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CBSE Sample Paper Class 12 Geography for Term 1 Set B

Section A

1. Which of the following states has made construction of water harvesting structures compulsory in the households?
(a) Punjab
(b) West Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Tamil Nadu

2. Which of the following is the third most populous nation in the world?
(a) Nigeria
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) USA

3. What is the rank of India in HDR 2020?
(a) 127
(b) 129
(c) 130
(d) 131

4. Which of the following is one of the most polluted rivers at Ahmedabad?
(a) Gomti river
(b) Narmada river
(c) Ravi river
(d) Sabarmati river

5. Which of the following best describes transhumance?
(a) The process of seasonal migration from plain to pasture on mountains and vice-versa.
(b) The process of hunting on higher altitude.
(c) The process of gathering on higher mountain.
(d) Migration from urban area to rural area on mountains.

6. Which of the following approaches of Human geography is based on the concept of ‘Traffic signal lights?
(a) Environmental determinism
(b) Neo-determinism
(c) Possibilism
(d) Post modernism

7. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Tibet Yak
(b) Sahara Goats
(c) Tropical Africa Cattle
(d) Sub-Arctic Giraffe

8. The term crude birth rate is close in meaning to which of the following terms?
(a) Mortality rate
(b) Fertility rate
(c) Migration
(d) None of these

9. Which of the following mining is also known as ‘Open-cast mining’?
(a) Surface mining
(b) Underground mining
(c) Shaft mining
(d) None of these

10. Arrange the following countries according to their rank in Human Development Report (HDR) 2020.
1. Norway 2. Hong Kong (China) SAR
3. Ireland 4. Switzerland
Options
(a) 1, 3, 4, 2
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4

11. Which among the following states is the second most populated state in India as per Census 2011?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra

12. Which of the following statements is not relevant in reference to migration?
(a) The amount of remittance sent by the internal migrants plays an important role in the growth of economy of the source area.
(b) Migration leads to the re-distribution of the population within a country.
(c) Migration leads to intermixing of people from diverse culture.
(d) Migration leads to good marriages.

13. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of Collective farming?
(a) Introduced in European countries like Denmark and Netherland.
(b) It is also known as Kolkhoz.
(c) They are allowed to retain very small plots to grow crops in order to meet their daily requirements.
(d) Government fixes target to the crop and purchase it on pre-defined price.

14. The population size of metropolitan city is
(a) Less than 1 million
(b) 1-5 million
(c) More than 5 million
(d) None of these

15. Which of the following is the largest region of dairy farming?
(a) North-Western Europe
(b) Canada
(c) South-Eastern Australia
(d) New Zealand

16. Which of the following factors pulls male migrants in urban areas?
(a) Business
(b) Education
(c) Marriage
(d) Work and Employment

17. Which one of the following South Indian states has the highest groundwater utilisation (in per cent) of its total groundwater potential?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerala

18. Which state receives the maximum number of immigrants?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West-Bengal
(d) Karnataka

19. Which of the following is an example of Garrison town?
(a) Jalandhar
(b) Varanasi
(c) Aligarh
(d) Pilani

20. Which one of the following is known as ‘Push factor’?
(a) Education
(b) Drought
(c) Higher wages
(d) Regular work

21. Towns are classified on the basis of Evolution as
(a) Ancient Towns
(b) Modern Towns
(c) Medieval Towns
(d) All of these

22. Which among the following type of correlation is found between the economic development and population growth?
(a) Reciprocal
(b) Negative
(c) Positive
(d) None of these

23. Which of the following is not a sub-field of Economic geography?
(a) Geography of Agriculture
(c) Geography of Industries
(c) Geography of Tourism
(d) Medical Geography

24. A Sub-field of Political Geography is
(a) Geography of Resources
(b) Electoral Geography
(c) Geography of Industries
(d) Geography of Marketing

Section B

There are 24 questions in this section attempt any 20 questions.
Map Based (Q. 25-29) are based on map and are mandatory to attempt.

25. Which of the following is a place where subsistence gathering is practised?
(a) Paraguay
(b) Argentina
(c) Brazil
(d) Southern Chile

26. Which of the following is a region of Nomadic herding?
(a) Central Africa
(b) Steppes
(c) Downs
(d) Kalahari desert

27. Name the region where commercial livestock rearing is practised?
(a) Downs
(b) Velds
(c) Northern Australia
(d) Central Australia

28. Which of the following is a place where extensive commercial grain farming is practised?
(a) Pampas
(b) Velds
(c) Downs
(d) Prairies

29. Which of the following activities is depicted by the north-western Europe?
(a) Nomadic herding
(b) Commercial Livestock rearing
(c) Mixed farming
(d) Subsistence gathering

30. Consider the following features and choose the correct title associating them.
1. It is important as it provides a deep analysis of population over a piece of land.
2. It is the ratio between the numbers of people living in a square km of area.
3. It is usually expressed in persons per sq. km.
Options
(a) Population growth
(b) Population density
(c) Migration
(d) Birth rate

31. Which of the following countries falls under the top five countries secured the top rank in HDR-2020?
(a) Australia
(b) Singapore
(c) Netherlands
(d) Iceland

32. “Humans are restricted by the constraints of the natural environment”. Above mentioned line is an important feature of which of the following approaches of Human geography?
(a) Neo-determinism
(b) Spatial analysis
(c) Possibilism
(d) Environmental determinism

33. Match the following column.

Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(b) 6 5 4 3 2 1
(c) 5 6 4 2 3 1
(d) 4 5 6 3 2 1

34. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Approaches of Human Geography Period
(a) Regional analysis Early colonial period
(b) Areal differentiation 1930s through the inter war period
(c) Spatial organisation Late 1950s to the late 1960s
(d) Radical 1970s

35. This is the only country in the world to officially proclaim the Gross National Happiness (GNH) as the measure of the country’s progress. Select the correct option.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) China

36. Match the following columns.

Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(b) 6 5 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 1 2 4 6 5
(d) 4 1 3 5 6 2

37. Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer fromthe given options.
1. The hill states of Himalayan region and North-Eastern states have low population densities.
2. These states have harsh climatic conditions and undulating topography.
Codes
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1
(c) Only statement 2 is correct
(d) Both the statements are incorrect

38. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Abbreviations Full Forms
(a) HDI Human Development Index
(b) HPI Human Progress Index
(c) UNDP United Nations Development Programme
(d) GNH Gross National Happiness

39. What is the share of industrial sector in total water utilisation in India?
(a) 92%
(b) 89%
(c) 7%
(d) 10%

40. This Union Territory has the lowest population density among all the UTs of India as per Census 2011? Select the correct options.
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Puducherry
(d) Chandigarh

41. National Water Policy was formulated in which year?
(a) 2000
(b) 2002
(c) 2007
(d) 2009

42. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Urbanisation leads to industrialisation.
2. When urbanisation took place different types of industries started to establish at such places as per the needs and demands of people.
Options
(a) Only 1 is correct
(b) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(c) Only 2 is correct
(d) Both are incorrect

43. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Rice and wheat require more water for irrigation.
2. These are high yielding varieties of crops which are water-intensive crops.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1
(d) Both statements are incorrect

44. Which one among the following is not the example of Garrison Cantonment town?
(a) Babina
(b) Udhampur`
(c) Kozhikode
(d) Mhow

45. Which of the following northern states utilise a large proportion of their groundwater resources for irrigation?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) All of these

46. Which one of the following is not covered under the definition of a town as per the census of India?
(a) Presence of municipality, corporation, etc.
(b) More than 75% of the population engaged in primary sector.
(c) Population density of 400 person per sq. km.
(d) Population size of more than 5,000 persons.

47. Consider the following statements then choose the correct option from the given options.
1. When cities grow their functions also grow.
2. Cities can have only one function.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect

48. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Types of Towns Examples
(a) Administrative towns Imphal
(b) Commercial towns Satna
(c) Mining towns Modinagar
(d) Transport cities Katni

Section C

SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
Question No. 49 to 52 are compulsory to attempt.
Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
Overcrowding of people due to rural-urban migration has put pressure on the existing social and physical infrastructure in the urban areas. This ultimately leads to unplanned growth of urban settlement and formation of slums shanty colonies. Apart from this, due to over-exploitation of natural resources, cities are facing the acute problem of depletion of ground water, air pollution, disposal of sewage and management of solid wastes.
Migration (even excluding the marriage migration) affects the status of women directly or indirectly. In the rural areas, male selective out migration leaving their wives behind puts extra physical as well mental pressure on the women.
Migration of ‘women’ either for education or employment enhances their autonomy and role in the economy.
If remittances are the major benefits of migration from the point of view of the source region, the loss of human resources particularly highly skilled people is the most serious cost. The market for advanced skills has become truly a global market and the most dynamic industrial economies are admitting and recruiting significant proportions of the highly trained professionals from poor regions. Consequently, the existing underdevelopment in the source region gets reinforced .

49. Rural-urban migration affects which of the following in urban areas in India?
(a) Its culture
(b) Population
(c) Physical infrastructure
(d) All of these

50. Which of the following is the feature of slums in India?
(a) Poor sanitation facilities
(b) Poor housing
(c) No proper education for children especially for girls
(d) All of the above

51. When people exploit natural resources of a region at a great scale than the place experiences which type of problems?
(a) Depletion of ground water
(b) Air pollution
(c) Disposal of sewage and management of solid wastes
(d) All of the above

52. Which of the following is true about the female migration?
(a) In rural areas migration increases the workload of women.
(b) Migration of women for education makes the women self-reliant.
(c) Migration of women for employment enhances their autonomy and role in the economy.
(d) Both (b) and (c)

DATA BASED QUESTION
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 53-56.
Study the table given below carefully and answer the questions.

53. Which country contributed to the largest migrants in India?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Afghanistan
(d) China

54. Which country contributes the least number of migrants to India?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) China

55. What was the total percentage of migration from the neighbouring countries?
(a) 75 %
(b) 89 %
(c) 25 %
(d) 11 %

56. Arrange the following countries in decreasing order of their migration to India. 
(a) Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal
(b) Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
(c) Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
(d) Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh

GRAPH BASED QUESTIONS
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 57-60.
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following questions.

57. The first stage represents which of these characteristics?
(a) Low fertility, high mortality
(b) High fertility, high mortality
(c) Low fertility, low mortality
(d) None of these

58. Slow growth of population occurs in which of these stage?
(a) Only stage II
(b) Both stage II and III
(c) Only stage I
(d) Both stage I and III

59. In which stage is the population highly literate and urbanised?
(a) Stage I
(b) Stage II
(c) Stage III
(d) Before stage I

60. Why does fertility decline in III rd stage?
(a) Food shortage
(b) Low level of literacy
(c) Urbanised population
(d) Improvement in sanitation