Class 12th CBSE Term 1, Geography Board Exam Question Paper and Answers Key 2021-22
- SUBJECT- Geography
- Term- I
- Time allowed- 90 minutes
- Maximum Marks- 40
Q1. Which one of the following physical factors is responsible for the uneven distribution of population in India?
(a) Availability of water
(b) Agricultural development
(c) Transport network
(d) Urbanization
The correct answer is: Availability of water
Q2. Which of the following group of countries, Indians mainly migrated in the third wave of migration?
(a) United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom
(b) Japan, China, Vietnam
(c) Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
(d) Mauritius, Fiji, Sri Lanka
The correct answer is: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom
Q3. Which of the following sectors has the highest percentage of working population in India?
(a) Commerce
(b) Agriculture
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Trade
The correct answer is: Agriculture
Q4. Which one of the following is a social consequence of migration?
(a) Growth of unplanned settlements
(b) Intermixing of cultures
(c) Increase in urban population
(d) Depletion of groundwater
The correct answer is: Depletion of groundwater
Q5. In rural settlements, people mainly depend on which of the following sectors for their livelihood?
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Quaternary
The correct answer is: Primary
Q6. Choose the characteristics of ‘clustered settlements’?
(a) Mainly found in Himachal Pradesh
(b) Mainly found in lower valleys of the Himalayas.
(c) Mainly found in Rajasthan
(d) Mainly found in fertile alluvial plains.
The correct answer is: Mainly found in fertile alluvial plains.
Q7. Which of the following is an example of a modern town?
(a) Surat
(b) Jaipur
(c) Lucknow
(d) Agra
The correct answer is: Surat
Q8. Which one of the following is developed as the satellite town of Delhi?
(a) Panipat
(b) Rohtak
(c) Mathura
(d) Meerut
The correct answer is: Rohtak
Q9. Which one of the following river comes under East Flowing Rivers of Group – 2?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Kaveri
(d) Swarnarekha
The correct answer is: Godavari
Q10. Which of the following States has the highest percentage of irrigated area through wells and tube wells?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
The correct answer is: Punjab
Q11. ‘Haryali Watershed Development Project’ is run by which of the following?
(a) Non-Governmental Organization
(b) Local Self Government
(c) State Government
(d) Central Government
The correct answer is: Central Government
Q12. In which one of the following States, Kund or Tanka is mainly used for rain water harvesting?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
The correct answer is: Rajasthan
Q13. Which of the following is often been described as transport network?
(a) Repiratory system
(b) Arteries of circulation
(c) Blood circulation
(d) Heart circulation
The correct answer is: Arteries of circulation
Q14. Who among the following defined Human Geography as – ‘conception resulting from a more synthetic knowledge of the physical laws governing our earth and of the relations between the living beings which inhabit it’?
(a) Ratzel
(b) Ellen C Semple
(c) Paul Vidal de la Blache
(d) Griffith Taylor
The correct answer is: Paul Vidal de la Blache
Q15. Which of the following school of thought is related to the different aspects of social well-being of the people?
(a) Behaviouralistic
(b) Humanistic
(c) Radical
(d) Utopian
The correct answer is: Humanistic
Q16. Who among the following has said- ‘Asia has many places where people are few place where people are very many’?
(a) Prof. Amartya Sen
(b) Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq
(c) George B Cressey
(d) Thomas Malthus
The correct answer is: George B Cressey
Q17. Choose the ‘push factor’ of migration from the followings:
(a) Socio-economic backwardness
(b) Pleasant climate
(c) Security of life and property
(d) Peace and stability
The correct answer is: Socio-economic backwardness
Q18. Which one of the following has played an important role to decline death rate rapidly throughout the world?
(a) Big Hospitals chain
(b) Revolution in surgery
(c) Medical help through insurance scheme
(d) Inoculation against epidemics communicable
The correct answer is: Inoculation against epidemics communicable
Q19. Which is the main objective of development according to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen?
(a) Increase in brotherhood
(b) Increase in freedom
(c) Increase in democracy
(d) Increase in equality
The correct answer is: Increase in freedom
Q20. Which of the following organizations proposed the basic needs approach?
(a) International Labour Organization
(b) United Nations Development Programme
(c) World Health Organization
(d) International Monetary Fund
The correct answer is: International Labour Organization
Q21. Which of the following countries comes under medium level of human development?
(a) Norway
(b) Canada
(c) India
(d) Singapore
The correct answer is: India
Q22. Which of the following activities comes under primary activities?
(a) Pastoralism
(b) Weaving Basket
(c) Milk Vending
(d) Tailoring
The correct answer is: Pastoralism
Q23. Choose the physical factor affecting mining:
(a) Demand of Mineral
(b) Technological Knowledge
(c) Infrastructural Development
(d) Size of occurrence of the mineral deposits
The correct answer is: Size of occurrence of the mineral deposits
Q24. Choose the feature of open cast mining from the following:
(a) Cheapest way of mining
(b) It requires lifts frills
(c) It requires a ventilation system
(d) It has high labour cost
The correct answer is: Cheapest way of mining
Q25. Choose the largest country in terms of area of South America continent
(a) Argentina
(b) Brazil
(c) Chile
(d) Panama
The correct answer is: Brazil
Q26. Which one of the following is an important area of Nomadic herding
(a) Madagascar
(b) Southern Africa
(c) South Eastern Africa
(d) Central Africa
The correct answer is: Madagascar
Q27. Choose the sea port of Europe
(a) Vancouver
(b) Durban
(c) North Cape
(d) Belem
The correct answer is: North Cape
Q28. Choose a mega city of the world
(a) Colombo
(b) Perth
(c) Islamabad
(d) Mumbai
The correct answer is: Mumbai
Q29. Choose the major airport of New Zealand
(a) Perth
(b) Johannesburg
(c) Santiago
(d) Auckland
The correct answer is: Auckland
Q30. Arrange the following approaches in ascending order to the basis of time and choose the correct option
I. Areal differentiation
II. Spatial Organisation
III. Exploration and description
IV. Regional analysis
(a) I, II, III, Iv
(b) IV, III, II, I
(c) III, IV, I, II
(d) II, I, IV, III
The correct answer is: III, IV, I, II
Q31. Match the column 1 with column 2 and choose the correct option
Column 1 (subfields of human geography)
A. behavioural geography
B. cultural geography
C. gender geography
D. medical geography
Column 2 (interface with sister discipline of Social Science)
i. sociology
ii. epidemiology
iii. psychology
iv. anthropology
(a) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv
(b) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
(c) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
(d) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii
The correct answer is: A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
Q32. Which one of the following is a feature of plantation agriculture?
(a) it is a single crop specialisation
(b) it is a multi crop specialisation
(c) it is an example of subsistence agriculture
(d) cultivation is done with the help of very primitive tools
The correct answer is: it is a single crop specialisation
Q33. Which one of the following countries has officially proclaimed the gross national happiness of the countries problems?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) Vietnam
(d) Japan
The correct answer is: Bhutan
Q.34 Which of the following formula is correct to know the actual growth of population?
(a) Birth + death – in migration + out-migration
(b) Birth + death +in migration – out-migration
(c) Birth – death – in migration + out-migration
(d) Birth – Death + in migration – out-migration
The correct answer is: Birth – death – in migration + out-migration
Q35. Which one of the following continent population growth rate?
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) South America
The correct answer is: Africa
Q36. Which one of the following is related to Kolkhor?
(a) Cooperative farming
(b) Collective farming
(c) Truck farming
(d) Garden farming
The correct answer is: Truck farming
Q37. Choose the incorrect statement regarding commercial livestock rearing
(a) commercial livestock rearing is associated with western culture
(b) parcels are fenced to regulate the grazing
(c) move from one place to another depending on the amount of pastures
(d) when the grass of one parcel is grazed animals are moved to another parcel
The correct answer is: parcels are fenced to regulate the grazing
Q38. Which the following pair is correct?
(a) Mediterranean picture agriculture – production of citrus fruits
(b) mixed farming – paddy dominated cultivation
(c) primitive subsistence agriculture – mechanized grain farming
(d) intensive subsistence agriculture – jhuming farming
The correct answer is: primitive subsistence agriculture – mechanized grain farming
Q39. Study the following statements I and II and choose the correct option.
I. the decades 1951-1981 42 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India,
II. During the period of rapid fall in the mortality rate and high fertility rate in the country.
(a) Only I is correct
(b) Only II is correct
(c) I and II both are wrong
(d) I and II both are correct, II correctly explain the I
The correct answer is: I and II both are correct, II correctly explain the I
Q40. Which one of the following countries has the highest immigration by the last residence in India?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) Nepal
The correct answer is: Bangladesh
Q41. Match the column I with column II and choose the correct option:
Column I
i. medieval town
ii. mining town
iii. Industrial Town
iv. ancient town
Column II
A. Modinagar
B. Varanasi
C. Jaipur
D. Raniganj
-i ii iii iv
(a) A B C D
(b) B A D C
(c) C D A B
(d) D C B A
The correct answer is: C D A B
Q42. In India open females move out from their parental houses after marriage. which one of the following States, the case is Reverse?
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
The correct answer is: Meghalaya
Q43. The main reason of intra migration in India is:
(a) Employment
(b) Education
(c) Health
(d) Pleasant Climate
The correct answer is: Employment
Q44. In which of the size classes has the highest number of towns in India?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) IV
The correct answer is: IV
Q45. Choose the correct pair of the following:
(a) Garrison town – Ambala
(b) Tourist town – Saharanpur
(c) Mining town – Kolkata
(d) Administration town – Singrauli
The correct answer is: Garrison town – Ambala
Q46. Which one of the following is the most important objective of Smart City Mission?
(a) To develop road network
(b) To expand the city
(c) To provide a sustainable environment
(d) To provide employment opportunities
The correct answer is: To provide a sustainable environment
Q47. In which of the Size class of urban centers India has the highest population?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) IV
The correct answer is: I
Q48. Which one of the following is the feature of National Water Policy?
(a) Should be least use of water
(b) Should be clean rivers
(c) Should be conserve water in each house
(d) Awareness as a scarce resource should be fostered
The correct answer is: Awareness as a scarce resource should be fostered
Q49. Physical factor responsible for the low density of population in Arunachal Pradesh is:
(a) Hilly State
(b) Lack of industries
(c) lack of transport network
(d) tribal population
The correct answer is: Hilly State
Q50. How much excess is the density of population of Bihar in respect of average density of population of India?
(a) 720
(b) 417
(c) 741
(d) 471
The correct answer is: 720
Q51. Which of the following Union Territories has the highest density of population?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Puducherry
The correct answer is: Chandigarh
Q52. Which of the following north-eastern States has the lowest desinty of population?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Sikkim
(d) Meghalaya
The correct answer is: Arunachal Pradesh
Q53. Which one of the following streams has the highest male migration?
(a) Rural to Rural
(b) Rural to Urban
(c) Urban to Rural
(d) Urban to Urban
The correct answer is: Rural to Urban
Q54. In Which of the following streams has the highest migration of females?
(a) Rural to Urban
(b) Urban to Rural
(c) Rural to Rural
(d) Urban to Urban
The correct answer is: Urban to Urban
Q55. Which stream shows the least migration?
(a) Rural to Rural
(b) Rural to Urban
(c) Urban to Rural
(d) Urban to Urban
The correct answer is: Urban to Rura
Q56. What is the main reason of female migration in India?
(a) Marriage
(b) Employment
(c) Education
(d) Health
The correct answer is: Marriage
Q57. It took 1500 years population to reach 5 million to 500 million. If it is considered as the first stage of demographic transition, which of the following is the main reason for the slow pace of population growth?
(a) high birth rate, low death rate
(b) high birth rate, high death rate
(c) low birth rate, high death rate
(d) low birth rate, low death rate
The correct answer is: high birth rate, high death rate
Q58. In which period the population increased rapidly?
(a) 127-1974
(b) 10,000 B.C- 1650 A.D
(c) 1804-1927
(d) 1650-1804
The correct answer is: 127-1974
Q59. How long did it take for the population to reach 1000 million to 4000 million?
(a) 123 years
(b) 170 years
(c) 277 years
(d) 221 years
The correct answer is: 170 years
Q60. Population explosion is the result of which of the following stages?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
The correct answer is: Second
