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This article outlines the Haryana Board HBSE Class 11th Geography Syllabus for the academic year 2025-26. The Board of School Education, Haryana, has provided the syllabus in the PDF format, which is available on the official website. Those students who have taken admission into class 11 in the Haryana Board and are looking for the syllabus can refer to the syllabus for a better understanding of the subject.
Along with the syllabus, the course structure and distribution of marks as per the chapter have also been mentioned for the students. Check the article below to download the complete, detailed syllabus in PDF format.
HBSE Board Class 11 Geography Syllabus and Chapter-wise distribution of Marks
Class- 11
Subject: Geography
Code:579
General Instructions:
- There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus.
- The Annual Examination will be of 60 marks, Practical Examination will be of 20 marks and 20 marks weightage shall be for Internal Assessment.
- For Practical Examination:
- Written test of two questions of 5 marks each
- Practical record of 5 marks.
- Viva-voce of 5 marks.
- For Internal Assessment: There will be a Periodic Assessment that would include:
- For 6 marks- Three SAT exams will be conducted and will have a weightage of 06 marks towards the final Internal Assessment.
- For 2 marks- One half yearly exam will be conducted and will have a weightage of 02 marks towards the final Internal Assessment.
- For 2 marks- Subject teacher will assess and give maximum 02 marks for CRP (Classroom participation).
- For 5 marks- A project work to be done by students and will have a weightage of 05 marks towards the final Internal Assessment.
- For 5 marks- Attendance of student will be awarded 05 marks as:
| 75% to 80% - | 01 marks |
| Above 80% to 85% | 02 marks |
| Above 85% to 90% | 03 marks |
| Above 90% to 95% | 04 marks |
| Above 95% | 05 mark |
Haryana Board Class 11 Geography Course Structure 2025-2026
The HBSE Class 11 Geography course structure 2025-26 has been attached in the following table with the complete list of units and chapters along with their marks weightage.
| Unit No | Chapter Name | Marks |
| Book Name - Fundamentals of Physical Geography | ||
| I | Geography as a Discipline Chapter 1: Geography as a Discipline | 3 |
| II | The earth Chapter 2: The Origin and Evolution of the Earth Chapter 3: Interior of the Earth Chapter 4: Distribution of Oceans and Continents | 6 |
| III | Landforms Chapter 5: Geomorphic Processes Chapter 6: Landforms and their Evolution | 9 |
| IV | Climate Chapter 7: Composition and Structure of Atmosphere Chapter 8: Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature Chapter 9: Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems Chapter 10: Water in the Atmosphere Chapter 11: World Climate and Climate Change | 6 |
| V | Water (Ocean) Chapter 12: Water (Oceans) Chapter 13: Movements of Ocean Water | 4 |
| VI | Life on Earth Chapter 14: Biodiversity and Conservation | 3 |
| Book Name- India Physical Environment | ||
| I | Introduction Chapter 1: India-Location | 4 |
| II | Physiography Chapter 2: Structure and Physiography Chapter 3: Drainage System | 8 |
| III | Climate and Vegetation Chapter 4: Climate Chapter 5: Natural Vegetation | 6 |
| IV | Natural Hazards and Disasters: Causes, Consequences and Management Chapter 6: Natural Hazards and Disasters | 6 |
| Map work | 5 | |
| Total | 60 | |
| Practical | 20 | |
| Internal Assessment | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 100 | |
Haryana Board HBSE Class 11 Geography Syllabus 2025-2026
A detailed list of all the chapters as per the syllabus has been mentioned below in the table.
| Text Book 1: “Fundamentals of Physical Geography” |
| Lesson 1: Geography as a Discipline Geography as a subject, Meaning and Definitions, Geography as a Cohesive Subject, Areas of Geography, Branches of Geography, Historical Geography and Human Geography, Physical Geography and its Importance |
| Lesson 2: Origin and Evolution of the Earth Early theories, Modern theories, formation of stars and planets, origin of the earth, evolution of atmosphere and hydrosphere, Origin of life |
| Lesson 3: Interior of the Earth Direct and indirect sources of geological information, earthquakes and seismic waves, the interior of the earth, mantle, core, Volcanoes and volcanic formation topography |
| Lesson 4: Distribution of Oceans and Continents Continental displacement theory, oceanic crust expansion (mapping and formation), distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, Plate Tectonics - Plate Types and Distribution, Movement of Indian Plate |
| Lesson-5 Geomorphic Processes Endogenous processes and exogenous processes, covering, weathering, physical chemical and biological and their types, large circulation types, erosion and deposition, soil formation and its elements, processes and factors of soil formation |
| Lesson 6: Landforms and Their Evolution Flowing water and its associated erosion and deposited topography, ground water - its eroded and deposited landforms, Glaciers - eroded and deposited landforms, ocean waves and currents - eroded and deposited landforms, wind - eroded and deposited landforms |
| Lesson-7: Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Composition of atmosphere - permanent and temporary gases and their quantities, structure of atmosphere - different layers and their characteristics |
| Lesson-8: Solar radiation, heat balance and temperature Solar radiation and insolation - factors affecting, heating and cooling of the atmosphere, heat budget of the earth, Temperature - influencing factors and distribution, temperature inversion |
| Lesson 9: Atmospheric circulation and weather systems Atmospheric pressure Vertical variation and horizontal distribution in air pressure, world distribution of sea level air pressure, factors affecting wind direction and velocity, general circulation and influencing factors of the atmosphere, air masses and atmosphere, Cyclones- Origin and development of tropical and extra tropical cyclones |
| Lesson-10: Water in the atmosphere Evaporation and condensation - dew, frost, fog and fog formation processes, factors affecting condensation and forms of condensation, clouds and their types, precipitation and rainfall and its types, distribution of precipitation in the world |
| Lesson-11: World Climate and Climate Change Climate classification of Köppen, Climate change and its causes, global warming |
| Lesson-12 Ocean Water Relief and division of oceanic crust, Miniatures of ocean floor relief, temperature influencing factors of ocean water, vertical and horizontal distribution of temperature, factors affecting salinity of ocean water, vertical and horizontal distribution of salinity |
| Lesson-13: Ocean water circulation Waves - Characteristics, Tides - Meaning, Causes, Types and Significance, Ocean Currents - Causes of Origin, Types and Characteristics and Impact of Ocean Currents on Climate |
| Lesson-14: Biodiversity and Conservation Genetic, ethnic and ecological diversity, importance of biodiversity and its ecological, economic and scientific role, loss of biodiversity, endangered, porous and rare species, conservation of biodiversity |
| Text Book 2: “India Physical Environment” |
| Lesson-1 India Location Latitude and Longitude Lines - Meaning Identification and Significance, Latitudinal and longitudinal extent and size of India, political mapping of India and its neighbouring countries |
| Lesson 2: Structure and landform Peninsular section and its subdivision, Himalayas and other extra-peninsular ranges and their subdivisions, Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain and its subdivision, physical mapping of Indian Desert, Coastal Plain, Islands |
| Lesson-3 Drainage System Drainage pattern – Meaning, definition and main influencing factors, drainage and watershed, Himalayan drainage system and its major rivers, peninsular runoff system and its major rivers, comparison of Himalayan and peninsular river system |
| Lesson-4 Climate Uniformity and diversity in monsoon climate, factors affecting India’s climate, various concepts related to monsoon origin, nature of India monsoon, seasonal cycle, climate zone of India - classification of Köppen, global warming |
| Lesson-5 Natural vegetation Type of natural vegetation with map, forest cover and forest conservation in India, social forestry and farm forestry, biosphere selection - meaning and utility map |
| Lesson-6 Natural Crises and Disasters Classification of Natural Disasters, Natural Disaster Prone Areas in India, Earthquake-Causes, Impact and Rescue, Tsunami-Causes, Impact and Rescue, Tropical Cyclone-Causes, Impacts and Rescues, Flood Causes, Impacts and Controls, Drought-Causes, Types and, Landslide Vulnerability Area Types Results and Prevention, Disaster Management, Findings |
HBSE Class 11 Geography Syllabus 2025 PDF
Haryana Board Geography syllabus PDF - Download here
Prescribed Books:
- Class 11th Textbook – 1 Fundamentals of Physical Geography BSEH Publication at NCERT
- Class 11th Textbook – 2 India Physical Environment BSEH Publication at NCERT
- Class 11th Practical Book “Practical Work in Geography Part-1” BSEH Publication at NCERT
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