Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Syllabus - Free PDF Download
Maharashtra State Board Syllabus 2025-26 11th Standard: The Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the MSBSHSE, Maharashtra State Board. 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 Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new Maharashtra State Board syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Revised Syllabus
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography and their Unit wise marks distribution
Maharashtra State Board 11th Standard Geography Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earth Movements | |
| 2 | Weathering and Mass Wasting | |
| 3 | Agents of Erosion | |
| 4 | Climatic Regions | |
| 5 | Global Climate Change | |
| 6 | Ocean Resources | |
| 7 | Indian Ocean - Relief and Strategic Importance | |
| 8 | Biomes | |
| 9 | Disaster Management | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
1 Earth Movements
- Earth Movements
- Evidences of Earth Movements
- Slow Earth's Movements
- Vertical (Epeirogenic) Movements
- Horizontal (Orogenic) Movements
a) Tensional Forces
b) Compressional Forces
- Folding
- Parts of fold
- Fold Mountains
- Types of Folds
- Faulting
- Types of faults
- Block Mountain
- Rift Valley
- Sudden Movements
- 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
- Shadow Zone of an Earthquake
- Volcanoes
- Volcanic Materials
- Liquid material
a) Acidic Lava
b) Basic Lava - Solid material
- Gaseous Material
- Liquid material
- Volcanic Landforms
- Lava Domes
- Lava Plateaus
- Caldera
- Crater lake
- Volcanic plug
- Cinder Cone
- Composite Cone
- Earthquake Zones of the World
- Distribution of Volcanoes in the World
- Circum Pacific Belt
- Mid continental belt
- Mid Atlantic Belt
2 Weathering and Mass Wasting
- Introduction of Weathering and Mass Wasting
- Weathering
- Weathering
- Types of Weathering
1) Chemical Weathering
2) Physical Weathering
3) Biological Weathering - Special Effects of Weathering
- Significance of Weathering
- Types of Weathering
- Factors that affect weathering
- Physical Weathering
- Chemical Weathering
- Freeze and thaw Weathering
- Oxidation
- Honeycomb Weathering
- Shattering
- Block Disintegration
- Exfoliation
- Biological Weathering
- Anthropogenic Weathering
- Different Rates of Weathering
- Importance of Weathering
- Mass Movements (Mass Wasting)
- Mass movements (Mass Wasting)
- Types of mass wasting
1. Rapid mass movements
a) Slumping
2. Slower mass movements
a) Rockfall
b) Landslides
c) Solifluction
- Types of Mass Wasting
- Creep
- Rock fall
- Earth flow
- Solifluction
- Land slide
- Erosion
3 Agents of Erosion
- Introduction of Agents of Erosion
- Agents of Erosion and Landforms
- Work of River
- Work of Sea Waves
- Uniqueness of coastal areas
- Work of Winds
- Types of Sand dunes
- Work of Groundwater
- Work of Glacier
- Erosional and Depositional Landforms
4 Climatic Regions
- Climatic Regions
- Classification of Climate and Identifying Climatic Regions (Natural Regions)
- Low-latitude Regions
- Equatorial Rainforests
- Tropical Monsoon Climate
- Tropical Savannah Type of Climate
- Tropical Deserts or Arid Type of Climate
- Mid-latitude Regions
- Mediterranean Climate
- China Type Climate or Humid Sub Tropical Climate
- Marine West European Type Climate
- High Latitudinal Regions
- Taiga or Sub-Arctic
- Tundra Climate
- Ice Sheet
- High-altitude Regions
- Highland or Mountain Type
5 Global Climate Change
- Introduction of Global Climate Change
- Is this small rise a big concern?
- Effects of global warming
- Heat Waves
- Heat Islands
- Increase in sea level
- Melting of glaciers at high altitudes and snow in polar areas
- Other effects
- Climate Change
- Climate in the recent past
- Causes of Climate Change
- Is Climate Change Happening for the First Time?
- Some Tools for Studying Climate Change
- Measures to Combat Climate Change
- If the climate of the Earth has changed many times before, then why are we concerned now?
- What steps have been taken to tackle climate change?
- Climate Change and India
- Lifestyle Changes and Climate Change
6 Ocean Resources
- Introduction of Ocean Resources
- The Structure of Ocean Floor
- The continental shelf
- Continental slope
- Abyssal plains
- The oceanic trenches
- Oceanic ridges and plateaus
- Ocean Resources
- Biotic resources
- Abiotic resources
- Use of Oceans for Other Purposes
- For energy
1) Tidal Energy
2) Thermal energy - For drinking water
- Trade and Transport
- Tourism
- For energy
- Who Owns the Oceans?
- International Resources
- Marine Pollution
7 Indian Ocean - Relief and Strategic Importance
- Indian Ocean Region
- Bottom Relief of Indian Ocean
- Continental Shelf
- Mid-oceanic Ridges
- Islands of Indian Ocean
- Islands in the Arabian Sea
- Islands of Bay of Bengal
- Islands along Australian Coast
- Ocean Basins
- Deeps and Trenches
- Distribution of Temperature and Salinity in Indian Oceans
- Indian Ocean Salinity
- Ocean Currents in Indian Ocean
- Importance of the Indian Ocean
- The Importance of Indian Ocean for India
8 Biomes
- Biomes
- Difference Between Biomes and Ecosystem
- Terrestrial Biomes
- Tropical Rainforest Biome
- Tropical Decidouos Biome
- Savannah Grassland Biome
- Tropical Desert Biome
- Mediterranean Biome
- Temperate Deciduous Biome
- Temperate Grasslands Biome
- Taiga Biome
- Tundra Biome
- Mountain Or Highland Biome
9 Disaster Management
- Disaster
- Types of Disasters
- Hazards
- Vulnerability
- Capacity to Cope
- Effects of Disasters
- Disaster Management
- Introduction
- Importance
- Disaster Management Cycle
- Disaster preparedness
- Mitigation
- Disaster response
- Recovery
- Rehabilitation
- Role of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Disaster Management
- Disaster Management in India
