Maharashtra State Board Syllabus For 8th Standard Geography: Knowing the Syllabus is very important for the students of 8th Standard. Shaalaa has also provided a list of topics that every student needs to understand.
The Maharashtra State Board 8th Standard Geography syllabus for the academic year 2022-2023 is based on the Board's guidelines. Students should read the 8th Standard Geography Syllabus to learn about the subject's subjects and subtopics.
Students will discover the unit names, chapters under each unit, and subtopics under each chapter in the Maharashtra State Board 8th Standard Geography Syllabus pdf 2022-2023. They will also receive a complete practical syllabus for 8th Standard Geography in addition to this.
Maharashtra State Board 8th Standard Geography Revised Syllabus
Maharashtra State Board 8th Standard Geography and their Unit wise marks distribution
Maharashtra State Board 8th Standard Geography Course Structure 2022-2023 With Marking Scheme
# | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
---|---|---|
1 | Local Time and Standard Time | |
2 | Interior of the Earth | |
3 | Humidity and Clouds | |
4 | Structure of Ocean Floor | |
5 | Ocean Currents | |
6 | Land Use | |
7 | Population | |
8 | Industries | |
9 | Map Scale | |
10 | Field Visit | |
Total | - |
Syllabus
- Interior of the Earth
- The Crust
- The Mantle
- The Core
- The Composition of the Earth’s Interior
- The Crust
- Continental Crust
- Oceanic Crust
- Mantle
- Core
- Outer core
- Inner core
- Introduction to Humidity and Clouds
- Change of State of Matter
- Absolute Humidity
- absolute humidity
- Relative Humidity
Condensation/Densification /Sublimation
- dewpoint
- Dew, frost and fog
- Clouds
- High Clouds
- Cirrus
- Cirro-cumulus
- Cirro-stratus
- Medium Clouds
- Alto-stratus
- Alto-cumulus
- Nimbo stratus
- Low Clouds
- Strato-cumulus
- Stratus
- Cumulus
- Cumulo-nimbus
- Precipitation
- Drizzle
- Rain
- Sleet
- Snow
- Hails
- Stucture of Ocean Floor
- The Relief of Ocean Floor
- Divisions of the Ocean Floors
- Continental Shelf
- Continental Slope
- Abyssal Plains
- Mountain Ranges And Plateaus
- Marine Deeps And Marine Trenches
- Marine Deposition
- Ocean Currents
- Their circulation pattern and effects. (Specifically of Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Drift, Labrador Current, Kuro Shio, and Oya Shio.)
- Types of Ocean Currents:-
- Based on depth
- Surface currents
- Deep water currents
- Based on temperature
- Cold currents
- Warm currents
- Major Ocean Currents
- Effects of Ocean Currents
- Horizontal (Surface) Ocean Current
- Rotation of the Earth
- Continental structure
- Effects of Ocean Surface Currents on Human Life
- Deep Ocean Currents
- Importance of Deep Ocean Currents
- Land Use
- Types of Land Use
Rural Land Use
- Arable Land
- Fallow Land
- Forest Land
- Grassland/Pastureland
Urban Land Use
- Commercial land use
- Residential land use
- Transport Land use
- Public Utility Area
- Recreational land use
- Mixed land use
- Transitional Areas and Suburbs
- Planned Cities
- Ownership of Land and Ownership Rights
- 7/12 Extract
- Property Card
- non agricultural land
- Population Growth
- Distribution of Population
- Factors Affecting Population Distribution
- Physical Factors
- Economic Factors
- Political Factors
- Social factors
- Density of Population
- Structure of Population
- Sex ratio
- Age Structure
- Occupational Structure of the population
- Area of Residence
- Literacy
- Migration
- Importance of Population
- Human Development Index
- Density of Population in Maharashtra
- Factors Affecting the Location of an Industry
- Classification of Industries as per Their Nature
Types of Industries
- Small industry
- Medium industry
- Heavy industry
- Agro Based Industries
- Industrial Development
- Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (M.I.D.C.)
- Information Technology Industry
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Map Scale
- Verbal Scale
- Numerical Scale
- Linear Scale
- The Importance of Graphical Scale
- Large Scale and Small Scale Maps