Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Geography Syllabus - Free PDF Download
Maharashtra State Board Syllabus 2025-26 12th Standard Board Exam: The Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam 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 12th Standard Board Exam 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 12th Standard Board Exam Geography Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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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
- Introduction
- Factors Related to Population 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
- Hunting
- Gathering
- Lumbering
- Fishing
- Mining
- Factors Affecting Mining Activity
- Methods of Mining
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry (Livestock)
- Agro-Complementary Occupations
- Animal Husbandry
5 Secondary Economic Activities
- Introduction to Secondary 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 on the basis of raw materials
(i) Agro Based Industries
(ii) Mineral Based Industries
(iii) Marine Based Industries
(iv) Forest Based Industries - Classification on the basis of size and capital
(i) Large Scale Industries
(ii) Small Scale Industries - Classification on the basis of ownership
(i) Private Sector Industries
(ii) Public Sector Industries
(iii) Joint Sector Industries
(iv) Co-operative Sector Industries
- Classification on the basis of raw materials
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
- Nature of Geography as a Discipline
- Scope of Geography
- Latest Trends in Geography
