III. NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION

[8PERIODS]

Classification of Resources :Land resources Soil resources ; Water resources; Animal Resources Forest Resources ; Wildlife
Resources Fisheries; Mineral and power resources; Conservation of resources.

IV. INTERACTION OF MAN WITH ENVIRONMENT

[23 PERIODS]

a) Human Population:

Distribution of population; Growth of Population; Density of population; man and food supply.

b) Human Occupations :

Primary Occupations:  Food gathering; Hunting and fishing; animal rearing and farming; Lumbering; Mining.

Secondary Occupation:  Industries.

Tertiary Occupation:  Trade; Transport; Communication and other services.

c) Environment Degradation:

Nature of human intervention causing environmental degradation; Depletion of resources and environmental pollution; Need and efforts to improve the quality of environment.

d) The Natural Regions:

Concept of natural regions; Major natural regions of the world.

3. Distribution of Marks :

SOCIAL SCIENCE - II (GEOGRAPHY)

CLASS-X

1. Name of the text book

Geography Book - 11

Published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

2. Course Content

1. INDIA

[18 PERIODS]

Physical Features; Climate; Natural Vegetations and Wild Life.

a) India and the Indian Sub-Continent :

Location, size, shape and political division. Relief and major physical divisions.

b) Climate Diversity and Monsoonal Unity of India:

Climate, Natural Vegetation and Wild Life; Conservation of Wild Life.

II. NATURAL RESOURCES

[2OPERIODS]

a) Water Resources :

Uneven and undependable natural of rainfall ; the twin problems of flood and famines; Flood Control; Irrigation and Drainage ; Sources of irrigation; River Valley and  multi-purpose project.

b) Mineral and Power Resources:

Minerals - metallic and non metallic; Mineral Fuels; Hydro-electricity and their exploration, distribution and extraction;

Power development, wise-use and conservation of mineral and power resources.

c) Land use :

Forest lands, pastures and farms lands, settlements and other uses; Soil, Forest and cattle wealth, Fisheries.

d) Agriculture :

Geographical factors influencing Indian Agriculture, terrain, soil, temperature, rainfall-amount and seasonal distribution, problem of drought, Irrigation and flood control. Kharif crops and Rabi crops, Important food crops and cash crops, plantation farming

III. DEVELOPING OUR RESOURCES

[22 PERIODS]

a) Industrial development : Industries then and now, Cottage Industries, Village Industries, Handicraft and their regional
distribution.

b) Pattern of transport and Communication: Main features of rail transport pattern ; Road Pattern ; Inland water ways ; Ports
Airways.

IV. MANIPUR

[10PERIODS]

Position and size ; Structure Relief and Drainage ; Climate ; Soil and natural vegetation ; Agriculture ; Minerals ; Industries ,
Population ; Trade and Commerce; Pattern of Communication.

V. EXERCISE ON DRAWING OF OUTLINE MAP/SKETCH OF INDIA AND FILLING DETAILS THEREIN

[5 PERIODS]

3. DESIGN OF QUES'TION PAPER FOR H.S.L.C. EXAMINATION

Subject: Social Science Paper-11 (Geography); Class: X., Time: 2 hours; Marks 45

1. Weightage to Objectives:

2. Weightage to Forms of Questions:

3. Weightage to Content

4. Scheme of Section :  No Section

5. Scheme of option :  Internal option may be given in (E) type questions provided they test the same objective.

Abbreviations: K(Knowledge),U(Understandiiig),A(Application),S(Skill),E (Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type), VSA (Very Short Answer Type), 0 (Objective Type).