PSEB 11th Class Syllabus 2025 EVS

Punjab Board

SYLLABUS
2024-2025

SYLLABUS

CLASS XI (2024-25)

ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION

Unit-I Man and Environment

1. Environment

• Dimensions of Environment physical biological and social.
• Human being as rational and social partner in environmental actions.
• Society and environment in India Indian traditions, customs and culture in
past and present.

2. Population and Environment

• Demography, Causes of increase in population and its ill effects on
environment, urbanization.

3. Impact of human activities on Environment

• Environmental problems of urban and rural areas.
• Natural resources and their depletion.
• Stress on civic amenities, supply of water and electricity, waste disposal,
transport, health services.
• Vehicular emissions.
• Urbanization land use, housing migrating and floating population.

Unit-II Environment and Development

4. Economic and Social Development

• Economic and social needs as basic considerations for development.
• Agriculture and industry at major sector of development.
• Social factors affecting development-poverty, affluence, education,
employment, child marriage and child labour, human health HIV/AIDS,
social culture and ethical values.

5. Impact of Liberalization and Globalization

• Impact of liberalization and globalization-agriculture and industries,
dislocation of manpower and unemployment implications for social
harmony.

6. Role of Society in Development and Environment

• Rule of society in development and environment public awareness through
education, eco clubs, population education programmes and campaigns,
public participation in decision making.

Unit-III Environmental Pollution and Global Issues

7. Environmental Pollution

• Air water (Fresh and marine), soil pollution-sources and consequences.
• Noise and radiation pollution sources and consequences.
• Solid, liquid and gaseous pollution.

8. Pollution and Diseases

• Handling of hazardous material, process and management of hazardous
wastes.
• Pollution related diseases.
• Strategies for reducing pollution and improving the environment

9. Global Issues and Improvement of Environment

• Ozone Layer depletion and its effects.
• Greenhouse effect, global warming, climate changes and their effects on
human society, agriculture plants and animals

10. Disaster

• Disaster natural (earthquakes, droughts, floods, cyclones, landslides) and
man made (technological and industrial), their impact on the environment,
prevention, control and mitigation

Unit-IV Energy

11. Energy Consumption

• Changing global pattern of energy consumption from ancient to modern
times.
• Energy consumption as a measure of quality of life.
• Rising demand for energy gap between demand and supply (Indian
context.)

12. Conventional Sources of Energy

• Conventional energy sources fossil and firewood, potential (India context)
and limitations of each source, methods of harnessing energy and
environment consequences of their use.

13. Non-conventional Source of Energy

• Non Conventional energy sources-type of non conventional sources
(biomass, solar, wind, ocean, hydel, geothermal, nuclear), potential (Indian
context) and limitations of each source, methods of harnessing and their
environmental consequences, need to promote non-conventional energy
sources.

14. Conservation of Energy

• Conservation of energy sources efficiency in production, transportation and
utilization of energy.
• Future sources of energy-hydrogen, alcohol, fuel cells.

Unit V Safe work Environment and Occupational Hazards

15. Safe Work Environment

• Safe work environment adequate light, ventilation, cleanliness, good
housekeeping.

16. Safety Laws, Accidents and First- Aid

• Safety awareness management- safety precautions- home and work
(laboratory, workshop, work site), safe handling of equipment and material.
• Occupational hazards physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, biological,
radiational and psychological.
• Accidents and major hazards in industries and occupations- fire, explosion,
toxic release.
• First aid measures.
• Laws and regulations related to occupational health and safety.

17. Drugs-ill Effects Part-l

• Importance of health, Drug addiction, symptoms (Material upload on
website)
• Drugs of abuse and their health consequences, academic and occupational
consequences, consequences for family, social, legal and criminal
consequences.
• Prevention of Drug, Government initiatives, the narcotic drug and
psychotropic substances act-1985, offences and penalties.
• Chapter 17 is added in the syllabus as a compulsory topic, Matter is
available on the Board's website www.pseb.ac.in

Study Materials
Notes

Model Papers Class 6 Notes

Sample Papers Class 7 Notes
Half Yearly Sample Papers Class 8 Notes

Class 9 Notes
Important Resources
Class 10 Notes
Periodic Table
Class 11 Notes
Writing Skills / Formats

Maps of India / World Class 12 Notes

Books and Solutions

NCERT Books
NCERT Book Solutions
HC Verma Chapter Wise Solutions
RD Sharma Solutions
CGBSE Solutions