NBSE Class 12 Question Paper 2022 Geography

Total number of printed pages: 4 NB/XII/GEO/1

2022
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 to ensure that all pages of the question paper is complete as indicated on the top
left side.

Section –A

1. Who is known as the father of human geography? 1

2. What are highways? 1

3. What is the full form of WTO? Where is the headquarter of WTO? ½ + ½=1

4. Mention two sub- fields of Economic Geography. 2

5. What is population density? 2

6. What is meant by Retail Trading Services? 2

7. What is a settlement? 2

8. a. Write any three characteristics of countries with High Index Value.
Or 3
b. Mention any three reasons why sex ratio is unfavorable to women in
some countries.

9. a. What is mining? Mention its two types. 1+2=3
Or
b. Mention any three differences between cottage industries and small-scale
industries. (3)

10. Why is road transport better than other modes of transport? 3

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11. a. Distinguish between compact settlements and dispersed settlements.
Or 3
b. Distinguish between inland ports and out ports.

12. a. State the chief characteristics of intensive subsistence agriculture dominated
by wet paddy cultivation.
Or 5
b. Mention any five characteristics of large scale industries.

13. a. Write any two advantages and three disadvantages of pipeline transport.
Or 2+3=5
b. What is International Trade? Explain briefly any three factors for which
International Trade depends on.

14. On the given world map, four areas are numbered. Choose any two and match
with the names given below 1+1=2
(a) Pacific ocean
(b) Pampas of South America

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Section –B

15. What is a town? 1

16. Name the two most polluted rivers of India. ½ + ½ =1

17. What are Agro-based industries? Give one example. 1+1=2

18. Mention any two steps to conserve water resources. 2

19. How is import different from export? 2

20. Define port. Give one example. 1+1=2

21. a. How is rural settlement different from urban settlement?
Or 3
b. Mention three methods to conserve coal. .

22. Explain in brief any three problems faced by Indian Agriculture. 3

23. a. Differentiate between personal and mass communication with examples.
Or 3
b. Write any three factors affecting Inland Waterways.

24. a. Differentiate between pollution and pollutants. 3
Or
b. What is air pollution? Mention any two main sources of air pollution.
(1+2=3)
25. a. Mention five challenges faced by Indian society concerning adolescents. 5
Or
b. What is human development? Mention the three indicators of a healthy life.
(2+3=5)
26. a. Distinguish between metallic and non-metallic minerals.
Or 5
b. Explain in brief any five geographical factors which influence the location
of industries.

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27. On the given map of India, five areas are numbered. Choose any three and
match with the names given below 1+1+1=3
a) Kaveri basin
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region

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