Class 12 Biology Syllabus 2023-24
Syllabus for the 2023-24 academic year has been released for all Class 12 subjects. In an interesting turn of events, CBSE Sample Papers have also been released along with the syllabus, which calls for a paper pattern analysis.
We were prompt about prediction of the changes and have provided you with a detailed analysis of Class 12 Mathematics Syllabus below. In this page, you will find:
- PDF download -> 2023-24 (expected) and past year syllabus
- Competency Focus -> what is new
- Detailed analysis -> deleted and added topics/ chapters
2023-24 Latest Syllabus
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2022-23 Reduced Syllabus
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(for reference purpose)
CHAPTER-WISE SYLLABUS ANALYSIS (2022-23)
Topics Added (<green>✔️<green>) | Topics Deleted (<red>❌<red>)
| CHAPTER-WISE SYLLABUS ANALYSIS (2022-23) |
| Topics Added (✔️) | Topics Deleted (❌) |
| ❌ Chapter 1 - Reproduction in Organisms |
| Chapter 2 - Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants |
| NIL |
| Chapter 3 - Human Reproduction |
| NIL |
| Chapter 4 - Reproductive Health |
| NIL |
| Chapter 5 - Principles of Inheritance and Variation |
❌ Sex determination - in human being, birds, grasshopper and honey bee
❌ Mutation
❌ Pedigree analysis
❌ Sickle cell anaemia
❌ Phenylketonuria |
| Chapter 6 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance |
| NIL |
| Chapter 7 - Evolution |
✔️ Origin of life
✔️ Biological evolution and evidence for biological evolution (palaeontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular evidence);
❌ Lamarck’s theory of use and disuse of organs
✔️ Darwin's theory of evolution
✔️ Mechanism of evolution - variation (mutation and recombination) and natural selection with examples
✔️ Types of natural selection
✔️ Gene flow and genetic drift
✔️ Hardy - Weinberg's principle
❌ Brief account of evolution
✔️ Adaptive radiation
✔️ Human evolution. |
| Chapter 8 - Human Health and Diseases |
| NIL |
| ❌ Chapter 9 - Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production |
| Chapter 10 - Microbes in Human Welfare |
| NIL |
| Chapter 11 - Biotechnology - Principles and Processes |
| NIL |
| Chapter 12 - Biotechnology and its Applications |
| NIL |
| Chapter 13 - Organisms and Populations |
| NIL |
| Chapter 14 - Ecosystem |
✔️ Ecosystem: structure and function
✔️ Productivity and decomposition
✔️ Energy flow
✔️ Pyramids of number, biomass, energy
❌ Nutrient cycles (carbon and phosphorous)
❌ Ecological succession
✔️ Ecological services - carbon fixation, pollination, seed dispersal, oxygen release (in brief) |
| Chapter 15 - Biodiversity and Conservation |
| NIL |
| ❌ Chapter 16 - Environmental Issues |
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