The document outlines syllabus updates for NEET (UG) 2025 for Botany subjects in Class XI and XII. It specifies which chapters are to be taught entirely and which are not to be taught for each class, detailing various topics such as cell biology, plant morphology, ecosystem dynamics, and genetic principles. Key focus areas in both classes include plant growth, reproduction, and classification.

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SYLLABUS UPDATES FOR NEET(UG) 2025
BOTANY_Class XI
Sr.No. Chapter Name To be Taught Not to be taught
1 Cell : The Unit of Life Entire Chapter -
2 Cell Cycle and Cell Division Entire Chapter -
3 The Living World
What is living? Biodiversity; Need for
classification, Taxonomy and Systematics,
Concept of species and taxonomical
hierarchy, Binomial nomenclature
Taxonomical aids
4 Biological Classification Entire Chapter -
5
Morphology of Flowering
Plants
The Root, Stem, Leaf, Inflorescence,
Flower, Fruit, Seed, Family: Solanaceae,
Malvaceae, Cruciferae, Leguminosae
(Fabaceae), Compositae, Gramineae,
Liliaceae.
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6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Tissues, Anatomy and functions of different
parts of flowering plants
Secondary growth
7 Plant Kingdom
Introduction, Salient features and
classification of Algae, Bryophytes,
Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
Angiosperms, Plant
life cycles and
Alternation of
Generations
8
Photosynthesis in Higher
Plants
Entire Chapter -
9 Respiration in Plants Entire Chapter -
10
Plant Growth and
Development
Plant growth and Development: seed
germination; Phases of plant growth and
plant growth rate; Conditions of growth;
Differentiation, dedifferentiation,
redifferentiation; Sequence of
developmental process in a plant cell;
Growth Regulators-Auxin, Gibberellins,
Cytokinin, Ethylene, ABA
Photoperiodism and
Vernalisation

2. BOTANY_Class XII
Sr.No. Chapter Name To be Taught Not to be taught
1
Sexual Reproduction in
Flowering Plants
Entire chapter -
2
Principles of Inheritance and
Variation
Entire chapter -
3
Molecular Basis of
Inheritance
Entire chapter -
4
Microbes in Human Welfare Entire chapter -
5 Organisms and Populations Entire chapter -
6 Ecosystem
Ecosystem: Patterns,
components; productivity and
decomposition: Energy flow:
Pyramids of number, biomass.
Energy
Ecological succession,
Nutrient Cycling, Ecosystem
services
7
Biodiversity and
Conservation
Entire chapter -