CBSE Board Class 12 Geography Sample Papers 2011

Sample Question Paper
GEOGRAPHY (Theory)
CLASS XII

Time : 3 hrs.  Max. Marks : 70
General Instructions:

1.  There are 26 questions in all.
2.  All questions are compulsory.
3.  Marks for each question are indicated against it.
4.  Question numbers 1 to 10 are very short answer questions carrying 1 mark each.
     Answer to each of these questions should not exceed 20 words.
5.  Question numbers 11 to 20 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
     Answer to each of these questions should not exceed 80 words.
6.  Question numbers 21 to 25 are long answer questions of 5 marks each.
     Answer to each of these questions should not exceed 150 words.
7.  Question no. 26 is related to identification or locating and labelling of
     geographical features on maps.
8.  Outline maps of the World and India provided to you must be attached
      within your answer book.
9.  Use of templates or stencils for drawing outline maps is allowed.

Q 1.  What term is used for a railway line that runs across a continent and links its two ends?  1

Q 2.  Name the famous petroleum pipeline which connects the oil wells of the Gulf of Mexico to the North-Eastern States in   USA.  1

Q 3.  Name the air service of India which connects all the continents.  1

Q 4.  Explain the term truck farming.  1

Q 5.  Name the type of industry which has the following characteristics:
         assembly-line technique of mass production, advanced technology,
         use of various raw materials and enormous  energy.  1

Q 6.  Which type of rural settlement in India includes Panna, Para, Palli, Nagla,Dhani etc.  1

Q 7.  State any three characteristics of clustered rural settlements in India.  3x1=3

Q 8.  Name the two cities of Uttar Pradesh that are mainly responsible for polluting the River Ganga.  1

Q 9.  Which category of roads in India constitute only 2% of the total road length but they carry 40% of the total road traffic?1  

Q 10.  Name a port of Maharashtra and a Port of Tamil Nadu which have been constructed to reduce the pressure on the existing major ports.  1

Q 11.  Name the two most important cereal crops of India. Give the names of any two states which are the important producers of each of these crops.  1+2=3

Q 12.  Describe three main features of Indian Railways.  3x1=3

Q 13.  Explain three main features of possibilism approach in Human Geography.3x1=3

Q 14.  Explain the three factors on which the development of Inland waterways in the world depends. 3x1=3

Q 15.  Explain the main features of any three categories of towns in India classified on the basis of their functions.  3x1=3

Q 16.  Explain the impact of technology in increasing the agriculatural output in India. Give three points in this regard.3*1 

Q 17.  Explain the meaning of Rainwater Harvesting. How is rainwater harvesting beneficial to us? Give four points for it.3  

Q 18.  Explain any three sources of air pollution in India.  3x1=3


Q 20.  Study the above diagram showing the location of a major steel plant of india and answer the following questions:
           (1) Name the state in which this steel plant in located. 1
           (2) What is the source of iron ore for this plant?1
           (3) Name the two sources providing water and power to this steel plant.1

Q 21.  Name the two types of international trade. Describe two main features of each.  1+2+2=5

Q 22.  Describe any five environmental problems associated with urban settlements in the developing countries of the world.  5x1=5

Q 23.  Name the four langugage families in India. Which one of them is spoken by the largest number of people in the country? Name any four states in which this language is mainly spoken.  2+1+2=5

Q 24.  On the basis of place of residence, classify the population of the world into two groups. Explain two main characteristics of each group of population.  1+2+2=5

Q 25.  “The modern economic development in the world is mainly the result of the development of Quarternary Services”. Justify the statement with five suitable arguments.  5x1=5