| NSEB Syllabus 2025-26 |
| Chapters |
Topics Included |
| Diversity Of Living |
- The Living World
- Biological Classification
- Plant Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom
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| Structural Organization in Animals and Plants |
- Morphology and Anatomy of Flowering Plants
- Structural Organisation in Animals
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| Cell: Structure and Function |
- Cell theory and cell as the basic unit of life
- Biomolecules
- Cell Cycle and Cell Division
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| Plant Physiology |
- Transport In Plants
- Mineral Nutrition
- Photosynthesis and Respiration in Higher Plants
- Plant – Growth and Development
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| Human Physiology |
- Digestion & Absorption
- Breathing & Exchange Of Gas
- Body Fluids and Circulation
- Excretory Products and Their Elimination
- Locomotion and Movement
- Neural Control and Coordination
- Chemical Coordination and Integration
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| Reproduction In Organisms |
- Types, modes, and the process of reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- Sexual reproduction
- Pre-fertilization events
- Fertilization and post-fertilization events
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| Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants |
- Flower Structure
- Morphology Of Flower
- The process of sexual reproduction in flowering plants.
- Development of male and female gametophytes
- Pollination
- Double fertilization
- Post fertilization Events-Development of endosperm and embryo
- Development and significance of seed and formation of fruit
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| Human Reproduction |
- Male and female reproductive systems
- Microscopic diagram elaborating anatomy of testis and ovary
- Gametogenesis − Spermatogenesis, Oogenesis
- Menstrual cycle
- Fertilization, implantation pregnancy, and placenta formation
- Parturition and Lactation
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| Reproductive Health |
- The need for reproductive health
- Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
- Birth control − need and methods, contraception, Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)
- Amniocentesis
- Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies
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| Principles Of Inheritance And Variation |
- Covers the topics of Genetics and Evolution
- Similarity and variation between the parents and offspring
- Mendel”s law of inheritance
- Sex determination
- Mutations genetic disorders
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| Molecular Basis of Inheritance |
- DNA as genetic material
- Structure of DNA and RNA
- DNA- packaging, replication, fingerprinting
- Central dogma, Transcription, genetic code, translation
- Gene expression and regulation − Lac Operon
- Genome and human genome project
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| Evolution |
- Darwin’s contribution
- Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution
- Mechanism of evolution − Variation, Natural Selection and types of natural selection
- Gene flow and genetic drift
- Hardy – Weinberg’s Principle
- Adaptive Radiation
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| Human Health And Diseases |
- Maintenance of optimum health
- Diseases- types, treatment, and prevention
- Immunity and its types
- Adolescence, drug and alcohol abuse
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| Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production |
- Improvement in food production techniques
- Plant breeding, Tissue culture
- Single-cell protein
- Biofortification, Apiculture
- Animal husbandry
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| Microbes in Human Welfare |
- In household food processing and industrial production
- Sewage treatment
- Energy generation
- Biofertilizers
- Antibiotics- Production and judicious use
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| Biotechnology – Principles and Processes |
- Principles and processes involved in biotechnology like genetic engineering (Recombinant DNA technology).
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| Biotechnology and Its Applications |
- The application processes of Biotechnology in health and agriculture
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| Organisms and Populations |
- Organisms and environment- Habitat, Niche, Population and Ecological adaptations
- Population interactions- Mutualism, Competition, Predation, Parasitism
- Population attributes
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| Ecosystem |
- Ecological Patterns, components, productivity, decomposition
- Energy flow in the ecosystem
- Pyramids of number, biomass, energy
- Carbon and Phosphorous Nutrient cycles
- Ecological succession and services
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| Biodiversity and Its Conservation |
- Concept, Patterns, Importance, and loss of biodiversity
- Biodiversity conservation ways
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| Environmental Issues |
- Air and water pollution and its control methods
- Agrochemicals and their effects
- Solid waste management
- Radioactive waste management
- Greenhouse effect and climate change
- Ozone layer depletion
- Deforestation
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