the World.

Unit-1 Ch.-1 Nil

Unit-2 Ch. 2 to 4 1 The largest country in each continent in terms of area

Unit-3 Ch. 5 to 7 1 Areas of subsistence gathering

Primary Activities 2 Major areas of nomadic herding of the world

3 Major areas of commercial livestock rearing4 Major areas of extensive commercial grain farming5 Major areas of mixed farming of the World6 Major areas of Mediterranean agriculture of the World

Secondary Activities 1 Ruhr region, Silicon Valley, Appalachian region, Great lakes region

Unit - 4 Ch. 8 to 9 2 Trans-continental Railways : Terminal Stations of trans-continental Railways – Trans-Siberian, Trans- Canadian, Trans Australian Railways

3 Major Sea Ports :Europe : North Cape, London, Hamburg North America : Vancouver, San Francisco, New Orleans South America : Rio De Janeiro, Colon, Valparaiso Africa : Suez, Durban and Cape Town Asia : Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Aden, Karachi, Kolkata Australia: Perth, Sydney, Melbourne

4 Inland Waterways : Suez canal, Panama canal, Rhine waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway

5 Major Airports :Asia : Tokyo, Beijing, Mumbai, Jeddah, AdenAfrica : Johannesburg & NairobiEurope : Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin and RomeNorth America : Chicago, New Orleans, Mexico CitySouth America : Buenos Aires, SantiagoAustralia : Darwin and Wellington

Unit - 5 Ch. 10 Mega cities of the world – Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Saopaulo

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India - People and EconomyClass XII - Textbook II (NCERT)

Map Items for locating and labelling only on the outline political map of India.

Unit-6 & 7 Ch.-1 to 4 State with highest level of urbanization and lowest level of urbanization One state with highest level of HDI & One with lowest level of HDI One state with highest level of population density & one state with lowest

level of population density One out migrating state One in migrating state Any city with more than 10 million population–Greater Mumbai, Delhi,

Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru

Unit- 8 Ch.-5 to 9 Leading producing states of the following crops:(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Jowar (d) Cotton,(e) Jute (f) Sugarcane (g) Tea and (h) CoffeeMines: Iron-ore mines : Mayurbhanj, Bailadila, Ratnagiri, Bellary Manganese mines : Balaghat, Shimoga Copper mines : Hazaribagh, Singhbhum, Khetri Bauxite mines : Katni, Bilaspur and Koraput Coal mines : Jharia, Bokaro, Raniganj, Neyveli Oil Refineries: Mathura, Jamnagar, Baroni Industries Iron and Steel Plants : Bhadravati, Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and

Jameshedpur Cotton Textile: Surat, Varanasi, Murshidabad, Solapur and Coimbatore Software Technology Parks : Gandhinagar, Srinagar, Mohali, Noida,

Indore, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Major Industrial Regions

Unit- 9 Ch.-10 –11 Transport:

(i) Important nodes on north-south corridor, east-west corridor & golden quadrilateral

(ii) Major Sea Ports : Kandla, Mumbai, Marmagao, Kochi, Mangalore, Tuticorin, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Paradwip, Haldia

(iii) International Airports : Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Delhi, Amritsar, Thiruvananthapuram & Hyderabad

Unit- 10 Ch.-12 NIL

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