Maharashtra State Board Syllabus For 12th Board Exam Geography: Knowing the Syllabus is very important for the students of 12th Board Exam. Shaalaa has also provided a list of topics that every student needs to understand.
The Maharashtra State Board 12th Board Exam Geography syllabus for the academic year 2023-2024 is based on the Board's guidelines. Students should read the 12th Board Exam 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 12th Board Exam Geography Syllabus pdf 2023-2024. They will also receive a complete practical syllabus for 12th Board Exam Geography in addition to this.
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Maharashtra State Board 12th Board Exam Geography Revised Syllabus
Maharashtra State Board 12th Board Exam Geography and their Unit wise marks distribution
Maharashtra State Board 12th Board Exam Geography Course Structure 2023-2024 With Marking Scheme
Syllabus
1 Population : Part - 1
- Distribution of Population
- Patterns of Population Distribution in the World
- Geographical Factors Affecting Population Distribution
- Geographical Factors Affecting Population Distribution - Physical Factors
- Relief (Landforms)
- Climate
- Availability of water
- Soils
- Geographical Factors Affecting Population Distribution - Human Factors
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Transportation
- Urbanization
- Political factors and government policies
- Geographical Factors Affecting Population Distribution - Physical Factors
- Components of Population Change
- Population Growth
- Crude Birth Rate
- Crude Death Rate
- Components of Population Change
- Migration
- Population Growth is due to Four basic processes:
- Natality
- Mortality
- Immigration
- Emigration
- Growth Model
(i) Exponential growth
(ii) Logistic growth
- Population Growth and Explosion
- Stage 1 : High stationary stage
- Stage 2 : Early expanding stage
- Stage 3 : Late expanding stage
- Stage 4 : Low stationary stage
- Stage 5 : Declining stage
2 Population : Part - 2
- Population Composition
- Age Structure
- Sex composition
- Literacy and education
- Occupational Structure
- Rural-Urban Composition
- Linguistic Classification
- Religious Composition
- Composition of Working Population
- Age-Sex Pyramid
- Expanding Populations
- Constant Population
- Declining Populations
- Migration
- On the basis of Region:
A. Internal migration
B. External Migration - Classification by Duration:
A. Short-term
B. Long-Term
- On the basis of Region:
- Reasons for Migration
- Physical
- Economic
- Social
- Political
- Impact of Migration on Population
3 Human Settlements and Land Use
- Human Settlements
- Types of Settlement
- Types of Urban Settlements
- Land Use
- Land Use Classification
- Land Use in Rural Area
- Forests
- Non-agricultural Uses
- Barren and Wastelands
- Area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands
- Area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves (Not included in Net sown Area)
- Culturable Waste-Land
- Current Fallow
- Fallow other than Current Fallow
- Net Area Sown
- Land Use in Urban Areas
- Residential Areas
- Industrial Areas
- Institutional Areas
- Recreational Areas
- Transportation
- Commercial Areas
- Plot Layouts
- Mixed Land Use
- Land Use in Rural Area
- Rural-urban Fringe
- Suburbs
4 Primary Economic Activities
- Primary Occupations
- Mining
- Factors Affecting Mining Activity
- Methods of Mining
- Mining
5 Secondary Economic Activities
- Physical Factors Affecting Secondary Economic Activities
- Climate
- Availability of raw material
- Water and power supply
- Labour
- Transportation
- Site or availability of land
- Economic Factors Affecting Secondary Economic Activities
- Proximity to Market
- Capital
- Political Factors Affecting Secondary Economic Activities
- Government policies
- Setting up of SEZs
- Other Factors Affecting Secondary Economic Activities
- Split location
- Economies of scale or agglomeration
- Footloose Industries
- Industrial Regions
- Major Industrial Regions of the World
- Classification of Industries
- Classification based on the source of raw materials
- On the basis of capital investment
- Classification based on nature of output
- Classification based on ownership
6 Tertiary Economic Activities
- Classification of Tertiary Economic Activities
- Transportation
- Introduction
- Meaning and Definition of Transport
- Trade
- The various geographical factors which affect the trade are as follows
- Difference in natural resources
- Climate
- Population factors
- Culture
- Economic cost
- Specialisation
- Government policies
- Importance of Transport in Trade
- Tourism
- Communication
- Importance of communication in rural development and its policy. Importance of infrastructure as key to the development of an industrial economy.
7 Region and Regional Development
- Regions
- Types of Regions
- Regional Development
- Factors Affecting Regional Development
- Physical Factors and Regional Development
- Population and Regional Development
- Land Use and Regional Development
- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Economic Activities and Regional Development
- Regional Imbalance
- Causes of Regional Imbalances in India
- Strategies to Reduce Regional Imbalance
8 Geography : Nature and Scope
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