CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024

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

Dharavi.

There is only one main road that traverses Dharavi, which has been reduced to less than half of that for most of its length. Some of the side alleys and lanes are so narrow that not even a bicycle can pass. The whole neighbourhood consists of temporary buildings, two or three storeyed high with rusty iron stairways to the upper part, where a single room is rented by a whole family, sometimes accommodating 10- 12 people; it is a kind of tropical version of the industrial dwelling of Victorian London's East End.

But Dharavi is a keeper of more sombre secrets than the revulsion it inspires in the rich; a revulsion, moreover, that is, in direct proportion to the role it serves in the creation of the wealth of Bombay. In this place of shadowless, treeless sunlight, uncollected garbage, stagnant pools of foul water, where the only creatures are the shining black crows and long grey rats, some of the of the most beautiful, valuable and useful articles in India are made. From Dharavi come delicate ceramics and pottery, exquisite embroidery and zari work, sophisticated leather goods, high-fashion garments, finely-wrought metalwork, delicate jewellery settings, wood carvings and furniture that would find its way into the houses, both in India and abroad.

Study the given diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

On the given political outline map of the World (on page 25), 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 them :

On the given political outline map of India (on page 27), locate and label any five of the following seven geographical features with appropriate symbols :

International Labour Organisation initiated which one of the following approaches of Human Development?

Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Manpower is an important component of the service sector.

Reason (R): Most of the tertiary activities are performed by skilled labour and professionally trained experts.

Two statements are given below as I and II. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option:

Statement I: Most of the quaternary activities can be outsourced.

Statement II: These services are not necessarily based on resources and market.

Which of the following sea route connects Vancouver and Yokohama?

Which of the following is an example of 'Entrepot Port'?

Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option:

Arrange the following commodities of Indian export during 2016-17 in descending order of their percentages and choose the correct option:

I. Crude and petroleum products

II. Manufactured goods

III. Agriculture and allied products

IV. Ore and minerals

Which of the following are the correct two terminal places of North-South Corridor?

Which one of the following is an example of solid waste?

Read the following sources of land pollution carefully and choose the correct option:

I. Improper human activities

II. Untreated industrial waste

III. Practice of primitive subsistence agriculture

IV. Use of pesticides and fertilizers

The given diagram is related to which of the following National Waterways of India?

Mark (B) on the diagram is related to which of the following places?

Which of the following is the longest National Waterway ?

National Waterway Number 2 is related to which of the following rivers ?

Choose the correct option related to the two end points of National Waterway Number 2.

Neo-determinism attempts to bring a balance between the two concepts of human-environment relationship. Examine the statement with examples.

Misuse of any resources will lead to fewer opportunities for future generations. Explain the statement with examples in the context of sustainable development.

Welfare approach of human development emphasizes on the actions for development of human beings. Explain the statement with examples.