Roll No.
Q.P. Code 64/1/1
Geography (Theory) (Term II)
CBSE Class XII Board Examination 2022 (Term 2)
Time allowed: 2 hoursMaximum Marks: 35
General Instructions:
- The paper has 10 questions in five sections (A, B, C, D and E); all questions are compulsory.
- Section A: Q1–3 are very short answer questions of 2 marks each.
- Section B: Q4 is a source-based question of 3 marks.
- Section C: Q5 and Q6 are short answer questions of 3 marks each.
- Section D: Q7–9 are long answer questions of 5 marks each.
- Section E: Q10 is a map-based question of 5 marks.
- There is no overall choice; where an internal choice (OR) is given, attempt only one of the alternatives.
SECTION A
Very short answer questions: Q1–3 carry 2 marks each (3 × 2 = 6).
1.
Explain why access to a market is important when an industry is being set up anywhere in the world.
2
2.
Justify the statement that tertiary activities cover both production and exchange.
2
3.
State any four features of the North-Eastern Plateau mineral belt of India.
OR
State any four features of the South-Western Plateau mineral belt of India.
2
SECTION B
Source-based question: Q4 carries 3 marks (1 × 3 = 3).
4.
Source summary: The passage traces how the idea of development changed after World War II. At first it simply meant economic growth (rise in GNP and per capita income), but unequal distribution kept poverty high; so in the 1970s ideas of redistribution and equity were added, and by the 1980s development came to mean broad improvement in social and material well-being – health, education, equal opportunity and political and civil rights.
(4.1) Explain what is meant by the 'multidimensional concept of development'.
(4.2) Explain how 'growth' differs from 'development'.
(4.3) Define 'sustainable development'.
(4.1) Explain what is meant by the 'multidimensional concept of development'.
(4.2) Explain how 'growth' differs from 'development'.
(4.3) Define 'sustainable development'.
3
SECTION C
Short answer questions: Q5 and Q6 carry 3 marks each (2 × 3 = 6).
5.
With examples, explain how tourism has become the largest single tertiary activity in the world when measured by total revenue.
3
6.
Justify, with examples, why the iron and steel industry is described as a basic industry.
OR
With examples, justify the statement that 'high technology' industry is the newest generation of manufacturing in the world.
3
SECTION D
Long answer questions: Q7–9 carry 5 marks each (3 × 5 = 15).
7.
Using examples, explain how pollutants released by human activities cause water pollution in India.
5
8.
Examine the claim that India has one of the largest road networks in the world.
5
9.
What is meant by a 'transport network'? Describe the main features of road transport in the world.
OR
Define 'trans-continental railways'. Describe the main features of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
5
SECTION E
Map-based question: Q10 carries 5 marks (1 × 5 = 5).
10.
On a political outline map of India, locate and label any five of these with suitable symbols:
(10.1) Bauxite mines in Odisha
(10.2) Ratnagiri iron-ore mines
(10.3) An oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh
(10.4) Hazaribagh copper mines
(10.5) The eastern-most station of the East-West Corridor
(10.6) The southern-most metropolitan city on the Golden Quadrilateral
(10.1) Bauxite mines in Odisha
(10.2) Ratnagiri iron-ore mines
(10.3) An oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh
(10.4) Hazaribagh copper mines
(10.5) The eastern-most station of the East-West Corridor
(10.6) The southern-most metropolitan city on the Golden Quadrilateral
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Questions restated from the CBSE Class XII Board Examination 2022 (set 64/1/1) for practice. Reading passages and map items are described, not reproduced.