CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024

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

Tertiary Sector

When you fall ill you go to your family doctor or you call a doctor. Sometimes your parents take you to a hospital for treatment. While in school, you are taught by your teachers. In the event of any dispute, legal opinion is obtained from a lawyer. Likewise, there are many professionals who provide their services against payment of their fee. Thus, all types of services are special skills provided in exchange of payments. Health, education, law, governance and recreation etc. require professional skills. These services require other theoretical knowledge and practical training. Tertiary activities are related to the service sector. Manpower is an important component of the service sector as most of the tertiary activities are performed by skilled labour, professionally trained experts and consultants.

In the initial stages of economic development, larger proportion of people worked in the primary sector. In a developed economy, the majority of workers get employment in tertiary activity and a moderate proportion is employed in the secondary sector.

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

India - Occupational Structure, 2011

On the given political outline Map of the World, seven geographical features have been marked as A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Identify any FIVE correctly with the help of following information and write their correct names on the lines marked near them :

Locate and label any five of the following geographical features on the

given political outline Map of India with appropriate symbols :

Read the following characteristics of wholesale trading carefully and choose the correct option:

I. It is constituted by numerous intermediaries, merchants and supply houses.

II. Wholesalers often extend credit to retail stores.

III. Generally, retailers operate very largely on the wholesaler's capital.

IV. Mall mode, automatic vending machines, and trot vendors are some of its examples.

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

Assertion (A): Industries based on ores are located close to the sources of raw material.

Reason (R): Industries maximize profits by reducing transportation costs.

Which one of the following is the false reason for the high growth rate of urban population in India?

The characteristics of an agricultural crop in India are given below. Read the following characteristics carefully and identify the crop:

I. It is a crop of tropical humid area.

II. West Bengal farmers grow it three crops in a year.

III. It is grown as a Kharif crop in north-western parts.

IV. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are major producing states.

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

Assertion (A): The economic development of a region depends upon its resources.

Reason (R): Economic development requires technologies as well as investment.

Match the Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct option.

Which of the following is an example of a ‘Modern City’ ?

Choose the correct option related to Garrison towns in India

Read the following characteristics of settlements carefully and identify its

type :

1. It is seen in the form of isolated huts in the forest.

2. It is visible on the slopes of small hills.

3. This kind of settlements are found in different parts of Meghalaya,

Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Choose the correct option to fill the blanks :

Indian Railway was introduced in 1853 and a railway line was

constructed from ..............to................. covering a distance of 34 km.

Which one of the following human body system gets affected the most by

water pollution ?

Which of the following tribes is in majority in Jhabua district of Madhya

Pradesh ?

Demographic Transition Theory

The first stage has high fertility and high mortality because people reproduce more to compensate for the deaths due to epidemics and variable food supply. The population growth is slow and most of the people are engaged in agriculture where large families are an asset. Life expectancy is low, people are mostly illiterate and have low levels of technology. Two hundred years ago all the countries of the world were in this stage.

Fertility remains high in the beginning of second stage but it declines with time. This is accompanied by reduced mortality rate. Improvements in sanitation and health conditions lead to decline in mortality. Because of this gap the net addition to population is high.

In the last stage, both fertility and mortality decline considerably. The population is either stable or grows slowly. The population becomes urbanished, literate and has high technical know-how and deliberately controls the family size.

This shows that human beings are extremely flexible and are able to adjust their fertility.

• In which of the following stage/stages, the death rate declined the most ?

Demographic Transition Theory

The first stage has high fertility and high mortality because people reproduce more to compensate for the deaths due to epidemics and variable food supply. The population growth is slow and most of the people are engaged in agriculture where large families are an asset. Life expectancy is low, people are mostly illiterate and have low levels of technology. Two hundred years ago all the countries of the world were in this stage.

Fertility remains high in the beginning of second stage but it declines with time. This is accompanied by reduced mortality rate. Improvements in sanitation and health conditions lead to decline in mortality. Because of this gap the net addition to population is high.

In the last stage, both fertility and mortality decline considerably. The population is either stable or grows slowly. The population becomes urbanished, literate and has high technical know-how and deliberately controls the family size.

This shows that human beings are extremely flexible and are able to adjust their fertility.

• Which one among the following countries is an example of second stage?