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completely or not. They can test their knowledge for all these subjects and get
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answers.
Structure
of CBSE Class 12th Geography Model Paper 2020
Geography, the paper will be of three
hours and a total of 70 marks. the paper will consist of 30 questions.
(i)
Question numbers 1 to 18 are Multiple Choice Questions
each
question will have 1 mark.
(ii)
Question numbers 19 to 22 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
Answers to each of these questions should not exceed 80-100 words.
(iii)
Question numbers 23 to 28 are long answer questions . each question will have 5
marks. Answers to each of these questions should not exceed 150 words.
(iv)
Question numbers 29 and 30 are related to identification or location and
labeling of geographical features on maps, carrying 5 marks each.
(v)
Outline map of India and World provided to you must be attached within your
answer book.
(vi) The use of template or stencils for drawing outline maps is allowed.
SECTION A
Q1.
Which one of
the following is the largest linguistic group
of India?
a.
Sino – Tibetan
b. Indo
– Aryan
c. Austric
d. Dravidian
OR
Which one of the following periods had witnessed the rapid growth of the population?
a. Before 1921
b. 1921 - 1951
c. 1951
– 1981
d. After 1981
Q2. Which one of
the following is the main
reason for male migration
in India?
a. Education
b. Business
c. Work and
employment
d. Marriage
Q3. Identify the country with the highest sex ratio in the world
a. Latvia
b.
United Arab Emirates
c.
Japan
d.
France
OR
Which one of
the following figures represent the working-age group of
the population?
a. 15 to 65 years
b. 15 to 64 years
c. 15 to 66 years
d. 15 to 59 years
Q4. Which one of
the following group of cities have
been arranged in the sequence of
their ranks i.e., 1,2,3 and 4 in size
?
a. Greater Mumbai, Bangaluru, Kolkata, Chennai b.
Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata.
c. Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi.
d. Greater
Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai.
OR
Palli
and nagla belong
to
which one of the following
rural
settlements-
a. Clustered
b. Semi-clustered
c. Hamleted
d. Dispersed or
isolated.
Q5. Which one
of the following
is not a Push factor?
a. Water Shortage
b. Medical/Educational facilities
c. Unemployment
d. Epidemics
Q6. Which one of
the following best is the best description
of Development?
a. An increase in size
b. A constant in size
c. A
positive change in quality
d. A simple change in quality
Q7. Which one of
the following is not
a Plantation Crop?
a. Coffee
b.
Sugarcane
c.
Wheat
d. Rubber
Q8. Which one of
the following types of cultivation
was developed by
European colonists?
a. Kolkhoz
b.
Mixed Farming
c. Viticulture
d. Plantation
Q9. Which one of
the following does not follow
Monoculture?
a. Commercial
Grain Farming
b. Plantation Agriculture
c. Mixed Farming
d. Dairy Farming
Q10. Which one of
the following forms of settlement develops along either side of roads,
rivers or canals?
a. Circular
b. Linear
c. Cross-Shaped
d. Square
Q11. Which one of
the following types
of
economic activities
dominates in all rural settlements?
a. Primary
b. Tertiary
c. Secondary
d. Quaternary
Q12. The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was:
a. Paris
b. New York
c. London
d. Canberra
Q13. Identify the landlocked harbor from the
followings-
a.
Vishakhapatnam b. Mumbai
c. Ennor
d. Haldia
Q14. Which one
of the following
is the longest national highway of India?
a. NH-1
b. NH-7
c. NH-6
d. NH-8
Q15. Complete the following table
by writing appropriate answer:
Q16. Name the Headquarters of Northern
Railway Zone
of
India
a. Lucknow
b.
Kanpur
c. New Delhi
d. Chandigarh
Q17. Land degradation
in irrigated areas is caused by which
of
following reason ?
a. Gully erosion
b. Wind erosion
c. Salinization of soil
d. Siltation of land
Q18. South-West monsoon
in India coincides with
which cropping season?
a. Kharif
b. Rabi
c. Zaid
d. None
of
the above
SECTION B
Q19. “The chief gateways of the world
of
international trade is the harbours and ports”.
Justify the statement with examples.
Q20. How is Possibilism different from Environmental Determinism?
Explain with
suitable Examples.
Q21. Study the pie-chart given below and
answer the questions that follow-
a. Which sector’s share is the maximum in the
usage of surface and ground
water?
b. What
is the percentage of agricultural the sector in the usage of
surface water and Groundwater?
c. Why the development
of irrigation
was assigned a very high priority
in the Five
years plans?
For visually impaired candidates ( in place of Q. No. 21)
a. Name the two
sources where water is available for irrigation.
b. Which sector
of
economy uses the maximum amount of water in
our country?
c. Why is the development of irrigation
was assigned a very high priority in five
years plans?
Q22. Development has direct
bearings on the deteriorating
human conditions’. How
poor people are more affected
in this process?
OR
Describe the concept of
Human Development as defined by
United Nations
Development Programme
(UNDP)
SECTION C
Q23. The challenge of sustainable development requires integration
of the quest for economic
development with environmental concerns. Comprehend the statement in
relation to the development of nonconventional sources of energy in India by giving
suitable example.
OR
Nuclear energy
is
replacing the conventional sources
in India. Do you think
it as
a viable energy source of energy in the future keeping in view the availability
of
nuclear minerals in
India.
Q24. Study the map given
below and answer the questions that
follows-
a. What
is the difference
between the two areas shown as ‘Under
Flow’ and
‘Under Lift’ system of irrigation.
b. Name any
four districts that are
benefited by the command
area of the canal in stage
I and stage II
For visually impaired candidates ( in place of Q. No. 24)
a. How has the introduction of Indira Gandhi Canal irrigation in the drylands of Rajasthan influenced the environmental conditions of the region positively?
Explain in three
points.
b. Name any four districts benefitted by the Indira Gandhi Canal irrigation system.
Q25. Classify industries on the basis
of the raw material
used. Explain
each of them with examples.
OR
Explain why high-tech industries in
many
countries are being
attracted to the
peripheral areas of major metropolitan centers?
Q26. “The modern
economic development in the world is mainly the result
of
the development of Quaternary Service.” Explain
the
statement with suitable
examples.
Q27. What are the modes by which cyberspace will expand
the contemporary economic
and the social space of humans?
OR
Which are the major regions of the world having a dense network of airways?
Explain with examples.
Q28. Land degradation caused by human-made processes
are
more harmful than
natural processes in
India. Analyze the statement with
suitable examples.
OR
How has Noise pollution become
hazardous in many big cities of India? Explain by giving suitable examples.
Q29. On the outline map of
India
mark and indicate the following features (any five)
a. The state has the highest urban
population
b. Software technology
park of Telangana
c. International airport located
in Assam
d. Eastern terminal point
of Golden Quadrilateral
e. Copper mine located in Rajasthan
f. Bauxite
mines
in Odisha
g. The southern terminal station of North-South
corridor.
For visually impaired candidates ( in place of Q. No. 29)Attempt any
five
a. Which state
in India has the highest
urban population?
b. Name Software technology
park of
Telangana.
c. Name the international
airport located in
Assam.
d. Which
is
the eastern terminal
of
Golden Quadrilateral?
e. Name the copper mines of Rajasthan.
f. Write
the name of a Bauxite mine
of Odisha.
g. Which is the southern terminal of North-South Corridor?
Q30. On the given political map
of
the world, the following
five features are shown. Identify these features with the
help
of
the given key and write them
on the blanks marked A, B, C, D, and E
A. A Mega city
B. A major sea-port
C. Grasslands of Africa with extensive
commercial grain farming
D. An important Shipping
Canal
E. Industrial region of the US.
For visually impaired candidates ( in place of Q. No. 30)
a. Write the name of Mega-City located
in Western
India.
b. Name the major seaport
located on the Pacific coast of Canada.
c. Name the Grasslands
of
Africa with extensive Commercial grain
farming.
d. Which is the important waterway of Central America?
e. Name the Industrial region of Eastern The U.S.A.
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