syllabus and weightage

Term-I (April to September 2010)
(For Identification and Location and labelling on the outline political map of India)
List of Map Items for Examination
CHAPTER 1: India - Size & Location
For location and labelling : Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian of India, Southern most
point of India, Southern most point of mainland India, Northern most point of India, Eastern
most meridian of India, Western most Meridian of India.
CHAPTER 2 : Physical Features of India
(a) For location & labelling
(i) Mt. peaks : K2, Kanchenjunga, Nanda Devi, Anai Mudi.
(ii) Passes : Bomdi-la, Nathula, Shipkila.
(iii) Hills : Garo, Khasi, Jaintia, Naga hills, Mizo hills.
(b) For identification :
(i) Mountain ranges : The Karakoram, Zaskar, Shivaliks, Aravali, Vindhya, Satpura,
Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats.
(ii) Plateaus : Deccan plateau, Chota Nagpur plateau, Malwa plateau.
(iii) Coastal strips : Coromandel, Northern Circar, Malabar, Konkan.
Chapter 3 : Drainage
(a) For Location & labelling :
(i) Lakes : Chilka, Pulicat, Kolleru, Vembanad, Sambhar.
(b) For identification :
(i) Rivers : Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Satluj, Narmada, Tapi, Mahanadi, Godavari,
Krishna, Kaveri.
SYLLABUS
UNIT Sub Unit 1.1 : Events and Process
(ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING)
1. The French Revolution (Chapter 1)
2. Russian Revolution (Chapter 2)
3. Rise of Nazism (Chapter 3)
UNIT 2 (GEOGRAPHY) : India-Land and People
Term I
1 India (Chapter 1 and 2)
2 Drainage (Chapter 3)
UNIT 3 (POLITICAL SCIENCE) : Democratic Politics
Term 1
1 What is Democracy? Why Democracy? (Chapter 1 and 2)
2 Designing of democracy in India (Chapter 3)
UNIT 4 (ECONOMICS) : Understanding Economics Develop
Term I
1 The economic Story of Palampore (Chapter 1)
2 People as Resource (Chapter 2)
UNIT 5 DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Term I
1 Introduction to Disaster Management (Chapter 1)
2 Common Hazards (Chapter 2)