Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 Set B
Please see below Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 Set B with solutions. We have provided Class 12 Geography Sample Papers with solutions designed by Geography teachers for Class 12 based on the latest examination pattern issued by CBSE. We have provided the following sample paper for Term 2 Class 12 Geography with answers. You will be able to understand the type of questions which can come in the upcoming exams.
CBSE Sample Paper for Class 12 Geography Term 1 Set B
Section A
1. ……… was made more relevant of the socio-political reality by the emergence of school of thoughts.
(a) Economic Geography
(b) Human Geography
(c) Population Geography
(d) Political Geography
Answer
B
2. Which one is related to the study or discovery of general scientific law?
(a) Nomothetic
(b) Dualism
(c) Possibilism
(d) Non-determinism
Answer
A
3. ……… is the quality of being characterised in its environment.
(a) Dynamism
(b) Adaptation
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer
A
4. Arrange the following states/UTs in decreasing order as per their percentage of urban population.
1. Kerala 2. Delhi 3. Maharashtra 4. Assam
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2
(d) 2, 4, 3, 1
Answer
B
5. In which of these phases of population growth, both birth and death rates were high?
(a) Phase IV
(b) Phase I
(c) Phase II
(d) Phase III
Answer
B
6. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
(a) Sino-Tibetan
(b) Indo-Aryan
(c) Austric
(d) Dravidian
Answer
B
7. In the Human Development Report, 2020, how may countries are there in the very high category of Human Development?
(a) 65
(b) 66
(c) 53
(d) 35
Answer
B
8. Which is the only country in the world to officially proclaimed the Gross National Happiness (GNH) as the measure of the country’s progress?
(a) USA
(b) England
(c) Norway
(d) Bhutan
Answer
D
9. Who among the following developed sugarcane plantations in Indonesia which is practised on vast tracts of land?
(a) The French
(b) The English
(c) The Dutch
(d) The Spanish
Answer
C
10. Which of the following is associated with the features of the surface mining?
(a) Easiest way of mining
(b) Cheapest way of mining
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer
C
11. Which of the following regions is not included in the core region of Nomadic herding?
(a) North Africa
(b) Central China
(c) Mongolia
(d) Madagascar
Answer
D
12. Yak and Llamas are the important animals of nomadic herding in which of the following regions?
(a) Asiatic desert
(b) Sahara
(c) Tibet and Andes
(d) Sub-Arctic Areas
Answer
C
13. Which of the following is the important region of extensive commercial grain agriculture?
(a) American Prairies
(b) Pampas
(c) Velds
(d) All of these
Answer
D
14. ……… is not the components of the population change.
(a) Birth
(b) Death
(c) Migration
(d) Immigration
Answer
D
15. In the 1970s, there was a steady outflow of skilled and semi-skilled labour from India to ……… in the wake of oil boom.
(a) South America
(b) West Asia
(c) South-East Asia
(d) Europe
Answer
B
16. The act of leaving one’s own country to settle into another country is known as
(a) Outsider
(b) Internal migration
(c) Immigration
(d) Emigration
Answer
D
17. Which of the following states has the largest number of net out-migrants in India?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Assam
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Answer
C
18. Natural disasters, political conflicts, poverty etc, come under which factors ofmigration?
(a) Pull factors
(b) Push factors
(c) Negative factors
(d) Revolutionary factors
Answer
B
19. Which of the following changes when a settlement grows in its size?
(a) Social structure
(b) Ecology
(c) Technology
(d) All of these
Answer
D
20. Lucknow is an example of which of the following towns?
(a) Modern towns
(b) Ancient towns
(c) Medieval towns
(d) Transport towns
Answer
C
21. Bhubaneshwar is an example of which of the following towns?
(a) Industrial towns
(b) Administrative towns
(c) Medieval towns
(d) Ancient towns
Answer
B
22. Which of the following is an example of urban agglomeration?
(a) Asansol
(b) Dhanbad
(c) Indore
(d) All of these
Answer
D
23. In which of the following states lagoons and back water sources of water are not found?
(a) Odisha
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Answer
C
24. The largest river basin in South India is
(a) Kaveri basin
(b) Godavari basin
(c) Krishna basin
(d) Penganga basin
Answer
B
Section B
MAP BASED QUESTIONS
Question no. 25-29 are based on map and are mandatory to attempt.
25. Which of the following is the state which ranks first in out migration?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Answer
B
26. Which of the following is the state which ranks first in in-migration in India?
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
Answer
C
27. Which of the following city of Maharashtra has more than 10 million population?
(a) Pune
(b) Greater Mumbai
(c) Nagpur
(d) None of these
Answer
B
28. Identify the city with more than 10 million population in North India?
(a) Chennai
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Delhi
(d) Bengaluru
Answer
C
29. Identify the city with more then 10 million population in West Bengal.
(a) Asansol
(b) Patna
(c) Kolkata
(b) Jaipur
Answer
C
30. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. When increase in population exceeds the desirable limit, it eventually leads to a number of problems.
2. Problems of depletion of resources takes place due to population explosion.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both the statements are incorrect
(d) Both the statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains the statement 1
Answer
D
31. Human beings can modify nature with the help of which of the following.
(a) Social Institutions
(b) Technology
(c) Education
(d) None of these
Answer
B
32. Match the following columns.
Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 4 3 1 2 5 6
(b) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(c) 6 5 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 1 2 5 6 3
Answer
A
33. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Regions Ranks as per the population
(a) Asia 1st
(b) Africa 2nd
(c) Europe 4th
(d) Northen America 5th
Answer
C
34. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Sub-fields of Human Geography Interface with Sister disciplines of social sciences
(a) Geography of Leisure Welfare economics
(b) Medical geography Epidemology
(c) Electoral geography Psephology
(d) Military geography Military science
Answer
A
35. Which one of the following is not one of the four pillars of Human Development?
(a) Sustainability
(b) Productivity
(c) Empowerment
(d) Dignity
Answer
D
36. The International Labour Organisation gave which of the following approaches to Human Development?
(a) Capability Approach
(b) Basic needs Approach
(c) Welfare Approach
(d) Income Approach
Answer
B
37. In this type of farming nearly all the production is consumed by the producers or the local people. Select the correct option.
(a) Subsistence agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Mixed agriculture
(d) Dairy agriculture
Answer
A
38. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. In truck farming, farmers only specialises in vegetable cultivation.
2. There is emphasis on social ownership of means of production in truck farming.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statements 1
(c) Only statement 2 is correct
(d) Both the statement are incorrect
Answer
A
39. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Plantation agriculture is mainly a profit oriented large scale production system.
2. Crops which are grown in plantations are cash crops.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect
Answer
C
40. Consider the following features and choose the correct title after associating them.
1. In this type of agriculture managerial and technical support is provided.
2. Generally there is single crop specialisation i.e. only one crop is cultivated at time.
3. Cheap labour and good transportation system which links the estates to the
factories and markets for the export of products are essential.
Options
(a) Extensive Commercial grain farming
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Plantation agriculture.
Answer
D
41. In this type of farming along with crop cultivation, animal husbandry is also practised.
Select the correct option.
(a) Dairy farming
(b) Subsistence agriculture
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Mixed farming
Answer
D
42. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Density of population − Density of population = Population/Area
(b) Physiological density − Total population/Net irrigated area
(c) Agricultural density − Total agricultural population/Net cultivable area
(d) Birth Rate − CRB = Bi/P × 1000
Answer
B
43. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Men predominate the rural to urban stream of inter-state migration.
2. Economic reasons are the main reasons of male migration in rural to urban stream of migration.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1
(d) Both statements are incorrect
Answer
C
44. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Female migrants dominate the stream of rural to rural migration.
2. Females mainly migrate due to marriage.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect
Answer
C
45. The formation of various types of rural settlements depends upon
(a) Climate
(b) Ethnic factors
(c) Terrain
(d) All of these
Answer
D
46. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Security factors play and important role to establish a type of settlement.
2. Security factors include defence against theft and robberies.
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
Answer
C
47. Hamleted settlements are formed due to which of the following factors?
(a) Environmental factors
(b) Physiographical factors
(c) Social factors
(d) Religious factors
Answer
C
48. This can be classified as a large settlement. Select the correct answer.
(a) Hamlets
(b) Urban municipality
(c) Metropolitan areas
(d) Urban sprawl
Answer
C
Section C
SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
Question number 49 to 52 are compulsory to attempt.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Winters in the town of Trondheim mean fierce winds and heavy snow. The skies are dark for months. Kari drives to work in the dark at 8 am. She has special tyres for the winter and keeps the headlights of her powerful car switched on. Her office is artificially heated at a comfortable 23 degrees Celsius. The campus of the university she works in is built under a huge glass dome.
This dome keeps the snow out in winter and lets in the sunshine in the summer.
The temperature is controlled carefully and there is adequate lighting. Even though fresh vegetables and plants don’t grow in such harsh weather, Kari keeps an orchid on her desk and enjoys eating tropical fruits like banana and kiwi. These are flown in from warmer areas regularly. With a click of the mouse, Kari can network with colleagues in New Delhi. She frequently takes a morning flight to London and returns in the evening in time to watch her favourite television serial. Though Kari is fifty-eight years old, she is fitter and looks younger than many thirty year- olds in other parts of the world.
49. Why the skies are dark for month in Trondheim in winter?
(a) Because of snowy and stormy weathers
(b) Because of heavy storm
(c) Because of low temperature
(d) Because of cool and windy weather
Answer
A
50. Which helps Kari to survive in the harsh winter?
(a) Woollen clothes
(b) Wood chimney in the room
(c) Artificial heaters
(d) The Sun
Answer
C
51. The life of Kari describes which of the following approaches of Human Geography?
(a) Environmental determinism
(b) Possibilism
(c) Neo-determinism
(d) Regional analysis
Answer
B
52. Which of the following events of Kari’s life depicts the idea of possibilism?
(a) Special tyres for winters
(b) Import of tropical fruits from warmer areas
(c) Networking with colleagues in New Delhi
(d) All of the above
Answer
B
GRAPH BASED QUESTIONS
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 53-56.
Number of years for world population to increase by 1 billion
53. How many years it took for the population to grow from 1 billion to 2 billion?
(a) 12 years
(b) 100 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 9 years
Answer
A
54. Which of the following factor is responsible for reduction in the time of population doubling?
(a) Better medical facilities
(b) Rise in industrial production
(c) Mechanisation of agriculture
(d) All of these
Answer
D
55. Doubling of population will be lesser in which of the following country as compared to others?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Switzerland
(d) Nigeria
Answer
D
56. The doubling of population was achieved in the shortest period during which of the following phases?
(a) 1600-1700
(b) 1800-1900
(c) 1830-1930
(d) 1975-1987
Answer
D
DATA BASED QUESTIONS
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 57-60.
Study the table given below and answer the questions that follows.
57. The growth rate of world population in 2010-15 was
(a) 1.4 %
(b) 1.2 %
(c) 1.6 %
(d) 1.0 %
Answer
B
58. Population growth rate can be calculated by
(a) Birth rate − infant mortality rate
(b) Birth rate − death rate
(c) Immigration − out-migration
(d) Births + Deaths − out-migration
Answer
B
59. If world population continues to grow at the current rate, it may lead to
(a) depletion of natural resources
(b) increase in epidemics
(c) scarcity of land
(d) All of these
Answer
D
60. Which continent has highest growth rate?
(a) Asia
(b) Oceania
(c) Africa
(d) North America
Answer
C
