CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 ICSE Class 9: The CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
Academic year:
CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Revised Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE ICSE Class 9 Geography Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our World | |
| 2 | Structure of the Earth | |
| 3 | Hydrosphere | |
| 4 | Atmosphere | |
| 5 | Pollution | |
| 6 | Natural Regions of the World | |
| 7 | Map Work | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
1 Our World
- Planet
- The Shape of the Earth
- Earth as the Home of Humankind and the Conditions that Exist
- Earth Grid (Geographic Grid)
- Concept of Latitudes
- Latitudes
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Important lines of latitude: Torrid Zone, Temperate Zone and Frigid Zone.
- Concept of Longitudes
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
- The Great Circles
- Rotation and Revolution
- Activity 1
- Activity 2
- Rotation
- Revolution
- Revolution of the Earth
- Revolution of the earth and its inclined axis – effects: the variation in the length of the day and night and seasonal changes with Equinoxes and Solstices.
2 Structure of the Earth
- Earth’s Structure
- Crust
- Mantle
- Core
- Landforms of the Earth
- Mountains
fold, residual, and block.
- Plateaus
- Plateaus : Deccan Plateau, Chota Nagpur Plateau.
- Plains
- Gangetic Plains
- Coastal Plains : Konkan, Kanara, Malabar, Coromandel, Northern Circars
- Rock and it's Types
- Rock Cycle
- Types of Volcanoes
- Types of valcano:
1) Active Valcano
2) Dormant Valcano
3) Extinct Valcano - Types of volcano on the basis of eruption:
1) Central-type or conical volcano
2) Fissure-type volcanoes
- Types of valcano:
- Distribution of Volcanoes in the World
- Circum Pacific Belt
- Mid continental belt
- Mid Atlantic Belt
- Effect of Volcanoes
- Earthquake and its causes
- Earthquake
- Introduction
- Focus and Epicenter
- Intensity of Earthquakes
- Types of Seismic Waves
- Measuring Earthquakes
- Causes and Effects of Earthquakes
- Precautions During an Earthquake
- Earthquake Resistant / Proof Buildings
- Modern Equipment for Earthquake Detection
- Earthquake Zones of the World
- Weathering
- Weathering
- Types of Weathering
1) Chemical Weathering
2) Physical Weathering
3) Biological Weathering - Special Effects of Weathering
- Significance of Weathering
- Physical Weathering
- Exfoliation
- Granular Disintegration
- Block Disintegration
- Chemical Weathering
- Chemical weathering
- Reasons for chemical weathering
1. Carbonation
2. Solution
3. Oxidation
- Biological Weathering
- Biological weathering
- Reasons for Biological weathering
- Denudation
Meaning and agents of denudation; work of
river and wind. - Stages of a River Course and Associated Land Forms
- V-shaped valley
- waterfall
- meander
- delta
- Wind
3 Hydrosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Tides
- Ocean Currents
- Introduction
- Types of Ocean Currents
4 Atmosphere
- Composition of the Atmosphere
- Gases
- Water Vapour
- Dust Particles
- Atmosphere and Its Layers
- Atmosphere
- Layers of Atmosphere
- The Role of Atmosphere In Climate Control
- Ozone in the Stratosphere
- Depletion
- Global Warming
- Global Warming
- Causes of Global warming
- Effect of Global Warming
- Insolation
- Terrestrial Radiation
- Factors Affecting Temperature
- latitude
- altitude
- distance from the sea
- the slope of the land
- winds
- ocean currents
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Pressure Belts
- Factors Affecting Direction and Velocity of Wind
- Permanent Winds
Permanent winds – Trades, Westerlies and Polar Easterlies.
- Wind
- Periodic Winds
Periodic winds - Land and Sea breezes, Monsoons.
- Local Winds
- Variable Winds
Variable winds - Cyclones and Anticyclones.
- Periodic Winds
- Jet Streams
- Humidity
- Heat and change of physical state
- Concept of Condensation (Liquefaction)
- Precipitation
- Precipitation
- Forms of precipitation / Condensation
1. Snow
2. Hailstones
3. Rainfall
- Rainfall and It's Types
- Rainfall
- Types of Rainfall
1. Convectional Rainfall
2. Orographic Rainfall
3. Cyclonic Rainfall
5 Pollution
- Pollution and Its Types
- Pollution
- Types of Pollution
- Environmental Issues
- Noise Pollution
- Air Pollution and Its Causes
- Air Pollution
- Causes of Air Pollution
- Reasons of Air Pollution
- Ozone Layer: The Protective Shell
- Water Pollution and Its Causes
- Water Pollution
- Types of Water Pollutants
- Causes of Water Pollution
- Reasons of Water Pollution
- Soil Pollution and its Causes
- Radiation
- Effects of Pollution
Effects - on the environment and human health.
- Preventive Measures of Pollution
6 Natural Regions of the World
- Natural Regions of the World
- Equatorial Region
- Tropical Grasslands
- Tropical Deserts
- Tropical Monsoon
- Mediterranean
- Temperate Grasslands
- Taiga and Tundra
7 Map Work
