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Botany Eleven chapters across diversity, structure, the cell and plant physiology — the densest NCERT-line-by-line reading in the whole syllabus.

11
Chapters
4
Units
21–24
Questions from Class 11
45 Q
Botany in the paper (180 marks)
0 of 11 chapters done
01

Diversity in the Living World

Pure recall. Examples and defining features are what get asked, not the theory.

NMC Unit 1
Ch1

The Living World

Characteristics of living organismsTaxonomic categoriesBinomial nomenclatureSpecies concept
≈ 1 Q
Ch2

Biological Classification

Five-kingdom systemMonera and ProtistaKingdom FungiViruses, viroids and prionsLichens
≈ 2 Q
Ch3

Plant Kingdom

Algae — Chloro, Phaeo, RhodophyceaeBryophytesPteridophytesGymnospermsAlternation of generations
≈ 2 Q
02

Structural Organisation in Plants

Diagram-driven. Floral formulae and tissue sections are the marks.

NMC Unit 2
Ch5

Morphology of Flowering Plants

Root, stem and leaf modificationsInflorescence typesFlower structure and aestivationPlacentationFabaceae, Solanaceae and Liliaceae
≈ 2 Q
Ch6

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Meristematic and permanent tissuesTissue systemsDicot and monocot root anatomyStem and leaf anatomyKranz anatomy
≈ 2 Q
03

Cell: Structure and Function

The highest-return unit on the Botany side and the base for Class 12 genetics.

NMC Unit 3
Ch8

Cell: The Unit of Life

Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cellsCell membrane and fluid mosaic modelEndomembrane systemMitochondria, plastids, ribosomesNucleus and chromosome types
≈ 3 Q
Ch9

Biomolecules

Carbohydrates and lipidsAmino acids and protein structureNucleic acidsEnzyme classificationEnzyme kinetics and inhibitionCofactors
≈ 2 Q
Ch10

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Phases of the cell cycleMitosis stage by stageMeiosis I and IICrossing over and synaptonemal complexSignificance of meiosis
≈ 2 Q
04

Plant Physiology

Three chapters after the deletions. Pathway-level detail is fair game.

NMC Unit 4
Ch11

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

Pigments and absorption spectrumPhotosystems I and IICyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylationCalvin cycleC4 and CAM pathwaysPhotorespirationLimiting factors
≈ 3 Q
Ch12

Respiration in Plants

GlycolysisFermentationTCA cycleElectron transport and oxidative phosphorylationRespiratory quotientAmphibolic pathway
≈ 2 Q
Ch13

Plant Growth and Development

Phases and rates of growthDifferentiation and dedifferentiationAuxins and gibberellinsCytokinins, ethylene and ABASeed dormancy and germination
≈ 2 Q

Not in the NEET syllabus

Removed from the rationalised NCERT and the NMC syllabus. Two full plant-physiology chapters went — do not spend a single revision cycle on them.