AHSEC| CLASS 12| GEOGRAPHY| SOLVED PAPER - 2019| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2019
GEOGRAPHY
(Theory)
Full
Marks: 70
Pass
Marks: 21
Time:
Three hours
The
figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
1. Choose the correct answer from the four alternatives given below: 1×4=4
(a) Which of the two seas/oceans are connected by the Suez
Canal?
(i) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
(ii) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
(iii) Caspian Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
(iv) Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Ans:- (i) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
(b) Jamshedpur is an example of which type of town/city?
(i) Commercial city.
(ii) Industrial city.
(iii) Mineral town.
(iv) Administrative town.
Ans:- (ii) Industrial city.
(c) Which state is ranked first in tea production in India?
Ans:- Assam.
(d) Which country has the largest road network in the
world?
Ans:- United State of America.
2. Answer very briefly
on:
1×4=4
(a) What is the full form of NHAI?
Ans:- National Highway Authority of India.
(b) Write the name of a disease caused by water pollution.
Ans:- Typhoid of a disease caused by water pollution.
(c) Where the Rengma Hill is situated?
Ans:- Nagaland.
(d) In which district the literacy rate is highest in Assam as per
the census 2011?
Ans:- Kamrup Metropolitan (89%).
3. Answer in
brief: 2×10=20
(a) What do you mean by Environmental determinism?
Ans:- Environmental determinism, also known as climate determinism or
geographic determinism, is the belief that the physical environment drives
human social development towards particular trajectories.
(b) What are the problems of human settlement in developing
countries?
Ans:- Settlements in developing countries suffer from various problems
such as unsustainable concentration of population, overcrowded housing and
streets, lack of drinking water facilities. They also lack basic infrastructure
such as electricity, sewage disposal, health, and educational facilities.
(c) Write two socio-economic factors responsible
for distribution of population.
Ans:- Socio-economic Factors: The important Socio-economic factors are:
(i) Minerals: Minerals are not available
all over the world. Some areas are rich in minerals while some areas are devoid
of minerals. Therefore, areas with more mineral deposits are densely populated.
(ii) Urbanization: Cities offer better
opportunities in all respects. Therefore, all urbanized areas are densely
populated.
(d) Why India is called a land of villages? Justify.
Ans:- India is a country of villages as more than 72.2% of the
population lives in over 58 lakh villages of various sizes.
Providing
social services and facilities to all these rural settlements is a mammoth
task.
(e) What are the two bases of Indian migration?
Ans:- Internal migration and International migration.
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