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GEOGRAPHY
(316)
[APRIL
- 2023]
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
SECTION - A
हिंदी माध्यम: यहां क्लिक करें
1. Why Red Sea has high salinity? Give one reason. 1
Ans:- High evaporation and low rainfall.
2. Name any two states of India where subsistance
agriculture is practised. 1⁄2×2=1
Ans:- Intensive subsistence farming is done in
densely populated areas of Haryana, Punjab.
3. Name the ocean which has the largest number of
trenches. 1
Ans:- The Pacific Ocean has the highest number of
oceanic trenches.
4. Write the names of terminal stations of North-South
corridor. 1⁄2×2=1
Ans:- Southern terminal station of the North-South
corridor at Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Kochi in Kerala is also considered the
terminal station of the south.
5. Define a glacier. Name any two landforms created by
glacial erosion. 1+1=2
Ans:- A glacier is a body of dense ice that moves
under its own weight. Glaciers form when ice continues to accumulate for many
years, often centuries, and this accumulation exceeds filtration. U-shaped
valleys, Cirques.
6. Define density of population. What is the density of
population of India according to census 2001? 1+1=2
Ans:- Population density is the number of people per
unit of area. It is often calculated for a country, city, county or region.
According to the
2001 census, India's population density was 324 persons per square kilometer.
This was an increase of 21.3% from 1991. In 1951, India's population density
was 117 persons per square kilometer.
7. "The continental shelves are of great importance
to man." Support this statement by giving any two arguments. 1×2=2
Ans:- Continental shelves are also important because
they are nursery grounds for living resources. They have abundant plant and
animal life because sunlight reaches these parts of the ocean.
8. Explain any two important characteristics of Alpine
vegetation found in India. 1×2=2
Ans:- In these alpine tundra, a diverse range of
plant species and taxa coexist as a plant community. These include perennial
grasses, sedges, forbs, cushion plants, mosses and lichens. Low temperatures,
dryness, UV radiation, wind, drought, poorly nourished soils and short growing
seasons are among the factors to which alpine plants have adapted.
These forests
can be found at altitudes ranging from 2800 meters to 4000 meters. Some
important tree species include silver firs, pines, junipers and birches.
However, their growth is also hindered at higher latitudes. These are two
distinctive features of alpine forests.
9. Differentiate between Human Development and Economic
Development. 2
Ans:- Human Development:
(i) Overall
welfare of an individual
(ii)
Capabilities of individuals
Economic
development:
(i) Development
of economic sectors of a nation
(ii) the economy
as a whole
10. "Geography is an interdisciplinary
subject." Examine this statement with four suitable examples. 1×4=4
Ans:- Geography is an interdisciplinary subject
because it integrates knowledge from different fields, such as: physical
sciences, social sciences, environmental studies.
Geography is
interdisciplinary because:
(i) Space and
space affect various subjects, such as economics, health, climate, plants and
animals.
(ii) It helps in
understanding the complex relationships between various natural and human
phenomena and how they influence each other.
(iii) It looks
at the causes and effects of the arrangement of various cultural and natural
features of the earth's surface.
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