XII- GEOGRAPHY



NAVODAYA VIDYALYA SAMITI

SHILLONG REGION

WORKSHOP ON

PREPARING STUDY MATERIAL FOR CLASS XII

(27-12-2013 TO 28-12-2013)

Subject: GEOGRAPHY(HOT)

Venue:

JNV, MORIGAON (ASSAM)

PATRON: Smt. P.R.Verma Programme coordinator:

Deputy Commissioner Mr.S.F.Rahman

NVS RO Shillong Assistant Commissioner

NVS RO SHILLONG

PREPARED By Course Director

Mrs. Alo Acharjee Dr. B.K.Singh

PGT- (Geography,JNV,S. Tripura) Principal, JNV,S. Tripura

Mr. Niranjan Sarma

(PGT- Geography, JNV Sivasagar)

QUESTION BANK: GEOGRAPHY: XII

UNIT &CHAPTER WISE

UNIT 1

FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

NATURE AND SCOPE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

3 Marks Qs:

1. What is dualism? Give two examples of dualism in human Geography.

2. How Naturalization of humans is different from humanization of nature? Give three points.

3. List out any six subfields of social geography.

4”Mother Earth” is associated with which approach of Human Geography? Mention any two characteristics of this approach.

5 Which approach came into existence in late 1950s to late 1960s in Human Geography? List out two characteristics of this approach?

6. Which is the middle path between environmental determinism and environmental possibilism. Mention any two characteristics of this approach.

7. Mention various different approaches in the different period of human geography.

8. Mention various fields of Human Geography and their interface with sister discipline of social sciences.

9. Give a detailed account of definition of Human Geography as suggested by various scholars in different countries. 3X1=3

10.Describe five main segments of Human geography

11. “Human geography in the post World War second period has responded to the contemporary problems and issues of human society” Explain

UNIT 2

THE WORLD POPULATION

CHAPTER: 2 THE WORLD POPULATION

5 MARKS Qs

1 “Asia has many places where people are few and few places where people are very many” Who said these words and why this happens ? Justify your answers with four geographical factors. (1+4=5)

2 Explain the three stages of demographic transition model with diagram. What is the use of this demographic transition model ?

3. Mention five points that science and technology has contributed towards the world population growth of world.

4. Discuss any five basic concepts of Population geography.

5. What is migration? Mention any four pull and four push factors of migration?

6.Explain why the population growth has been rapid in the last few hundred years ?

CHAPTER: 3

POPULATION COMPOSITION

1. What is age-sex pyramid? Mention three types of age sex pyramid quoting examples from the world.

2. “Urbanisation and Industrialisation give rise to high density of population.” Justify the statement. 11/2+11/2=3

3. “Urbanisation and Industrialisation give rise to high density of population.” Justify the statement. 11/2+11/2=3

4. “Different parts of the World experience differential rates of population change”. Illustrate the statement. 3X1=3

5. Give reasons for high density of population in Monsoon Asia. 3

6. Which areas of the World have high population density ? Which factors have contributed to high population density in these areas. 2+3=5

7.What is the significance of age structure as a demographic determinant of a country’s population ? 3X1=3

8. Explain the interrelationship between population and development.’ 11/2+11/2=3

9. Describe the factors responsible for imbalances in the sex-ratio found in different parts of the World. 3

CHAPTER: 4

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

1 Evaluate five points why there is high level of human development Index in the western countries of world and low in other countries?

2. Define Human development. Mention four pillars of Human development.

3. What is human developmrnt? Which approaches are used to measure human development index?

UNIT 3

HUMAN ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER: 5 -PRIMARY ACTIVITIES

1 MARK Qs

1 Which is the specialized horticultural crop of Neitherland?

2 Which are the two types of intensive subsistence agriculture?

3What is ‘Ladang’?

4. In which country of the world cooperative farming has got more success?

3 MARKS Qs:

1. Explain stating two factors that there is low yield per acre but high yield per person in extensive commercial grain cultivation.

2. Justify with three points that Dairy farming is a high labour intensive type of agriculture.

3. Mention two factors which affect mining activity?

4. Which are the two types of mining?

5. Explain with examples how occupations of man is influenced by environment. 3X1=3

5 MARKS Qs:

1. Mention any five cahracterstics of plantation agriculture.

2. Write the characterstics of dairy farming.

3. What is the meaning of slash & burn agriculture? Why it is not favorable to environment? Describe this statement through four points.

4. Name the broad categories of Human Activities. Give an example of each. 5

5. Discuss the major trends and shifts in agricultural development process. 3

6. What is extensive agriculture ? Explain the main characteristics of extensive agriculture and through light on commercial grain farming in the middle latitudes.

CHAPTER: 6

SCONDARY ACTIVITIES

1 MARK:

1. Which traditional iron and steel industrial region of the world is now known as “Rust Bowl”?

2 What is CAD?

3. Which traditional iron and steel industrial region of the world is now known as “Rust Bowl”?

4. Which were the two major minerals of old Ruhr Industrial region?

5. Which manufacturing industry is called as basic industry?

3 MARKS:

1 List out three characteristics of footloose industries.

2. How traditional industrial regions can be recognized? Mention any three recognition points.

3. How new Ruhr landscape is different from old Ruhr mention any three points.

4. Why high technology industries are developing around the periphery of metropolitan cities.

5. Classify the manufacturing industries on the basis of ownership.

6. Mention the classification of Industries on the basis of scale.

7. Differentiate between small scale and large scale industries?

8. What do you understand by concept of high technology industry? Give examples.

9 Write down any three features of wholesale trading services and retail trading service.

10. Discuss any three feature of modern large scale manufacturing industries.

11. Mention any three characteristics of Informal/Non-formal sector

5 MARKS:

1. Classify the manufacturing industries of the world int five categories on the base of raw material.

2. Write an account of the iron and steel industry in Europe.

5X1=5

CHAPTER: 7

TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES

1. Gold collar jobs are associated with which types of activities?

2. Which is the major activity of tertiary sector in term of GDP.

3. The illiterate of the twentieth first century will not be those who do not read or write but those who do not learn, relearn and unlearn” Who said these words?

4 Define quaternary activities.

5 What are quinary activities?

6 Define outsourcing.

7 What is medical tourism?

8 Define digital divide.

9. What are KPO and BPO?

3 MARKS:

1. What is Outsourcing.Differentiate between Knowledge processing outsourcing (KPO) and Business processing outsourcing (BPO)

2. What is digital divide? Suggest two factors responsible for digital divide.

3. What is tourism? Mention any four contries which has ememrged as the main Medical tourism destination countries.

4. Differentiate between ruralmarketing centre and urban marketing centrer.

5. In what ways the service sector in developing countries is different than those in the advanced countries ? Explain. 5

6. Why specialised activities of the advanced economy such as finance and insurance have a scattered location around the Globe? How are they managed ? 5

7. “The occupational structure of a country changes with the change in its economic structure.” Elaborate the statement

CHAPTER: 8

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

1. Which two places were linked by the first public railway line?

2. The Pan American highways under construction will link which countries?

3. What is big trunk?

4. What is APPLE?

5. Which will be the longest proposed pipe line of the world?

3 MARKS:

1. Elucidate the statement “In a well managed transport system, various modes complement each other”.

2. 2 Write down three characteristics of each type of transport

a) road b) Railway c) Water d) Air transport e) Pipe line

3. List out transcontinental railway, their terminal stations, connecting oceans/seas and their significance

4. Study of Suez and Panama Canal; and answer the following questions:

a) Connecting oceans

b) Important ports

c) Importance

d) Ownership countries

5. Discuss any three factors effecting development of inland water ways.

6 What is import role for border roads?

7. Which are the main methods of transportation?

8. What factors affects the significance of transport mode?

Q. No. 16: Write short note on the development of satellite communication in India.

9. Compare the importance of railways for Trans-Siberian and Trans-Canadian Railways?

10. Write down theadvantages of transcanadian railway.

11. How oceans are responsible for the development of the trade?

12. Which is the biggest ocean route in the world? What is its importance of this route in international trade?

13. Distinguish between Suej Canal and Panama Canal?

14. Which is the Europe’s most important waterway? How does it has influenced the economy of Europe?

15. How does satellite communication revolutionized the communication system of the world?

16. Which are the three major regions of the World having a very dense network of railways ? 3X1=3

CHAPTER: 9

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

1 MARK

1. Expand MFN

2. Entrepot is which type pf Port.?

3. Which are the two main types of trade?

4. What is the total length of Silk route?

3 MARKS

1. What is Balance of trade? Mention two types of balance of trade.

2. Differentiate between bilateral trade and multilateral trade.

3. Why free trade of WTO is being criticized mention any three points for being criticized?

4. Explain three apects of international trade.

5. Explain the growing importance of Regional Trade Blocs in International Trade with special reference to EU, OPEC and ASEAN. 3X1=3

6. Explain the growing importance of Regional Trade Blocs in International Trade with special reference to EU, OPEC and ASEAN. 3X1=3

5 MARKS

1. Critically examine five critical issues related with international trade.

2. Classify the world ports into five caategories on the base of their specialized functions.

3. Mention any five characterstics of OPEC regional trade block.

4. Describe any five basis of international trade.

5. What are the main trends in International Trade ? Discuss in brief. 5X1=5

CHAPTER: 10

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

5 MARKS

1. Describe any five peculiar characterstics of Addis Ababa town. (The new flower)

2. Discuss any five environmental problems of urban settlements in developing countries.

3. Which factors effects the types of ruralsettlements?

4. List out any five problems of rural developing countries.

5. Which prorities has been outlined as part of the urban strategy by the UNDP.

6. Classify the types of urban settlements on the base of their size.

7. Describe the distributional pattern of Rural settlements in the World. 5

8. What do you mean by the structure of town ? Illustrate with examples. 3

9. “Distribution of urban population and its growth rate is very uneven in the World.” Explain. 5X1=5

CLASS -XII GEOGRAPHY

INDIA: PEOPLE & ECONOMY

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UNIT-I (CHAPTER – 1, 2 &3)

Q-1- When was the first complete census held in India?

Q- 2-Which state has the highest density of population in India?

Q- 3-Which state has the lowest density of population in India?

Q- 4-Which state has the highest population in India?

Q – 5-Which state has the highest Sex ratio in India?

Q – 6-Which state has the lowest Sex ratio in India?

Q – 7-Which state has the highest Urban Population percentage in India?

Q- 8-Which state has the highest Growth rate in India?

Q – 9-Which state has the lowest Urban Population percentage in India?

Q. -10- What is population growth? Describe the different Phases of population growth in India.

Q.-11-What is Migration. Mention four types of migration on the basis of their steam of migration.

Q. 12-Explain the causes of migration in India.

Q.-13- Describe the consequences of migration in India.

Q – 14-Describe the occupational composition of population in India?

Q – 15-Define Human Development.

Q -16- Give two reasons for declining child sex ratio in India?

Q -17- Which state has the lowest literacy in India?

Q -18- Which state has the highest poverty in India?

19. Up to what extend the trend of birth and death rates in India has

determined the growth of population ? 3X1=3

Q. No. 20: Explain the trend of growth of population in India during the last hundred

years.

Q. No. 21: Explain by giving one example each to show how relief, climate and soil

fertility have created great un-evenness in the distribution of population. 1+1+1=3

Q. No. 22: Write the four phases into which Indian demographic history is divided.

Q. No. 23: Describe briefly the main features of population growth in India during 1991 and 2001.

Q. No. 24: Identify the areas of high and low literacy composition in the country. 11/2+11/2=3

Q. No. 25: Which are the various two demographic indicators of human development.

UNIT-II (CHAPTER – 4)

Q.19- What is the types of Rural Settlement.

Q.20-Which type of rural settlement of India include- panna,para, Palli,nagla,dhani—etc

Q.21- Write three main characteristics of clustered settlement of India

Q.22-Classify Indian Town into three categories to their development and write one example of each category.

Q.23-Write the name of two ancient’s city of India

Q.24-What is the urban population percentage in India according to the census 2001

Q.25- what is Garrison Town. Give two example of Garrison Town

Q-26- Describe the Classification of Town on the basis of Population Size.

Q -27- Describe the Functional Classification of Towns.

Q.28-How many metropolitan cities in India according to the census 2001.

Q. No.29: “Indian population is male dominated”. Give three reasons to support

this statement.

Q. No.30: Define participation rate, main worker and marginal worker. 1+1+1=3

Q. No.31: Discuss the regional variations in the level of urbanization in India. 3X1=3

UNIT-III (CHAPTER – 5,6,7,8 & 9)

Q.29 – Differences between Current Fallow &Other than Current Follow

Q.30-Name the two cereal crops of India. Write the name of two states which are important producers.

Q.31- Discuss the three problems related to Indian Agriculture.

Q.32- State three differences between Dry land farming and Wet land farming.

Q.33-State any three important characteristic of Common Property Resource

Q.34- What is watershed management. Write its objects.

Q.35-Name the two cereal crops of India. Write the name of two states which are important producers.

Q.36- What is the main characters tics of Indian National Water Policy 2002

Q.37-Discuss the types of Mineral Resources.

Q.38– Discuss three main factors which influencing the location of Industry.

Q .39-Describe the Types of Industries on the basis of Size.

Q .40- Name the two sectors of cotton textile industries.

Q.41-What is nuclear energy. Name of nuclear energy station in India

Q.42-What are non-conventional energy. Write name any four non-conventional energy sources.

Q.43- Explain important characteristic of new industrial policy 1991

Q.44- State in brief about any one industrial region of India.

Q .45- Why do you think that Iron and Steel industry is basic to the industrial development of the country?

Q.46- Describe the positive impact of Indira Gandhi Canal on the agriculture.

Q.-47-Suggest any three points to promote Sustainable Development

Q .48- Write short notes on Drought-Prone Area and agro-climatic planning.

UNIT-IV(CHAPTER –10&11 )

Q.49- What do you mean by communication?

Q.50- How many length of Road transports in India, according to 2005.

Q.51 –What do you mean by hinterland.

Q.52- Which year was beginning of Radio Costing in India.

Q.53- Name the country, which the largest trade partner of India.

Q.54- Which year was stables of Indian Railway.

Q.55- What is the total length of National Highways according to 2005.

Q.56- Which is the longest N.H. in India.

Q.57- Name the largest National waterways of India.

Q.58 –Write the name of land locked sea port in India.

Q.59-Name the categories of Air transport in India

Q.60- Name of the largest sea port of India.?

Q.61- Name of the head quarter of Western Indian Railway Zone.?

Q.62 - Name the head quarter of central Indian railway zone.

Q.63-When was first air transports begin in India.

Q.64- What is the southern terminal station of north-south corridor project.

Q.65- What is the Eastern terminal station of East-west corridor project

Q.66- Which are the lists of Means of transports in India?

Q.67- Describe the role of Roads in the Economic development of India.

Q.68 - Describe the benefits of Pipeline transports.

Q.69- Distinguish between port and harbor.

Q.70 –Describe the composition of Export and Import trade of India.

Q.71-Describe the National Waterways of India.

Q.72- Discuss the Imports composition of international trade of India.

Q.73-Which Trophy is organized in the backwaters of Karla.

UNIT-IV (CHAPTER –12)

Q.74-– What is the difference between Pollution and Pollutants?

Q.75-.Name of most polluted River of India

Q.76-Write name the two major sources of water pollution

Q.77- Write the name of largest slum of Asia

Q.78- Name the two cities of U.P. that are mainly responsible for pollution of Ganga River.

Q.79-What is the source of Air Pollution

Q.80-What are the effects of air pollution on human health.

Q.81- Describe the nature of Water Pollution in India.

Q.82- Discuss three major problems associated with Urban Waste Disposal in India.

Q.83-Suggest the important measures of reduction of Land Degradation.

Q. Locate and labeling the following on the given out line map of India:-

(i). Sea ports of India

(ii) Power Energy Stations of India.

(iii) Software technology parks of India.

(iv) International Airports of India

(v) Major Iron-Steel Industries of India

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