CBSE 11th Class Agriculture Syllabus

Course Structure

Part	Section	Unit	Topics	Marks
I	A		Agriculture and Crop Production	30
		1	Scope and Importance
		2	Physical Environment
		3	Agriculture Economics
	B		Genetics, Plant Breeding and Microbiology	15
		4	Genetics, Plant Breeding and Microbiology
II			Livestock Production	25
		5	Scope and Importance
		6	Care and Management
		7	Bio-waste Management and Government Schemes
III			Practical	30

Course Syllabus

SECTION – I

PART A – Agriculture and Crop Production

Unit I: Scope and Importance

• Definition of agriculture
• Branches of agriculture
• Scope of agriculture in the national economy and employment

Unit II: Physical Environment

• Climate and Weather
• Elements of Weather −
  • Rainfall
  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Wind
  • Sunshine
• Climate Change
• Global warming
• Soil −
  • Soil texture
  • Soil structure
  • Soil types
  • Soil distribution
  • Soil area
  • Soil erosion
  • Soil conservation
  • Reclamation of problematic soils acidic and alkali
• Tillage definition and types −
  • Concept of conservation and tillage

Unit III: Agriculture Economics and Crop Production

• Agricultural economics
• Cooperative system in Agriculture
• Crop Insurance
• Kissan Credit Cards
• Marketing of Agricultural Products (supply chain, retailing, wholesale), haats
• Package & practices like −
  • Important varieties
  • Seed rate
  • Sowing time
  • Intercultural operations
• Yield and marketing of −
  • Rice
  • Wheat
  • Maize
  • Mustard
  • Sunflower
  • Soybean
  • Groundnut
  • Black gram
  • Red gram
  • Pea
  • Jute
  • Sugarcane
  • Sorghum
  • Pearl millet
  • Finger millet
• Introduction, distribution and economic importance of fruit −
  • Mango
  • Banana
  • Guava
  • Lime
  • Grape
  • Apple
  • Pomegranate
• Introduction, distribution and economic importance of Vegetables −
  • Potato
  • Tomato
  • Cauliflower
  • Cabbage
  • Spinach
  • Brinjal
  • Bottle gourd
  • Pumpkin
  • Cucumber
• Introduction, distribution and economic importance of Flowers −
  • Rose
  • Gladiolus marigold
• Types of seed-foundation and certified and methods of plant propagation layering and cutting, and Tissue culture.
• Important farm implements and their maintenance

PART B – Genetics, Plant Breeding and Microbiology

Unit IV: Genetics, Plant Breeding and Microbiology

• Cell −
  • Cell structure
  • Cell Division-Mitosis and Meiosis
  • significance in plant growth and development
• Introduction to – DNA, RNA, and their differences.
• Genetics −
  • Role of Genetics in Plant breeding
  • self and cross-pollinated crops
  • methods of breeding in field crops-introduction
  • selection
  • Hybridization
  • Mutation
• Mendel’s laws of Inheritance −
  • Illustrative depiction of the experiments
  • Their importance in plant breeding
• Introduction to −
  • Algae
  • Fungi
  • Bacteria
• Decomposition and Fermentation

Section – II: Livestock Production

Unit V: Scope and Importance

• Importance of livestock in Agriculture
• National Economy and Nutritional security
• Important animal based food products and their role in our diet
• Important animal breeds of our country (cow and buffalo)
• Exotic breeds of cows and their milk production and quality

Unit VI: Care and Management

• Principles of feeding −
  • Feeding practices
  • Important fodder crops
  • Silage and Hay preparation
  • Balanced ratio-definition and ingredients
• Concept of grazing and stall feeding including poultry feeding
• Systems of milking by hand and by machine −
  • Important considerations in both these methods
• Concept of −
  • Clean milk production
  • Processing
  • Value added products from milk
  • Milk pasteurization
  • Packaging and milk marketing in india
• Concept of AMUL cooperative system of milk procurement and marketing
• Production of −
  • Meat
  • Egg
  • Wool/Fur
• Management of −
  • Calves
  • Bullocks
  • pregnant and milch animals
  • chicks and layers
• Animal body structure and functions
• System of animal health and hospital management in India
• Diseases −
  • Signs of sick animals
  • symptoms of common diseases in cattle and poultry
  • Rinderpest
  • Black quarter
  • Foot and Mouth
  • Mestitusand Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
  • Fowl Pox
  • Ranikhet
  • Prevention and control of disease

Unit VII: Bio-Waste Management and Government Schemes

• Utilization of animals in Bio-wastes and Biogas plant
• Important government schemes for livestock production in India
• The important features and eligibility criteria