MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2018 for Geography

Total No. of Printed Pages—8
HS/XII/A. Sc/Geo/18

2018

GEOGRAPHY

Full Marks : 70
Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.
(ii) Attempt Part—A (Objective Questions) serially.
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.

( PART : A—OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 43 )

GROUP—A
( Marks : 23 )

SECTION—I

1. Choose and write the correct answer from the
options given below : 1×8=8
(a) The monumental work Anthropogeographic was
written by
(i) Carl Ritter
(ii) Friedrich Ratzel
(iii) Miss Ellen Semple
(iv) Vidal de La Blache

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( 2 )

(b) Which one of the following is an important
pipeline of Russia?
(i) COMECON
(ii) Big Inch
(iii) HBJ
(iv) Trans-Arabian Peninsula

(c) A large proportion of population in the age group
of 15–59 indicates
(i) high dependency ratio
(ii) greater expenditure on health care
(iii) working population
(iv) None of the above

(d) Which one of the following is an educational
town of India?
(i) Aligarh
(ii) Shimla
(iii) Meerut
(iv) Chennai

(e) Digboi is associated with the production of
(i) iron ore
(ii) manganese
(iii) coal
(iv) petroleum

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(f) Which one of the following forms of settlement
develops along either side of roads, rivers or
canals?

(i) Circular

(ii) Linear

(iii) Cross-shaped

(iv) Square

(g) Which one of the following is the highest peak of
the Garo Hills?

(i) Shillong Peak

(ii) Nokrek Peak

(iii) Diengiei Peak

(iv) Tura Range

(h) Which one of the following is the largest
linguistic group of India?

(i) Austric

(ii) Sino-Tibetan

(iii) Dravidian

(iv) Indo-Aryan

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2. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct answer
from the options given below : 1×8=8

(a) The approach in which nature determines the
activities of human beings is known as _____.

(i) possibilism

(ii) environmental determinism

(iii) neo-determinism

(iv) dualism

(b) The first railway of the world was constructed in
_____.

(i) India

(ii) England

(iii) France

(iv) Africa

(c) _____ are located on the seacoast and are centres
of imports and exports.

(i) New towns

(ii) Fishing towns

(iii) Trading towns

(iv) Port towns

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(d) Jharia is a _____ town of India.
(i) transport
(ii) mining
(iii) commercial
(iv) educational

(e) _____ has the highest rank in Human
Development Index in India.
(i) Tamil Nadu
(ii) Punjab
(iii) Kerala
(iv) Madhya Pradesh

(f) Acid rain is caused by _____.
(i) water pollution
(ii) air pollution
(iii) noise pollution
(iv) land pollution.

(g) _____ is the only country in the world to officially
proclaim the Gross National Happiness.
(i) Nepal
(ii) Bangladesh
(iii) Bhutan
(iv) Iraq

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(h) _____ is the largest city of India.

(i) Chennai

(ii) Kolkata

(iii) Delhi

(iv) Greater Mumbai

SECTION—II

3. Give direct answers to the following questions : 1×7=7

(a) Who introduced the concept of
Neo-determinism?

(b) Name any two components of population
change.

(c) Name two agro-based industries.

(d) Which are the two major sources of land
pollution in India?

(e) Name the Headquarters of North-East Frontier
Railway.

(f) Which river is polluted by the city of Allahabad?

(g) Mention two causes of migration.

( 7 )

GROUP—B
( Marks : 20 )

SECTION—I

4. Answer the following questions (within 2 or
3 sentences each) : 2×4=8

(a) Define positive or negative growth of population.

(b) Define human development.

(c) What is nomadic herding?

(d) Into how many major physical divisions
Meghalaya is divided? Name them.

SECTION—II

5. Answer the following questions (within 5 or
6 sentences each) : 3×4=12

(a) Mention the advantages of pipelines transport.

(b) What is meant by globalization?

(c) Describe any one consequence of migration.

(d) What are the effects of air pollution on human
health?

( 8 )

( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 27 )

6. Define trans-continental railways. Describe any two
major trans-continental railways of the world. 1+4+4=9
Or

What are secondary activities? Name the geographical
factors influencing the location of industries.
Differentiate between small-scale and large-scale
industries. 1+1+3½+3½=9

7. Give an account of the distribution of
non-conventional sources of energy in India. 9
Or

Name the different methods of irrigation practised in
India. Why is irrigation necessary for agriculture in
India? 2+7=9

8. What is subsistence agriculture? Describe the
characteristics and areas of primitive subsistence
agriculture. 1+4+4=9
Or

Explain any six categories of land use in India. 9

HHH

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