Units and Topics
| # | Unit/Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Representation of Geographical Features | - |
| 2 | Landforms | - |
| 3 | Water Bodies: Oceans, Seas, Lakes and Rivers | - |
| 4 | Agriculture | - |
| 5 | Minerals | - |
| 6 | Study of Continents : North America and South America | - |
| Total | - |
Syllabus
- Maps
- Physical Maps
- Political Maps
- Thematic Maps
- Importance of Maps
- Types of Maps Based on Scale
- Scale Meaning and Uses
- Direction: Eight Cardinal Points
- Symbols
- Diagrams (With Brief Explanation)
- Rivers
- Meander
- Anticline
- Syncline
- Tributaries
- Distributaries
- Delta
- Block Mountain
- Types of Landforms
- Mountains and Valleys
Processes of formation of mountains and valleys - endogenous and exogenous.
- Mountain Types - Folding
Formation of mountains
- Folding mountain
Young Fold Mountain
- Meaning of characteristics
- Distribution of young fold mountains in the world
- Rockies
- Andes
- Alps
- Great dividing Range
- Himalaya and Atlas mountains
Old Fold Mountain
- Meaning and Characteristics
- Distribution of old fold mountain in the world
- Urals
- Appalachians
- Aravalis
Location on the world map
- Mountain Types - Faulting
Faulting Mountain
- Meaning
- Formation and characteristics of block mountain
- distribution of block mountains in the world
- Black forest
- Vosges
- Vindhyas
- Importance of Mountains
- Mountain Types - Volcanic
Formation and characteristics (Mountain Kilimanjaro in Africa and mountain Fujiyama in Japan)
- Valleys: Formations and Characteristics
Distribution of rift valleys in the world - Rhine, Narmada, Nile
- Plateaus
- Plains
- Formation and characteristics
- Types of plains
- Distribution of plains in the world
- Plains of North America
- Gangetic plains of India
- Location on world map
- Landforms and People
Landforms - impact on the life of people. (comparison between life in the mountains and life in the plains)
- Oceans
- Pacific Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Southern Ocean
Characteristics and Importance
- Sea
Distribution of marginal and inland seas (Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Dead sea)
- Lakes
Distribution of major lakes in the world their characteristics and importance (Baikal, Five Great lakes of the U.S.A, Lake Omega, Lake Titicaca, Lake Victoria and Chilka lake)
- Rivers
Distribution of major rivers in the world, their characteristics, and importance
- Mackenzie
- St. Lawrence
- Mississippi
- Amazon
- Nile
- Rhine
- Danube
- Indus
- Ganga
- Yangtze
- Huang Ho
- Ob
- Murray
- Causes of Pollution of Water Bodies
- Locating Oceans, Seas, Lakes and Rivers on the World Map
- Introduction to Different Types of Agriculture
- Types of Farming
- Subsistence Farming
- Intensive Farming
- Shifting Cultivation
- Commercial Farming
- Extensive grain farming
- Plantation farming
- Market gardening
- Horticulture/Floriculture
- Subsistence Farming
- Food Crops and Cash Crops
Meaning with Example
- Wheat
- Rice
- Cotton
- Jute
- sugarcane
- Food Crops and Cash Crops
Meaning with Example
- Wheat
- Rice
- Cotton
- Jute
- sugarcane
- Types of Farming
- Commercial Farming
- Extensive grain farming
- Plantation farming
- Market gardening
- Horticulture/Floriculture
- Commercial Farming
- Locate Major Crop Producing Region on the World Map
- Green Revolution
A brief idea of how helped in agriculture development.
- Minerals and Ores
- Types of Minerals
Metallic
- Iron ore
- Uranium
- Bauxite
- Manganese
- Gold
- Silver
- Copper
Non-Metallic
- Limestone
- Mica and mineral fuels (coal and petroleum) natural gas
- Distribution of the Minerals
- Distribution of minerals in India and the world
- Leading producers in the world
- Uses of minerals
- Types of Mining
- Conservation of Minerals
- Location of Above Minerals on the World Map
