NCERT Book for Class 11 Biology: Download revised NCERT Book for Class 11 Biology in a chapter-wise PDF. Also, check the list of chapter-wise topics removed from the textbook. The latest NCERT Class 11 Biology Book is available in English and Hindi here.
Class 11 Latest NCERT Biology Textbook: Earlier there used to be 22 chapters in CBSE Class 11 Biology which are now reduced to 19. This means, three chapters have been completely removed from the CBSE Biology Class 11 syllabus. NCERT has followed this same revision and reduced its Class Biology textbook content to 19 chapters. The remaining 19 chapters are not the same in terms of content, they have also faced some internal revision. A few topics and related examples have been removed along with exercise questions. This syllabus and NCERT textbook will be followed until further revision. Thus, it is crucial for students to know what content has been removed and what is kept, for effective learning and proper coverage of the subject curriculum. Students can find the NCERT 2024-25 Class 11 Biology textbook in this article. The book is provided here in chapter-wise format for which pdfs can be downloaded from the table attached below.
- CBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2024-25 (All Subjects ) PDF
- CBSE Class 11 Deleted Syllabus (All Subjects) PDF
- NCERT Class 11 Rationalised Content (All Subjects) PDF
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NCERT Book for Class 11 Biology: In English
The NCERT textbooks are published in Hindi and English. Students with English medium curriculum can download the textbook PDFs from here.
| Chapter No. | Chapter Name | Chapter PDF |
| 1 | DIVERSITY IN THE LIVING WORLD | Download PDF |
| 2 | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | Download PDF |
| 3 | PLANT KINGDOM | Download PDF |
| 4 | ANIMAL KINGDOM | Download PDF |
| 5 | MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS | Download PDF |
| 6 | ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS | Download PDF |
| 7 | STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS | Download PDF |
| 8 | CELL: THE UNIT OF LIFE | Download PDF |
| 9 | BIOMOLECULES | Download PDF |
| 10 | CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION | Download PDF |
| 11 | PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HIGHER PLANTS | Download PDF |
| 12 | RESPIRATION IN PLANTS | Download PDF |
| 13 | PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | Download PDF |
| 14 | HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY | Download PDF |
| 15 | BODY FLUIDS AND CIRCULATION | Download PDF |
| 16 | EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION | Download PDF |
| 17 | LOCOMOTION AND MOVEMENT | Download PDF |
| 18 | NEURAL CONTROL AND COORDINATION | Download PDF |
| 19 | CHEMICAL COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION | Download PDF |
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NCERT Book for Class 11 Biology: In Hindi
Students with Hindi medium based curriculum can download the PDFs from here.
| Chapter No. | Chapter Name | Chapter PDF |
| 1 | जीव जगत | Download PDF |
| 2 | जीव जगत का वर्गीकरण | Download PDF |
| 3 | वनस्पति जगत | Download PDF |
| 4 | प्राणिजगत | Download PDF |
| 5 | पुष्पी पादपों का आकारिकी | Download PDF |
| 6 | पुष्पी पादपों का शारीर | Download PDF |
| 7 | प्राणियों में संरचनात्मक संगठन | Download PDF |
| 8 | कोशिका : जीवन की इकाई | Download PDF |
| 9 | जैव अण | Download PDF |
| 10 | कोशिका चक्र और कोशिका विभाजन | Download PDF |
| 11 | उच्च पादपों में प्रकाश-संश्लेषण | Download PDF |
| 12 | पादप में श्वसन | Download PDF |
| 13 | पादप वृद्धि एवं परिवर्धन | Download PDF |
| 14 | श्वसन और गैसों का विनिमय | Download PDF |
| 15 | शरीर द्रव तथा परिसंचरण | Download PDF |
| 16 | उत्सर्जी उत्पाद एवं उनका निष्कासन | Download PDF |
| 17 | गमन एवं संचलन | Download PDF |
| 18 | तंत्रिकीय नियंत्रण एवं समन्वय | Download PDF |
| 19 | रासायनिक समन्वय तथा एकीकरण | Download PDF |
The 2023-24 NCERT textbooks will be followed for 2024-25 session as CBSE does not introduced any major changes in the new curriculum.
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Class 11 NCERT Biology Book: List Of Rationalised Content
In the table below check the list of topics that has been removed from the latest NCERT Biology textbook for Class 11.
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| 3–5 | 1.1 What is ‘Living’? | |
| 11–14 | 1.4 Taxonomical Aids | |
| Chapter 1: The Living World | 12 12 13 | 1.4.2 Botanical Gardens 1.4.3 Museum 1.4.4 Zoological Parks |
| 14 | Summary (Para 2) | |
| 15 | Question no. 10 | |
| 40–41 | 3.5 Angiosperms | |
| Chapter 3: Plant Kingdom | 42–43 44 | 3.6 Plant Life Cycles and Alternation of Generations Summary (Para 5 and 6) |
| 45 | Question no. 10 |
| 67–68 | 5.1.2 Modifications of Root | |
| 68–69 | 5.2.1 Modifications of Stem | |
| Chapter 5: | 71 | 5.3.4 Modifications of Leaves |
| Morphology of | 78–79 | 5.9.1 Fabaceae |
| Flowering Plants | 81 | 5.9.3 Liliaceae |
| 82–83 | Question nos 1, 2, 6 (b) 8, | |
| 9, 12, 14 | ||
| 84 | 6.1 The Tissues | |
| 84–85 | 6.1.1 Meristematic Tissues | |
| 86–87 | 6.1.2.1 Simple Tissues | |
| (Para 2, 3) | ||
| 87–88 | 6.1.2.2 Complex Tissues | |
| (Para 4) | ||
| 94 | 6.4 Secondary Growth | |
| Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants | 94–95 | 6.4.1 Vascular Cambium 6.4.1.2 Activity of the Cambial Ring 6.4.1.3 Spring Wood and |
| Autumn Wood | ||
| 99 | 6.4.1.4 Heartwood and | |
| Sapwood | ||
| 96–97 | 6.4.2 Cork Cambium | |
| 97–98 | 6.4.3 Secondary Growth in | |
| Roots | ||
| 99 | Question nos 1, 2, 3, 7, 11 | |
| 100 | 7.1 Animal Tissues | |
| 101–102 | 7.1.1 Epithelial Tissue | |
| 102–103 | 7.1.2 Connective Tissue | |
| 104–105 | 7.1.3 Muscle Tissue | |
| 105–106 | 7.1.4 Neural Tissue | |
| Chapter 7: Structural | 106–111 106–107 | 7.3 Earthworm 7.3.1 Morphology |
| Organisation in | 107–108 | 7.3.2 Anatomy |
| Animals | 111 | 7.4 co*ckroach |
| 111–112 | 7.4.1 Morphology | |
| 113–115 | 7.4.2 Anatomy | |
| 120–121 | Summary (Para 2, 3, 4) | |
| 121–122 | Question nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, | |
| 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 (c) |
| 151 | 9.8 Nature of Bond Linking | |
| Monomers in a Polymer | ||
| 152 | 9.9 Dynamic State of Body | |
| Chapter 9: Biomolecules | 153 | Constituents—Concept of Metabolism 9.10 Metabolic Basis for Living |
| 160–161 | 9.11 The Living State | |
| Question nos 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 | ||
| Chapter 11: Transport in Plants | 175–193 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 12: Mineral Nutrition | 194–205 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 15: Plant Growth and Development | 251 252 252 254 | 15.5 Photoperiodism 15.6 Vernalisation 15.7 Seed Dormancy Question nos 3, 5, 8, 10 |
| Chapter 16: Digestion and Absorption | 258–267 | Full Chapter |
| 322 | 21.5 Reflex Action and | |
| Reflex Arc | ||
| 322 | 21.6 Sensory Reception and | |
| Processing | ||
| 322–323 | 21.6.1 Eye | |
| 323 | 21.6.1.1 Parts of an Eye | |
| Chapter 21: Neural Control and Coordination | 323–324 324–326 327 | 21.6.1.2 Mechanism of Vision 21.6.2 The Ear 21.6.2.1 Mechanism of |
| Hearing | ||
| 328 | Summary (para 3 and 4) | |
| 329–330 | Question nos 1 (b, c), 2 (c), | |
| 4, (c, d), 5 (e, f, g, h), 6 (b, | ||
| c), 7, 8 (b, c), 9 (c), 10 (a), | ||
| 11, 12 (c, d) | ||
| 433 | ||
| Answers | 435 438–445 447–451 455 | In accordance with the reduction in Exercises in text. |
| 458–463 |
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