QUESTION PAPER
2025 BOARD EXAM
CBSE CLASS 12-HUMANITIES GEOGRAPHY Board Paper 2025 — Set 3
2025
GEOGRAPHY
CLASS 12-HUMANITIES
CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2025
GEOGRAPHY
(Solved)
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them :
- This question paper contains 39 questions. All questions are compulsory.
- This question paper is divided into 4 sections.
- Section A – questions number 1 to 8 are case based questions
- Section B – questions number 9 to 26 are multiple choice questions
- Section C – questions number 27 to 30 are short answer
- Section D – questions number 31 to 39 are long answer
- There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
- Use of calculator is NOT allowed.
Section A
Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
In agriculturally important countries, agro products are exchanged for manufactured goods, whereas industrialised nations export machinery and finished products and import food grains and other raw materials. Foreign investment can boost trade in developing countries which lack in capital required for the development of mining, oil drilling, heavy engineering, lumbering and plantation agriculture. By developing such capital intensive industries in developing countries, the industrial nations ensure import of food stuffs, minerals and create markets for their finished products. This entire cycle steps up the volume of trade between nations.
(1) What types of items are exported by the industrialised nations?
[1 Marks](2) Mention the way by which trade could be boosted in developing countries.
[1 Marks](3) Finished products of industrialised nations find the market in which types of countries?
[1 Marks]
(1) Identify both the terminal ports of the Rhine waterway.
[1 Marks](2) On the map, which river joins the Rhine waterway from the east?
[1 Marks](3) Identify any two countries through which the Rhine waterway passes.
[1 Marks]Answer the following questions.
(1) Name both the terminal ports of the Rhine waterway.
(2) Name any two countries through which the Rhine waterway passes.
(3) Write the name of any one tributary which joins the Rhine waterway from the east.
Study the following table carefully and answer the questions that
follow :
(1) In which decade is the maximum increase in number of towns/UAs observed ?
(2) Describe the trend of urbanisation in India.
(3) The lowest increase in the percentage of total urban population is recorded in which decade ?
On the given political outline map of the world , seven geographical features have been marked as A, B, C, D, E, F and Identify any five with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
(1) A. A major sea port
(2) E. A major area of extensive commercial grain farming
(3) B. A major airport
(4) F. A major area of commercial livestock rearing
(5) C. A terminal station of a trans-continental railway
(6) D. A major area of nomadic herding
(7) G. A major area of subsistence gathering
Answer any five questions out of the following :
(1) Name any one sea port of North America.
(2) Name the area of extensive commercial grain farming of South Africa.
(3) Name any one area of commercial livestock rearing of Oceania.
(4) Name the area of nomadic herding in the eastern part of Africa.
(5) 3. Name the terminal station at the western end of Australian Trans-Continental Railway.
(6) 2. Name any one airport of South America.
(7) Name the area of subsistence gathering of Africa.
On the given political outline map of India , locate and label any five of the following seven geographical features with appropriate symbols :
(1) The state leading in the production of wheat
(2) A major sea port of Andhra Pradesh
(3) An oil refinery in Bihar
(4) Important manganese mines located in Karnataka
(5) 4) Important coal mines located in West Bengal
(6) An important international airport in Punjab
(7) Important iron ore mines located in Odisha
Answer any five questions out of the following :
(1) 1) Name the state leading in wheat production.
(2) 3) Name the place where a major sea port is located in Andhra Pradesh.
(3) 2) Name the place of the oil refinery located in Bihar.
(4) 4) Name the place where important coal mines are located in West Bengal.
(5) 5) Name the place where important iron ore mines are located in Odisha.
(6) 6) Name the place where important manganese mines are located in Karnataka.
(7) 7) Name the place where an international airport is located in Punjab.
Section B
Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Foot loose industries can be located in a wide variety of places.
Reason (R): Location of foot loose industries is determined by transport network accessibility.
Read the following statements related to intensive subsistence agriculture' other than paddy in the world carefully and choose the correct option.
I. Wheat is grown in western parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains in India.
II. Wheat is grown in monsoonal areas only.
III. Millets are grown in dry parts of western and southern India.
IV. Wheat, soya bean etc. are grown in northern China.
Identify the correct option related to transport services from the following.
Arrange the following sea ports from Europe to India before the operation of Suez Canal and choose the correct option.
I. Cape Town
II. Mombasa
III. London
IV. Mumbai
Choose the correctly matched pair of sea ports and their examples.
Read the following features and identify the crop.
>It is a tropical plantation crop and has three varieties.
>Karnataka alone accounts for more than two-third of its total
production of India.
>It is grown in the highlands of Western Ghats in Karnataka and
Kerala.
Crop:
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 significance of Kolkata sea port has declined in the recent times.
Reason (R): Kolkata port is confronted with the problem of silt accumulation in the Hugli river.
Which one of the following is not a challenge of adolescent population faced by the society?
Identify the characteristics of 'Phase-I' of growth in India and
choose the correct option.
I. Stagnant phase of population growth
II. Low or negative net growth of population
III. Rapid fall in the mortality rate
IV. Poor health and medical services
Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
"A very large Of workers are engaged in other services in
highly urbanized areas."
With reference to the given statement choose the correct option.
I. Large scale urbanisation and industrialisation require more
workers.
II.Historically, it is a sectoral shift in the of the country.
III. Percentage of female workers is relatively high in secondary sector.
IV. It is a shift of workers from farm-based to non-farm-based
occupations.
Which one of the following is the characteristic of 'Phase-III' of population growth in India ?
Which one of the following stages of demographic transition theory is indicative of primitive stage?
The highest difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate is observed in which one of the following stages of demographic transition theory?
Net increase in population during third stage of demographic transition theory is low due to which one of the following reasons?
Identify the stage of demographic transition theory characterising the primitive society from the following.
Section C
Human geography is a highly interdisciplinary subject. Analyse the statement.
Human geography tries to explain the relationship of human beings with the physical environs of their occupance. Analyse the statement.
'Tertiary activities include production and exchange." Explain the statement.
Distinguish between metallic and non-metallic minerals with example.
Section D
"High-tech industries are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly Justify the statement.
Market gardening and horticulture specialise in the cultivation Of high value crops. Justify the statement.
India's water demand is highly dominated by irrigational needs. Evaluate the statement.
In India, water resources are getting polluted with industrial effluents, domestic waste and insecticides used in agriculture. Evaluate the statement.
"In India, sea ports have emerged as gateways of international trade." Substantiate the statement.
Satellites are mode of communication in themselves as well as they regulate the use of other means of communication. Substantiate the statement.
Evaluate the impact of urban waste disposal problem and suggest any two measures to overcome it.
Suggest any five measures to solve the problem of land degradation in India.
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