UP Board Biology For Class - XI

There is nothing constant in this world except change. And this is more so in the field of education. The revamping of the syllabus of the Biology subject by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (U.P. Board) for the Intermediate level students with effect from the Academic year 2018-19 is a welcome change. It is indeep a welcome move by the authorities of the U.P. Board to segregate the syllabus into specific division for the first year and the second year. The revised syllabus is futuristic and has incorporated various topics for the very first time which make for interesting experiential learning and freshness both for the teachers and the taught.

The experience of teaching the subject for over four decades enlighted me to the fact that the subject can be learnt in many different ways. The advent of information technology has provided additional vistas of learning in the form of audio/video lectures, still the preference of the learners is for printed materials in the form of text books. Accordingly, this book has been written in a simple and lucid manner thoroughly illustrated with neat and accurate diagrams, that make for easy understanding of the subject. To reduce monotony, the description of the topics have been kept short and to the point. Each chapter begins with learning objectives to help the students to focus on understanding the specific topic under study. At the end of each chapter, self-assessment exercises have been provided to enable the readers to make a fair assessment of their learning of the subject.

1. Diversity of Living World

2. Systematics and Five Kingdoms of Life

3. Tools for Study of Taxonomy

4. Kingdom Monera

5. Kingdom Protista

6. Kingdom Fungi

7. Plant Kingdom

8. Animal Kingdom

9. Morphology of Root, Stem and Leaf : Their Structure and Modifications

10. Inflorescence, Flower, Fruit and Seed

11. Important Families of Angiosperms

12. Tissues : Anatomy of Different Parts of Flowering Plants : Root, Stem, Leaf

13. Animal Tissues

14. Morphology and Anatomy of Cockroach

15. Cell Theory and Cell as a Unit of Life

16. Cell Membranes

17. Structural Organisation of the Cell

18. Biomolecules

19. Enzymes

20. Cell Cycle and Cell Division

21. Transport in Plants

22. Mineral Nutrition

23. Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

24. Respiration in Plants

25. Plant : Growth and Development

26. Digestion and Absorption

27. Breathing and Exchange of Gases

28. Body Fluids and Circulation

29. Excretory Products and their Elimination

30. Locomotion and Movement

31. Neural Control and Co-ordination

32. Chemical Co-ordination and Integration

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