Geography Board Sample Paper 2023-2024 Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

Assertion: High level of human development group has 53 countries.

Reason: A higher investment in people and good governance has set this group apart from others.

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.

(A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.

Consider the following and choose the correct answer with the help of given codes-

I - 1, II - 2, III - 3, IV - 4 

I - 2, II - 1, III - 4, IV - 3

I - 4, II - 3, III - 2, IV - 1 

I - 2, II - 1, III - 3, IV - 4 

Maracaibo, Esskhira and Tripoli ports are classified as - 

Ports of Call

Naval Ports

Oil Ports

Entrepot ports

Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer with the help of given Option:

1. The resource intensive approach of modern expensive agriculture has become unmanageable for marginal and small farmers due to very meager or no saving to invest in agriculture.
2. Most of such farmers have resorted to availing credit from various institutions and money lenders but crop failures and low returns from agriculture have forced them to fall in the trap of indebtedness.

Both the statements are true.

Only statement I is true.

Only statement II is true.

Both the statements are wrong.

Given below is a list of pillars of human development and its indicators. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?

Sino – Tibetan

Austric

Indo – Aryan

Dravidian

Which of the followings is not a function of World Trade Organization (WTO)?

WTO is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations.

WTO resolves disputes between its member nations.

WTO covers trade in services, such as telecommunication and banking.

WTO provides funding to the global economies.

Which of the following is an example of low order service?

Teacher

Gardener

Lawyer

Musician

In which of the following group of countries of the world, HYVs of wheat and rice were developed?

Japan and Australia

U.S.A. and Japan

Mexico and Philippines

Mexico and Singapore

Statement I: In recent years- ropeways, cableways and pipelines were developed as a means of transport.

Statement II: They were developed to cater to the demands of transporting specific goods under special circumstances.

Only statement I is correct.

Only statement II is correct.

Both the statements are correct, and statement II correctly explains statement I.

Both the statements are true but not related with each other.

Given below are the steps to generate geothermal energy. Arrange the following in correct sequence:

1. It is so hot that when it rises to the earth's surface, it turns into steam.
2. Groundwater in such areas (where the geothermal gradient is high) absorbs heat from the rocks and becomes hot.
3. This steam is used to drive turbines and generate electricity.
4. Geothermal energy exists, because the earth grows progressively hotter with increasing depth.

(iv) - (ii) - (i) - (iii)

(ii) - (i) - (iv) - (iii)

(i) - (iv) - (iii) - (ii)

(iii) - (ii) - (iv) - (i)

Which of the following is NOT the benefit of rainwater harvesting?

It increases water availability.

It checks the declining groundwater table.

It improves the quality of ground water through dilution of contaminants like fluoride and nitrates.

Helpful in production of hydroelectricity.

Which of the following plan was introduced to improve the conditions of roads in India after independence?

Five Year Road Plan

Nagpur Plan

Ten Years Road Plan

Twenty Years Road Plan

If you are asked to formulate the National Water Policy, what will be the utmost important priority for you.

To provide water for generation of hydroelectricity

Availability of water for industries

To provide drinking water

Availability of water for navigation

Read the following graph and answer the question

How does the natural increase in population occur, as per the graph?

Birth Rate – Death Rate

Death Rate + Birth Rate

Growth Rate - Birth Rate

Birth Rate + Migration

Read the following graph and answer the question.

What does the transition from high fluctuating stage to low fluctuating stage indicate?

Shift from Urban Industrial economy to Rural Agrarian economy

Shift from Rural Agrarian economy to Urban Industrial economy

Low Birth and Death Rate to High Birth and Death Rate

Migration from Urban to Rural areas

Read the following graph and answer question.

From the given graph, what condition can you infer about the developing countries?

High Birth Rate and High Death Rate

Low Birth rate and Low Death rate

High Birth Rate and Low Death Rate

Low Birth Rate and High Death Rate

Read the given Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. How is rural settlement different from urban settlement?
2. ‘Towns act as nodes of economic growth.’ Justify the statement.
3. Social relationships are more intimate in rural areas in comparison to urban areas. Give one reason for the same.

Observe the given map and answer the following questions:

1. Name the Railway line and the country where it lies.
2. Name the stations marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’.
3. State two reasons why it is the most important route in Asia?

“The basic goal of development is to create conditions where the people can live a meaningful life” – What do you mean by meaningful life?

How do people’s choices get affected in different aspects of life due to lack of human development?

What are the features of National Youth Policy?

How is 'Naturalisation of Humans' different from 'Humanisation of Nature'?

Evaluate the dualisms that exist in Geography.

“Quaternary activities centre around research and development.” Examine the statement.

"There is low yield per acre but high yield per person in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes in the world." Support the statement with suitable examples from different parts of the world.

Suggest the measures of promotion of sustainability in the Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area.

Land degradation in India is caused by human made processes that are more harmful than natural processes. Explain the statement with suitable examples.

How has noise pollution become a serious problem in recent years in India? Explain.

How are technological innovations important aspects of modern manufacturing industries? Explain any three aspects in this regard.

"High technology, is the latest generation of manufacturing activities." Examine the statement.

What are the advantages of sea ports for India?

Why is seaport termed as gateway of international trade?

On the given political map of the World, seven geographical features have been marked as A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Identify any five with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near each feature.

1. A major seaport.
2. An international airport.
3. An important Seaway.
4. An area of subsistence gathering in South America.
5. An important seaport of Asia.
6. An area of Nomadic Herding.
7. Region of extensive commercial grain agriculture.

Locate and label any five of the following geographical features on the Political Outline map of India with appropriate symbols:

1. An important seaport in Andhra Pradesh.
2. An important coal mine in Tamil Nadu.
3. Ratnagiri - iron ore mines.
4. An oil refinery in Gujarat.
5. The state with highest population density.
6. The state leading in the production of jute.
7. An international airport in Kerala.