Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

Class XII Question Paper Term I

  1. Which one of the following organizations proposed the ‘Basic Needs Approach’ ?

    Options:
    1. InternationalLabourOrganization
    2. UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme
    3. WorldHealthOrganization
    4. International MonetaryFund

    Option: A

  2. Which is the main objective of development according to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen?

    Options:
    1. Increasein brotherhood
    2. Increaseinfreedom
    3. Increase indemocracy
    4. Increaseinequality

    Option: B

  3. Which one of the following has played an important role to decline in death rate rapidly through out the world?

    Options:
    1. BigHospitalschain
    2. Revolutioninsurgery
    3. Medicalhelpthroughinsurancescheme
    4. Inoculationagainstepidemicscommunicablediseases

    Option: D

  4. Choose the push factor of migration from the followings:

    Options:
    1. Socio-economic backwardness
    2. Pleasant climate
    3. Securityoflifeandproperty
    4. Peaceandstability

    Option: A

  5. Who among the following has said– ‘Asia has many places where people are few and few people place where people are very many’ ?

    Options:
    1. Prof.AmartyaSen
    2. Dr.Mahbub-ul-Haq
    3. GeorgeB.Cressey
    4. ThomasMalthus

    Option: C

  6. Which of the following school of thoughts is related to the different aspects of social well-being of the people ?

    Options:
    1. Behaviouralistic
    2. Humanistic
    3. Radical
    4. Utopian

    Option: B

  7. Who among the following defined Human Geography as conception resulting from a more synthetic knowledge of the physical laws governing our earth and of the relations between the living beings which inhabit it’?

    Options:
    1. Ratzel
    2. EllenC.Semple
    3. PaulVidaldelaBlache
    4. GriffithTaylor

    Option: C

  8. Which one of the following is often been described as transport network?

    Options:
    1. Respiratorysystems
    2. Arteriesofcirculation
    3. Bloodcirculation
    4. Heartcirculation

    Option: B

  9. In which one of the following States, Kundor Tanka is mainly used for rain water harvesting ?

    Options:
    1. Rajasthan
    2. Maharashtra
    3. AndhraPradesh
    4. Gujarat

    Option: A

  10. Haryali’ Water shed Development Project is run by which of the following ?

    Options:
    1. Non-GovernmentalOrganization
    2. LocalSelfGovernment
    3. StateGovernment
    4. CentralGovernment

    Option: D

  11. Which of the following States has the highest percentage of irrigated area through wells and tube wells ?

    Options:
    1. Punjab
    2. Haryana
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. MadhyaPradesh

    Option: A

  12. Which one of the following river comes under East Flowing Rivers of Group – 2 ?

    Options:
    1. Mahanadi
    2. Godavari
    3. Kaveri
    4. Swarnarekha

    Option: C

  13. Which one of the following is developed as the satellite town of Delhi?

    Options:
    1. Panipat
    2. Rohtak
    3. Mathura
    4. Meerut

    Option: B

  14. Which of the following is an example of ‘modern town”?

    Options:
    1. Surat
    2. Jaipur
    3. Lucknow
    4. Agra

    Option: A

  15. Choose the characteristics of clustered settlements?

    Options:
    1. MainlyfoundinHimachalPradesh
    2. Mainlyfoundin lowervalleysoftheHimalayas
    3. MainlyfoundinRajasthan
    4. Mainlyfoundinfertilealluvialplains

    Option: D

  16. In rural settlements people mainly depend on which of the following sectors for their livelihood ?

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

    Option: A

  17. Which one of the following is a social consequence of migration?

    Options:
    1. Growthof unplannedsettlements
    2. Intermixingofcultures
    3. Increaseinurbanpopulation
    4. Depletionofground water

    Option: B

  18. Which of the following sectors has the highest percentage of working population in India ?

    Options:
    1. Commerce
    2. Agriculture
    3. Manufacturing
    4. Trade

    Option: B

  19. Which of the following group of countries, Indians mainly migrated in third wave of migration ?

    Options:
    1. United Statesof America,Canada, United Kingdom
    2. Japan,China,, Vietnam
    3. Thailand,Malaysia,Singapore
    4. Mauritius, Fiji, SriLanka

    Option: A

  20. SECTION – A: Which one of the following physical factor is responsible for the uneven distribution of population in India?

    Options:
    1. Availability of water
    2. Agricultural development
    3. Transport Network
    4. Urbanization

    Option: A