PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24 - Download Latest PSEB Class 12th All Subjects Syllabus PDF

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) released the PSEB 12th Syllabus 2023-24 for all the subjects of Arts, Science, and Commerce stream. The PSEB Class 12th syllabus 2023-24 was made available on the official website of the board at pseb.ac.in. All the candidates who are going to appear for the class 12th board exam must download the syllabus before starting their preparation. Knowing the Punjab Board Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 handy will help the students understand which topics they need to study and which topics will not be covered in the exam. As a result, students will be able to strategize their PSEB Class 12th Preparation 2024 accordingly. The candidates can check on this page the subject-wise Punjab Class 12 Syllabus 2024 along with the PDFs for all the subjects.

The PSEB Class 12 syllabus 2023-24 mentions chapter-wise and unit-wise topics along with the distribution of marks. After downloading the PSEB 12th syllabus 2023-24, students can start preparing for the upcoming exam which is expected to be held in the month of March 2024. Along with the detailed syllabus, the subject-wise PSEB Class 12 Exam Pattern 2023-24 has also been provided below which will help students in understanding the weightage of theory, practical, and internal marks division. For more information on PSEB Class 12th syllabus 2023-24, students can read the article below. 

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PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Highlights

The minimum passing marks for each subject is 33% marks that students must acquire to clear the PSEB Class 12th Exam 2024. The important highlights on the PSEB 12th 2023-24 syllabus have been tabulated below:

Board Name	Punjab School Education Board (PSEB)
Exam Name	PSEB Class 12th Exam
Conducting Authority	Punjab School Education Board
Frequency of Conduct	Once a year
Exam Level	Intermediate
Languages	Arabic, German, 9 more
Mode of Application	Offline
Mode of Exam	Offline
Exam Duration	3 Hours

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Download PDF

The candidates can click on the PDF links given below to download the Punjab Class 12 Syllabus 2024:

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Subject Wise

The Punjab Board also releases the PSEB 12th Question Paper 2024 for the students on its official website to improve their board exam preparation. The candidates can check below the detailed Punjab Class 12 Syllabus 2024 for all the subjects:

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: General English

Section A (Lessons for Intensive Study)
Hassan's Attendance Problem by Sudha Murthy	The March King by Katherine Little Bakeless
Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking	On Saying 'Please' by A. G. Gardiner
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller	Two Gentlemen of Verona A. J. Cronin
In Celebration of Being Alive by Dr. Christian Barnard	Gadari Babas in Kalapani Jail by Dr.Harish Puri
Section B (Poetry)
Prayer of the Woods	On Friendship by Khalil Gibran
The Echoing Green by William Blake	Once upon a Time by Gabriel Okara
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost	Father Returning Home by Dilip Chitre
On His Blindness by John Milton
Section C (Lessons for Extensive study)
The School for Sympathy by E. V. Lucas	A Chameleon by Anton Chekhov
Bholi by K. A. Abbas	The Gold Frame by R. K. Laxman
The Barber's Trade Union by Mulk Raj Anand	The Bull beneath the Earth by K. S. Virk
Section D (Grammar and Composition)
Grammar	Composition
Determiners	Précis writing
Use of Non-finite (Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles)	Letter writing (Official/Business/To Editors)
Transformation of Sentences	Application
Voice	Explaining Newspaper Headline
Narration	Email writing

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Accountancy II

Part-I
Financial Statements Of Not For Profit Organizations	Accounting For Partnership Firms
Change In The Profit-Sharing Ratio	Admission Of A Partner
Retirement And Death Of A Partner	Dissolution Of Partnership Firms
Part -II
Accounting For Share Capital	Accounting For Debentures
Analysis Of Financial Statements	Cash Flow Statement
Part-III
Overview Of Computerized Accounting System	Using Computerized Accounting System
Accounting Using Data Base Management System (DBMS)	Accounting Application Of Electronic Spread Sheet

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Biology

Unit Name	Chapter	Marks
Reproduction	Sexual reproduction in flowering plants	16
	Human Reproduction
	Reproductive health
Genetics and Evolution	Heredity and variation	18
	Molecular Basis of Inheritance
	Evolution
Biology and Human Welfare	Human Health and Disease	12
	Microbes in human welfare
Biotechnology and its applications	Biotechnology: Principles and processes	10
	Biotechnology and its applications
Ecology and environment	Organisms and populations	14
	Ecosystem
	Biodiversity and Conservation

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Business Studies II

Part – A Principles and Functions of Management
Nature and Significance of Management	Principles of Management
Business Environment	Planning
Organising	Staffing
Directing	Controlling
Coordination	-
Part – B Business Finance & Marketing
Business Finance	Financial Markets
Marketing	Consumer Protection

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Chemistry

d and f Block Elements	Solutions
Electrochemistry	Chemical Kinetics
Coordination Compounds	Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers	Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Organic compounds containing Nitrogen	Biomolecules

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Geography 

UNIT –I
• Nature and Scope of Geography and its Branches:
• Geographical thought; Brief definitions of Determinism, and Possiblism, radical and postmodern Geography. The contribution of A.V Humboldt, Carl Ritter, Paul Vidal De La Blache, and E.C Sample, and Branches of Geography.
UNIT-II
Human Resources:
• Population: Distribution, Density and Growth, Age-sex ratio, Urbanisation, Literacy.
• Determinants of population change, Geography of Indian Diaspora, Migration causes and consequences, Demographic transition theory.
• Human development concept; selected indicators, International comparison, Punjab’s rank in national HDI
• Human settlements: Rural and Urban, Urbanisation in India and its impact. Distribution of Metropolitan cities, Mega cities. Growth centres and Growth poles, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
UNIT –III
Economic Geography Primary activities:
• Concepts and changing trends; Gathering; Pastoral, Mining, Subsistence agriculture, Modern trends in agriculture with special reference to Punjab, and Organic farming.
• Geographic distribution of major crops in India (Wheat, Rice, Tea, Coffee, Cotton Jute, Sugarcane)
Secondary activities:
• Concepts, Manufacturing types (Household, Small scale, large scale, agro based and mineral based industries) with special reference to Punjab. Distribution of metallic (Iron ore, Copper, Bauxite, Manganese,) Non-Metallic, Conventional (Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas) Nonconventional (Solar, Wind, Tidal) and Conservation of resources.
• Industries: Types, Distribution of selected industries; Iron and steel, Cotton textile, Sugar, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical and knowledge-based industries. Industrial corridors, dedicated freight corridors.
• Tertiary activities; Quaternary, and Quinary activities.
• People engaged in tertiary industries. A case study from Punjab.
UNIT-IV
Transport, Communication and Trade.
• Land transport: Roads, (North South, East -West corridors, Golden quadrilateral and
Diamond Quadrilateral) New Numbering scheme of National Highways.
• Railways: Trans -Continental railways. Luxury trains in India.
• Water transport. Inland, Major Ocean routes of the world.
• Air transport, oil and gas pipe lines (TAPI, HBJ, Indo Iranian Naharkatia-NunmatiBarauni Pipeline, Kandla-Bhatinda Pipeline, Gas pipelines- Jamnagar Srinagar L.P.G Pipeline, Dhabol-Kakinada pipeline.
• International and National trade, Sea ports and their Hinterlands and Major airports)
• International trade bases and changing patterns. International organisations with reference to India. Role of WTO in International trade.
UNIT – V
• Geographical Perspectives on selected issues and problems. Environmental pollution; Land, Water, Air
• Geography of Superlatives in India and Punjab.

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Home Science 

SECTION – A (Food and Nutrition)

1. Food, Nutrition and Health
i. Definitions: Food, Nutrition, Health, Nutrients, Nutrient density, Malnutrition, Recommended Dietary Allowances, Nutritional Status, Functional Food, Nutraceuticals, Antioxidants, Geriatrics, Probiotics. Functions of food
ii. Classification of Food groups based on the recommendation of ICMR
iii. Balanced Diet
iv. Food Guide pyramid
2. Nutrients and nourishment
Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, Minerals (calcium, Phosphorus, iron, zinc, iodine, fluorine), Vitamins (A,D,E,K,B and C) and Water
i. Functions and sources
ii. Health effects of too little and too much of nutrients
iii. Enhancing nutritional value of foods
3. Meal Planning
i. Meaning, importance and principles of meal Planning
ii. Planning meals for the family- Children (Infants, pre schoolers and school going children), adolescents (boys and girls), adults (men and women), pregnant women, lactating mothers and elderly.
4. Food selection, storage, preparation and preservation at home
i. Food selection and storage
ii. Preparation of food: Different methods of cooking
iii. Food preservation at home – importance and methods
5. Food Safety
i. Food hygiene
ii. Food Adulteration
iii. Removal of the pesticide residues from food by different methods.
6. Diet therapy
i. Principles of diet therapy
ii. Adaptation of normal diet for therapeutic purpose

SECTION –B (Human Development)

1. Beginning of Motherhood
i. Signs, discomforts and warning signs of pregnancy
ii. Antenatal care of expectant mother (diet, rest, exercise, medical checkups and immunization)
iii.Alternative reproductive methods (in vitro fertilization, gamete
intrafallopian transfer, zygote intrafallopian transfer and Surrogacy
2. Prenatal Physiological Processes
i. Stages of prenatal development ( germinal, embryonic and fetal)
ii. Fetal monitoring techniques (ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis and foetoscopy)
iii. Environmental influences on prenatal development (teratogens, diseases, harmful drugs and x-ray)
3. Birth process
i. Stages of birth process (dilation, expulsion and placental stage)
ii. Types of child birth (natural, instrument, breech and caesarean)
iii. Categories of new born babies (pre term, term and post-term)
4. Postnatal care of mother
i. Meaning and purpose of postnatal care
ii. Aspects of postnatal care
iii. Effects of parenthood on mother, father and other family members
5. Care of newborn
i. Characteristics of new born
ii. Neonatal reflexes
iii. Feeding, bathing and clothing of newborn
iv. Immunization
v. Developmental milestones and delays
6. Infant stimulation
i. Mother-child interaction
ii. Developmentally appropriate play material
iii. Common childhood ailments

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Mathematics

Units	Chapters
Relations & Functions	Relations & Functions
	Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Algebra	Matrices and Determinants
Calculus	Continuity and Differentiability
	Applications of Derivatives
	Integrals
	Applications of the Integrals
	Differential Equations
Vectors and three Dimensional Geometry	Vectors
	3 Dimensional Geometry
Linear Programming	Linear Programming
Probability	Probability

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Physics

Current Electricity, Electrostatics, Optics, Electromagnetic Waves, Dual Nature of Mattern, Atoms & Nuclei, Electronic Devices.

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Economics

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics
National Income and Related Aggregates	Determination of Income and Employment
Money and Banking	Government Budget and the Economy
Foreign Exchange Rate and Balance of Payments
Part B: Indian Economic Development
Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991	Current challenges faced by Indian Economy
Part C: Statistics in Economics
Correlation and Index Numbers

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Political Science

Chapters of Part-A (Political Theory)
Political System	Major contemporary Political Theories
Bureaucracy (Civil Services)	Interest and Pressure Groups
Public opinion	Party SystemElectorate
Chapters of Part-B (Indian Political System)
Indian Democracy	Democracy at Grass root
Party System in India	Electoral System
National Integration	Foreign Policy of India
India and the World	–

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Sociology

Unit Name	Chapter included
Tribal, Rural and Urban Societies in India	Tribal Society
	Rural Society
	Urban Society
Inequalities in Indian Society	Caste Inequalities
	Class Inequalities
	Gender Inequalities
Structural and Cultural Change in India	Westernisation and Sanskritization
	Modernisation and Globalisation
	Social Movement
Social Problems in Indian Society	Social Problems
	Violence Against Women
	Social Issues

How to Download PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24?

The candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to download the Punjab Class 12 Syllabus 2024:

• Go to the official website of the PSEB at pseb.ac.in
• On the homepage, go to the Important Links section
• Now, click on the syllabus option
• On the new page, click on the 12th Syllabus option
• The subject-wise syllabus will appear on the screen.
• Click on the link for the subject you want to download the syllabus PDF for.
• Save the syllabus and use it to prepare for your exam.

PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2023-24: Preparation Tips

Here are some of the  Preparation Tips and strategies for the students who are appearing for the Punjab bBoard 12th exam 2024:

• Students can prepare an effective study schedule devoting equal time to all the subjects. They can also make the schedule as per thePSEB 12th Time Table 2024.
• Try to complete the PSEB 12th syllabus 2023-24 2 months before the commencement of the exam. This will allow enough time to revise the syllabus.
• Solve the PSEB 12th Previous Year Question Paper as many as possible within the allotted time to improve time management skills.
• Keep oneself away from distractions like phones, social media, games and so on.
• Take small breaks in between studies to avoid boredom.
• In case of any difficulties or queries, contact your teachers or experts.

Download the PSEB Class 12th Syllabus 2024 as soon as possible to start the preparations for the board exams!