UP Board Biology For Class - XII

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. Reproduction in Organisms

2. Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

3. Human Reproduction

4. Reproductive Health

5. Elements of Heredity and Variation

6. Genes and Chromosomes

7. Genetic Material, Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis

8. Gene Expression and its Regulation

9. Origin of Life

10. Evidences of Biological Evolution

11. Theories and Mechanism of Evolution

12. Mutations

13. Human Evolution

14. Common Human Diseases

15. Basic Concepts of Immunology

16. Adolescence : Drug and Alcohol Abuse

17. Improvement in Food Production

18. Apiculture and Animal Husbandry

19. Microbes in Human Welfare

20. Principles and Processes of Biotechnology

21. Biotechnology and its Applications

22. Biosafety Issues : Biopiracy and Biopatent

23. Organisms and their Environment

24. Population Interactions

25. Concepts of Population Growth

26. Ecosystem

27. Biodiversity and its Conservation

28. Environmental Issues

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