Subject: Geography
Class XII
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Max Marks: 70
General Instructions:
- This question paper divided into four sections A, B, C and D
- There are 30 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
- Section A – Questions nos. 1 to 17 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
- Section B – Questions nos. 18 to 23 are short answer type questions carrying 3 marks each. Answer to each of them should be in 80 to 100 words.
- Questions number 18 and 19 are source based questions.
- Section C – Questions nos. 24 to 28 are long answer type questions carrying 5 marks each. Answer to each of them should in 120-150 words.
- Section D – Questions nos. 29 to 30 are Map based questions related to identification and locating and labelling of geographical features respectively carrying 5 marks each.
- The outline map of India and World provided to you must be attached within your answer sheet.
- Use of template or stencils for drawing Outline map is allowed.
SECTION – A
1. Which of the following is not related with the study of Human Geography?
a) Study the relationship between physical/natural and the human worlds.
b) Study of the physical environment
c) Study of the spatial distributions of human phenomena.
d) Study of the social and economic differences found in different parts of the world.
2. The creation of health resorts on highlands and the placement of satellites in the space, support which of the following concept of Human Geography?
a) Possibilism
b) Environmental Determinism
c) Neo-Determinism
d) None of these
3. A region has 500 sq. km area with 350,000 populations which of the following will be the density of population of this region?
a) 1500 persons/sq km.
b) 2000 persons/sq km.
c) 750 persons/sq km.
d) 700 persons/sq km.
4. Which of the following is not a Push Factor of migration?
a) Poor living conditions
b) Unpleasant climate
c) Peace and stability
d) Natural disasters
5. Which of the following form – The number of deaths in a particular year Per Thousand of population in a particular region is expressed –
a) Crude Birth Rate
b) Crude Death Rate
c) Natural growth of Population
d) Infant mortality Rate
6. Study the following characteristics and identify the type of agriculture and choose the correct option.
(i) This form of agriculture is found in the hightly developed parts of the world
(ii) Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
(iii) The crops associated with it, are wheat, barley, oats, rye, fodder etc.
Options:
a) Plantation farming Agriculture
b) Subsistence Agriculture
c) Mediterranean Agriculture
d) Mixed Farming
7. Western Europe has concentration of industries, which of the following factor is responsible for this concentration?
a) Highly developed transport system
b) Availability of raw material
c) Access to Labour supply
d) Access to sources of energy
8. Which of the following pair is not matched correctly?
Industries Inputs
a) Plastic Manufacturing Chemical based
b) Lac Industry Forest based
c) Rubber Industry Mineral based
d) Woolen Textiles Animal based
9. Panna, Palli, Nagla are the local names of which of the following settlements.
a) Clustered settlements
b) Hamleted settlements
c) Semi-clustered settlements
d) Dispersed settlements
10. Match the Column – I with Column – II and choose the correct option:
Column – I (Town) Column – II (Class)
I. Gandhi Nagar 1. Industrial town
II. Jamshedpur 2. Garrison towns
III. Singrauli 3. Administrative town
IV Babina 4. Mining town
Option:
I II III IV
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 3 1 4 2
11. In which of the following states, lagoons and lakes are the vast surface water resources?
a) Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal
b) Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand
d) Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
12. In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option from the given options:
Assertion (A): the concentration & Pollutants in rivers, remains very high during the summer season.
Reason (R): Flow of water is low during Summer season.
Options:
a) A is true but R is false
b) A is false but R is true
c) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation
d) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation
13. Consider the following pairs and choose the correct option:
I. Manganese – Ferrous mineral
II. Copper – Non-ferrous mineral
III. Bauxite – Non-metallic mineral
IV. Coal – Fuel mineral
Options:
a) Only I and II are correct.
b) Only I, II and IV are correct
c) Only I, II and III are correct
d) I, II, III and IV are correct
14. Which of the following minerals is obtained from the lower Hazaribagh plateau?
a) Bauxite
b) Manganese
c) Limestone
d) Mica
Read the given source carefully and answers the questions numbers 15, 16 and 17 based on the source.
Source:
International comparisons of human development can show some very interesting results. Often people tend to blame low levels of human development on the culture of the people. For example, X country has lower human development because its people follow Y religion, or belong to Z community. Such statements are misleading.
To understand why a particular region keeps reporting low or high levels of human development it is important to look at the pattern of government expenditure on the social sector. The political environment of the country and the amount of freedom people have is also important. Countries with high levels of human development invest more in the social sectors and are generally free from political turmoil and instability. Distribution of the country’s resources is also far more equitable.
On the other hand, places with low levels: of human development tend to spend more on Defence rather than social sectors. This shows that these countries tend to be located in areas of political instability and have not been able to initiate accelerated economic development.
15. People tend to blame low levels of human development to which of the following factor?
a) The culture and of the people
b) Physical structure of the country
c) Constitutional system of the country
d) Climate of the country
16. Which of the following feature is not found in the countries with high level of human development?
a) More investment on social sector
b) Political Instability
c) Equitable distribution of resources
d) Freedom
17. In which of the following sector countries with low level of human development tend to spend maximum part of their income.
a) Education
b) Social sector
c) Defence
d) Health
SECTION – B
18. Read the given source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Source:
The core concern of geography as a discipline is to understand the earth as home of human beings and to study all those elements which have sustained them. Thus, emphasis is on study of nature and human beings. You will realise that geography got subjected to dualism and the wide-ranging debates started whether geography as a discipline should be a law making/theorizing (nomothetic) or descriptive (idiographic). Whether its subject matter should be organised and approach of the study should be regional or systematic? Whether geographical phenomena be interpreted theoretically or through historic Institutional approach? These have been issues for intellectual exercise but finally you will appreciate that the dichotomy between physical and human is not a very valid one because nature and human are inseparable elements and should see holistically. It is interesting to note that both physical and human phenomena are described in metaphors using symbols from the human anatomy.
We often talk of the ‘face’ of the earth, ‘eye’ of the storm, ‘mouth’ of the river, ‘snout’ (nose) of the glacier, neck of the isthmus and ‘profile of these soil. Similarly, regions, villages, towns have been described as ‘organisms’. German geographers describe the ‘state/country’ as a ‘living organism’. Networks of road, railways and water ways have often been described as “arteries of circulation”.
18. 1 What is the core concern of geography as a discipline? Explain.
18.2 “The dichotomy between human and nature is not a very valid”. Explain the statement with argument.
18.3 Geographers have used symbols in metaphors to describe both physical and human phenomena. Give any two examples.
19. Study the given source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
19.1 Study the diagram and mention the two categories where increase has been recorded most in the year 2014-15 as compared to the year 1950-51
19.2 What percent of increase has been recorded in the area under forests in the year 2014-15 as compared to the year 1950-51?
19.3 Explain the reason for increasing in land used in under non-agricultural use.
20. Mention any three geographical factors influence the distribution of population in the world.
OR
Mention the major features of the last stage of Demographic Transition theory.
21. “Both growth and development refer to changes over a period of time”. Examine the statement.
22. Explain major features of clustered settlements.
OR
Explain major feature of Dispersed settlements
23. “Solar energy has emerged as a viable source in recent times.” Substantiate the statement.
SECTION – C
24. Describe the main characteristics of Commercial livestock rearing in the world.
25. Evaluate the major features of modern large scale manufacturing in the world.
26. “The Pattern of spatial distribution of population in India is very uneven”. Justify the statement.
OR
The decades 1951 – 1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India. Evaluate the responsible factors.
27. Rainwater harvesting is a method to capture and store rain water for various uses. Explain its importance.
28. What issues were kept in mind for giving suggestions “for the development of hill areas by the national committee constitute for the development of backward areas.”
OR
Describe the social and economic benefits derived from Integrated Tribal Development Project in Bharmaur tribal region.
SECTION – D
29. On the given political outline map of the world, seven geographical features have been marked as A, B, C, D, D, E, F and G. Identify any five with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
A) An area of subsistence gathering
B) Largest country of Europe in terms of area
C) Largest country of Africa in terms of area
D) Largest country of South America in terms of area
E) An area of Extensive grain farming
F) An area of nomadic herding
G) An area of Commercial livestock rearing
30. On the given political outline map of India, locate and label any five of the following geographical features with appropriate symbols.
30.1 State having lowest density of population (2011)
30.2 A city located in Karnataka having more than 10 million of population.
30.3 Leading Jute producing state.
30.4 Mayurbhanj – from one mines
30.5 Khetri – Copper mines
30.6 Raniganj – Coal mines
30.7 Oil Reginery located in Bihar