Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

Class XII (Fundamentals of Human Geography)

  1. Duisburg, Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Essen are well known for iron and steel industry. These are located in which of the following countries?

    Options:
    1. U.K.
    2. Germany
    3. France
    4. Russia

    Option: B

  2. Krivoi Rog, and Donetsk in Ukraine are important centre of

    Options:
    1. Iron and steel industry
    2. Cotton textile industry
    3. Sugar industry
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  3. Which one of the following statements is wrong?

    Options:
    1. Cheap water transport has facilitated the jute mill industry along the Hugli.
    2. Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries.
    3. The development of hydro-electricity and petroleum reduced, to a great extent, the importance of coal energy as a locational factor for industry.
    4. Port towns in India have attracted industries.

    Option: B

  4. In which one of the following types of economy are the factors of production owned individually?

    Options:
    1. Capitalist
    2. Capitalist
    3. Mixed
    4. None

    Option: A

  5. Which one of the following types of industries produces raw materials for other industries?

    Options:
    1. Cottage Industries
    2. Small-scale Industries
    3. Basic Industries
    4. Footloose Industries

    Option: C

  6. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

    Options:
    1. Automobile industry ¦ Los Angeles
    2. Shipbuilding industry ¦ Lusaka
    3. Aircraft industry ¦ Florence
    4. Iron and Steel industry ¦ Pittsburgh

    Option: D

  7. The service sector is related to which type of the economic activities

    Options:
    1. Primary
    2. Secondary
    3. Tertiary
    4. Quaternary

    Option: C

  8. In a developed economy, the majority of workers get employment in

    Options:
    1. Tertiary activities
    2. Secondary activities
    3. Primary activities
    4. Quaternary activities

    Option: A

  9. Tertiary activities include

    Options:
    1. Only production of services
    2. Only exchange of services
    3. Both A and B
    4. Neither A nor B

    Option: C

  10. Which of the following is NOT an example of non-store retail trading

    Options:
    1. Street peddling
    2. Automatic vending machines
    3. Mail-order
    4. Fixed stores

    Option: D

  11. Transport distance can be measured as

    Options:
    1. Km distance
    2. Time distance
    3. Cost distance
    4. All of these

    Option: D

  12. Lines on a map to join places equal in terms of the time taken to reach them is called

    Options:
    1. Isotherm
    2. Isoneph
    3. Isochrone
    4. Isobars

    Option: C

  13. In a transport system, a meeting point of two or more routes, a point of origin, a point of destination is termed as

    Options:
    1. Link
    2. Node
    3. Edge
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  14. A road that joins two nodes is called

    Options:
    1. Edge
    2. Link
    3. Node
    4. Vertex

    Option: B

  15. Which of the following factors does not affect routes in a transport system

    Options:
    1. Type of climate
    2. Location of raw materials
    3. Nature of the landscape
    4. Population size

    Option: D

  16. Which of the following is the world’s single largest tertiary activity in terms of total registered jobs and total revenue

    Options:
    1. Medical Services
    2. Communication
    3. Tourism
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  17. Which of the following is one of the main reasons for the importance of tourism in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean lands

    Options:
    1. Climate
    2. Landscape
    3. History and Art
    4. Culture and Economy

    Option: A

  18. Which of the following has emerged as a profitable business in Madikere and Coorg in Karnataka

    Options:
    1. Medicare
    2. Heritage homes
    3. Entertainment Parks
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  19. The highest level of decision makers or policy makers are included in

    Options:
    1. Quinary activities
    2. Quaternary activities
    3. Tertiary activities
    4. Primary activities

    Option: A

  20. Worker involved in Quinary activities are known as

    Options:
    1. Blue collar professionals
    2. Gold collar
    3. White collar
    4. Red collar

    Option: B