NBSE Class 11 Question Paper 2021 for Geography

Total number of printed pages: 4 NB/XI/GEO/1
2021
GEOGRAPHY
Total marks: 70 Time: 3 hours

General instructions:
i) Approximately 15 minutes is allotted to read the question paper and revise the
answers.
ii) All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.
iii) The question paper consists of 27 questions divided into Section A and Section B.
iv) Internal choice has been provided in some questions.
N.B: Check that all pages of the question paper is complete as indicated on the top left side.

Section –A

1. Define the term ‘Geography’. 1

2. How many percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water? 1

3. Who coined the term ‘ecology’? 1

4. Name any two main branches of physical geography. 2

5. Differentiate between focus and epicentre. 2

6. Distinguish between conduction and convection. 2

7. Write any two steps for biodiversity conservation. 2

8. Explain in brief the three types of earthquake waves. 3

9. a. Distinguish between igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Or 1½+1½=3
b. Distinguish between landslide and earth slide.

10. a. What is precipitation? State any two conditions under which precipitation
occurs.
Or 1+2=3
b. What is front? Differentiate between warm front and cold front.

11. State any three importance of continental shelf. 3

12. Write any five differences between physical and chemical weathering. 5

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13. a. Explain in brief any five factors responsible for controlling temperature.
5
Or
b. What is condensation? State four conditions under which condensation
occurs. (1+4=5)

14. On the given world map, four areas are numbered. Match the numbers with the
names given below. 1+1= 2
(a) Queensland (b) Eastern Himalayas

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Section -B

15. Name one country sharing its land border with India. 1

16. Name the two island countries located in the Indian Ocean. 1

17. What are lagoons? Name a city located on a lagoon. 1+1=2

18. Write any two features of peninsular plateau in India. 2

19. What is desertification? 2

20. Differentiate between agro forestry and community forestry. 2

21. State three reasons why ‘the Indian ocean is truly Indian ocean’. 3

22. a. Mention any three differences between bhangar and khadar. 1½+1½=3
Or
b. Write any three features of the Indian desert. (3)

23. Write any three differences between west and east coastal plains. 3

24. a. Mention any three aims of the National Forest Policy 1988.
Or 3
b. Write any three characteristics of black soil.

25. Write five characteristics of the Himalayan Mountains. 5

26 a. Mention five reasons for the decline of wildlife in India. 5
Or
b. What is soil erosion? Explain briefly any four methods to check soil
erosion. (1+4=5)

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27. On the given India map, five areas are numbered. Match the numbered areas
with the names given below 1+1+1=3
a) Kaziranga National park
b) Kaveri River
c) Deccan Plateau