ASSEB| CLASS 12| GEOGRAPHY| QUESTION PAPER - 2025| H.S. 2ND YEAR

 

ASSEB| CLASS 12| GEOGRAPHY| QUESTION PAPER - 2025| H.S. 2ND YEAR

2024
GEOGRAPHY
(Theory)
Full Marks: 70
Pass Marks: 21
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

 

1. Answer any four from the following questions: 1x4=4

(a) Which one of the following is not a sub-field of Economic Geography?

(i) Geography of Resources

(ii) Geography of Industries

(iii) Medical Geography

(iv) Geography of Tourism

(b) Which one of the following age range of persons included in the group of working population?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) 15 to 55 years

(ii) 15 to 59 years

(iii) 20 to 60 years

(iv) 18 to 60 years

(c) Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) Rubber

(ii) Coffee

(iii) Wheat

(iv) Sugarcane

(d) Which one of the following is a tertiary activity?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) Trading

(ii) Fishing

(iii) Forestry

(iv) Hunting

(e) Which one of the following streams is dominated by male migrants in India?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) Rural to rural

(ii) Rural to urban

(iii) Urban to rural

(iv) Urban to urban

(f) Which one of the following is an Ancient town of India?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) Lucknow

(ii) Varanasi

(iii) Agra

(iv) Surat

(g) In India, in which year of the following, the first radio programme was broadcasted?

Choose the correct answer:

(i) 1923

(ii) 1927

(iii) 1930

(iv) 1957

2. Answer the following: (any four) 1x4=4

(a) Mention one factor affecting mining activity.

(b) Mention the name of one mineral-based industry.

(c) Mention one forest-based raw material using industry.

(d) Mention one type of water transport.

(e) Mention one hill district of Assam.

(f) Mention one tributary of the river Barak.

(g) Mention one cause of Acid Rain.

3. Answer in brief: (any ten) 2x10=20

(a) Mention two fields of Human Geography.

(b) Write the formula used in India to calculate the sex ratio.

(c) Mention two primary activities of human occupation.

(d) Mention any two among the four pillars of Human Development.

(e) Mention the two divisions of subsistence agriculture.

(f) Mention two reasons for low level of Human Development in most of the Northern States of India.

(g) Mention two mining towns of India.

(h) Mention two crop seasons of India.

(i) Mention two types of Non-Ferrous metallic minerals.

(j) Mention two major sea ports of India.

(k) In 1911, between which two places, the Air Transport in India started for the first time?

(l) Mention two Airports of South India.

(m) Which two are the types of International Trade?

4. Answer the following questions in about 100 words each: (any nine) 3x9=27

(a) Explain the factors that influence human migration.

(b) Explain the meaning of human growth and development.

(c) Write briefly about the significance of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

(d) Write briefly on the linear pattern of settlement.

(e) Write briefly the various factors and conditions responsible for different types of rural settlement in India.

(f) Write briefly on Tea cultivated areas in India.

(g) Explain briefly the meaning of Energy Resources and give two examples.

(h) Mention why the iron and steel industry is considered as the basic to the industrial development of any country.

(i) Define the concept of Sustainable Development.

(j) Write about the width-based railway categories in India.

(k) Write briefly the favorable environment prevailed in Assam for tea cultivation.

(l) Write briefly on the sub-sectors of Cotton Textile Industry.

(m) Write briefly on the concept of High-Tech industry.

5. Answer the following questions: (any three) 5x3=15

(a) Define human geography and write briefly how is human geography related to other social sciences. 2+3=5

(b) Discuss the factors influencing the distribution of population.

(c) Explain the advantages of water transport system.

(d) Explain the major causes and effects of water pollution in India. 2+3=5

(e) Draw an outline map of India and mark the locations of the following therein.

(i) Numaligarh

(ii) Srinagar

(iii) Narmada river

 

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