Geography Class 10 ICSE CISCE Topics and Syllabus

• Maps and Cartography
• Components of a map

A) Title

B) Scale

1. Statement scale
2. The Representative Fraction (R.F)
3. Linear (or) Graphical scale

C) Direction

D) Grid System

E) Projection

F) Legend

G) Conventional signs and
symbols

• Survey

• Measurement of Distance
• Measurement of Direction
• Measurement of Area

• Distance
• Direction
• Symbols
• Sketch
• Conventional signs and symbols
• Plan
• Title
• Scale
• Legend or key
• Source
• Map Projection and locational information
• Grid System

• Large Scale: Cadastral maps and Topographical maps
• Small scale maps: Wall maps and Atlas
• Types of Atlas: School Atlas, Advanced Atlas, Regional Atlas and National Atlas
• Physical maps: Relief maps, Geological maps,Climatic maps and Soil maps
• Cultural maps: Political maps, Population maps, Economic maps and Transportation maps 
• Thematic Map

• Kinds of Thematic maps

1. Choropleth Mapping
2. Isoline Maps
3. Dot Density Map

• Locating features with the help of a four figure or a six figure grid reference

• Definition of contour and contour interval. Identification of landforms marked by contours (steep slope, gentle slope, hill, valley, ridge / water divide, escarpment), triangulated height, spot height, bench mark, relative height/ depth.
• Some basic features of contour lines
• Drawing of Contours and Their Cross Sections

• Identification and definition of types of scale given on the map.
• Measuring distances and calculating area using the scale given therein.
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• Marking directions between different locations, using eight cardinal points

• Identification of drainage (direction of flow and pattern) and settlement patterns

• Mountains : Himalayas, Karakoram, Aravali, Vindhyas, Satpura, Western and Eastern Ghats, Nilgiris, Garo, Khasi, Jaintia, etc.
• Peaks : Mount Godwin Austin (K2), Kanchenjunga, etc.
• Passes : Karakoram, Nathu-La Passes, etc.

• Plateaus : Deccan Plateau, Chota Nagpur Plateau.

• Gangetic Plains
• Coastal Plains : Konkan, Kanara, Malabar, Coromandel, Northern Circars

• Thar (The Great Indian Desert)

• Rivers: Indus, Jhelum, Satluj, Ganga, Yamuna, Kosi, Chambal, Betwa, Damodar, Tapti, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri, Tungabhadra.
• Water Bodies: Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhat, Andaman Sea, Chilka Lake, Wular Lake.

• Indian : Location, Size and Extent
• Indian Standard Time (IST)

1. Direction of Monsoon Winds (South West Monsoons)
2. Direction of Monsoon Winds (North East Monsoons)

• Oil - Mumbai High (Offshore Oil Field);
• Iron – Singhbhum
• Coal – Jharia

• Indian : Location, Size and Extent
• Indian Standard Time (IST)

1. The western coastal plains
2. The eastern coastal plains

• Conventional Sources

1. Firewood
2. Coal
3. Petroleum
4. Natural Gas
5. Hydel Power

• Non-conventional Sources of Energy

1. Solar energy
2. Wind Energy
3. Nuclear Power
4. Geothermal Energy
5. Tidal Energy
6. Biogas

• Subsistence farming
• Commercial farming
• Plantation farming
• Mixed farming

• rice, wheat, millets and pulses.
• sugarcane, oilseeds (groundnut, mustard and soyabean).
• cotton, jute, tea and coffee.

• rice, wheat, millets and pulses.
• sugarcane, oilseeds (groundnut, mustard and soyabean).
• cotton, jute, tea and coffee.

• rice, wheat, millets and pulses.
• sugarcane, oilseeds (groundnut, mustard and soyabean).
• cotton, jute, tea and coffee.

• rice, wheat, millets and pulses.
• sugarcane, oilseeds (groundnut, mustard and soyabean).
• cotton, jute, tea and coffee.

• National and State highways, Golden quadrilateral, NSEW corridor