Class 12 Geography Sample Paper

Sample Paper Class 12

We have provided Class 12 Geography Sample Paper as per the latest CBSE examination pattern for the current academic year. The following CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 Geography has been prepared based on the guess papers issued recently. Students will be able to practice these papers and get good marks in upcoming Geography exams for Class 12.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 Geography

Term 1 Sample Papers
Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A
Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set B
Term 2 Sample Papers
Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 2 With Solutions Set A

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

Section A

1. As per Census 2011, the state which has the highest population in the country is
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Odisha

Answer

B

2. In which one of the following countries Intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by crops other than paddy is practised?
(a) North Korea and Japan
(b) Indonesia and Malaysia
(c) India and Bangladesh
(d) Sri Lanka and Myanmar

Answer

A

3. Which major modification was added in migration in the Indian Census 1961?
(a) Place of birth
(b) Duration of residence
(c) Duration of work
(d) Both (a)and (b)

Answer

D

4. Who said that “Asia has many places where people are few and few places where people are very many”?
(a) George B Cressey
(b) Thomus Malthus
(c) John Thompson
(d) None of these

Answer

A

5. Which of these is the largest urban agglomeration in India?
(a) Ambala
(b) Greater Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Kolkata

Answer

B

6. Who created Human Development Index in 1990?
(a) Prof. Amartya Sen
(b) Bleach
(c) Malthus
(d) Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq

Answer

D

7. Which of the following terms is used for cultivation of grapes in agriculture?
(a) Pisciculture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Truck farming
(d) None of these

Answer

B

8. According to Malthus which of the following is a preventive check for population control?
(a) Panini
(b) Disease
(c) War
(d) Tax disincentives

Answer

D

9. As per Census 2011, out of the total population of India, what percentage of population lives in urban areas?
(a) 38%
(b)13.8%
(c) 10.8%
(d) 31%

Answer

D

10. What is the score of Human Development Index (HDI), which would be considered very high?
(a) 0.983
(b) 0.268
(c) 0.10
(d) 0.732

Answer

A

11. The stream of Rural to Rural migration in both Intra-state and Inter-state migration is dominated by
(a) Male
(b) Female
(c) Children
(d) All of these

Answer

B

12. Which of the following regions has the lowest growth rate during 2010-2015?
(a) Africa
(b) Europe
(c) Asia
(d) Oceania

Answer

B

13. In which of the following years the Environment Protection Act was implemented in India?
(a) 1974
(b) 1986
(c) 1988
(d) 1997

Answer

B

14. Which of the following indicates the level of cultural development of the society?
(a) Technology
(b) Modernity
(c) New inventions
(d) All of these

Answer

A

15. Which of the following approaches looks at human beings as beneficiaries or targets of all development activities?
(a) Income approach
(b) Capability approach
(c) Welfare approach
(d) All of the above

Answer

C

16. Which of the following is economic factor influencing population distribution?
(a) Climate
(b) Urbanisation
(c) Minerals
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer

D

17. Which of the following was emerged during 1970s?
(a) Radical school
(b) Behavioural school
(c) Humanistic
(d) All of these

Answer

D

18. Which one of the following programmes is not related to Watershed Development Project?
(a) Haryali
(b) Neeru-Meeru
(c) Arwari Pani Sansad
(d) Van Mahotsava

Answer

D

19. Which of the following terms is used for growing of flowers in agriculture?
(a) Truck farming
(b) Factory farming
(c) Mixed farming
(d) Floriculture

Answer

D

20. Arrange the following approaches in chronological order from their evolution.
1. Post-modernism in geography
2. Humanistic school of thought
3. Spatial organisation
4. Areal differentiation
Options
(a) 1, 2, 3,4
(b) 4, 3, 2 1
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4
(d) 2, 1, 4,3

Answer

B

21. In which wave of migration people migrated to Thailand; Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia etc?
(a) First wave of migration
(b) Second wave of migration
(c) Third wave of migration
(d) Fourth wave of migration

Answer

B

22. Which of the following farming has no off-season?
(a) Mediterranean agriculture
(b) Dairy farming
(c) Extensive Commercial grain farming
(d) Plantation agriculture

Answer

B

23. In which of the following countries dairy farming is not practiced?
(a) Eastern Europe
(b) South East Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) Tasmania

Answer

A

24. Which one of the following types describes water as a resource?
(a) Abiotic Resource
(b) Non-renewable Resources
(c) Biotic Resource
(d) Cyclic Resource

Answer

D

Section B

There are 24 questions in this section. Attempt any 20 questions.
Questions no. 25-29 are based on map and are mandatory to attempt.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

25. Choose the country with largest geographical area in the Oceania/Australian continent.
(a) New Zealand
(b) Papua New Guinea
(c) Australia
(d) Tasmania

Answer

C

26. Which of the following is a region where mixed farming is practised?
(a) Eurasia
(b) Eastern-North America
(c) Mexico
(d) Brazil

Answer

B

27. Which one of the following is a region of South America practising Mediterranean agriculture?
(a) Brazil
(b) Chile
(c) Paraguay
(d) Peru

Answer

B

28. Which of the following regions marked on the map where subsistence gathering is practised?
(a) North Africa
(b) South Africa
(c) Central Africa
(d) None of these

Answer

C

29. Which of the following regions marked on the map where nomadic herding is practised?
(a) Kola-Karelian region
(b) Tundra region of Siberia
(c) Yablonovy Range
(d) Baikal lake region

Answer

B

30. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option fromthe given options.
1. Late 1950s to the late 1960s phase was called the Quantitative Revolution.
2. Spatial organisation approach emerged in this phase.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both the statements are incorrect
(d) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains the statement 1

Answer

D

31. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Categories of Density of Population States/UTs
(a) State with highest density Bihar
(b) State with moderate density Assam
(c) State with low density Arunachal Pradesh
(d) UT with highest density Daman and Diu

Answer

D

32. “It refers to the change in number of inhabitants of a territory during a specific period of time”. Above mentioned line depicts which of the following?
(a) Population growth
(b) Population density
(c) Population distribution
(d) Migration

Answer

A

33. Which of the following is not an example of administrative towns?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhopal
(d) Salem

Answer

D

34. Which of the following is not a component of population change?
(a) Immigration
(b) Birth rate
(c) Migration
(d) Death rate

Answer

A

35. This state has the highest proportion of urban population in India according to census 2011. Select the correct option.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa

Answer

D

36. Match the following columns.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(b) 2 3 1 4 5 6
(c) 6 5 4 2 3 1
(d) 1 4 5 6 2 3

Answer

A

37. Semi-clustered settlements are formed in India at which of these places?
(a) Bundelkhand region
(b) Gujarat plains
(c) Nagaland
(d) Himalayan slopes

Answer

B

38. The concept of Human Development keeps which of the following at the centre of development?
(a) Nature
(b) Resources
(c) Government
(d) People

Answer

D

39. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Level of Human Development Scores in Human Development Index (HDI)
(a) Very high above -1
(b) High between 0.701 upto 0.799
(c) Medium between 0.550 upto 0.700
(d) Low below 0.549

Answer

A

40. Consider the following and choose the correct answer from the given options.
1. Water availability in the rivers is more during monsoon than other seasons.
2. Rainfall in India has high variation and is mainly concentrated in the monsoon season.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1.
(c) Only statement 2 is correct.
(d) Both the statements are incorrect.

Answer

B

41. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. The Government of India has introduced Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme in the year 2015.
2. Its aims to address the issue of decline in child sex ratio in India.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1
(c) Only statement 2 is correct
(d) Both the statements are incorrect

Answer

B

42. Match the following columns.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

Codes
A B C D
(a) 2 4 3 1
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 2 3 1 4

Answer

A

43. Which group of states is highly affected by concentration of Arsenic?
(a) Rajasthan-Maharashtra
(b) Punjab-Haryana
(c) West Bengal-Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh

Answer

C

44. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
1. Plantation agriculture occurs in smaller plots.
2. In plantation agriculture skilled and cheap labour is required.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect

Answer

B

45. Irrigation in certain parts of the country is necessary due to which of the following reasons?
(a) Rainfall deficiency
(b) Dry winters and summers
(c) Breaks in monsoon
(d) All of these

Answer

D

46. Match the following columns.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

Codes
A B C
(a) 3 1 2
(b) 1 2 3
(c) 2 1 3
(d) 1 3 2

Answer

A

47. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Disciplines of Social Sciences Sub-fields of human geography
(a) Military Science Military geography
(b) Resource Economics Geography of resources
(c) Psephology Demography
(d) Agricultural Sciences Geography of agriculture

Answer

C

48. Consider the following features and choose the correct ‘title’ after associating them.
1. It basically refers to efficient management and conservation of surface and groundwater resources.
2. It helps to prevent surface run off.
3. It creates a balance among natural elements as well as in society.
Options
(a) Sustainable development
(b) Artificial raining
(c) Watershed Management
(d) None of the above

Answer

C

Section C

SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
Question no. 49 to 52 are compulsory to attempt.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Density of population, is expressed as number of persons per unit area. It helps in getting a better understanding of the spatial distribution of Population in relation to land. The density of population in India (2011) is 382 persons per sq km. There has been a steady increase of more than 200 persons per sq km over the last 50 years as the density of population increased from 117 persons/ sq km in 1951 to 382 persons/sq km in 2011. The data of census 2011 give an idea of spatial variation of population densities in the country which ranges from as low as 17 persons per sq km in Arunachal Pradesh to 11,297 persons in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Among the Northern Indian States, Bihar (1102), West Bengal (1029) and and Uttar Pradesh (828) have higher densities, while Kerala (859) and Tamil Nadu (555) have higher densities among the peninsular Indian states. States like Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha have moderate densities. The hill states of the Himalayan region and North-Eastern states of India (excluding Assam) have relatively low densities while the Union Territories (excluding Andaman and Nicobar islands) have very high densities of a population.

49. Which of the following is used to define population density of a region?
(a) Land only
(b) Population only
(c) Human and land relationship
(d) Resources and human relationship

Answer

C

50. Many southern states come under the moderate population density regions, except which of the following?
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Telangana
(d) None of these

Answer

A

51. Most of the North-Eastern states fall under the category of low population density regions, except one. Identify it.
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Mizoram

Answer

C

52. This state was the highest populated state in the last census, but dropped down on second place in the census 2011. Identify it.
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Haryana

Answer

B

GRAPH BASED QUESTIONS
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 53-56.
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following questions.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

53. Which of the following is the main reason of male migration in India?
(a) Male migration takes place due to Education.
(b) Male migration takes place due to Marriage.
(c) Male migration takes place due to Business.
(d) Male migration takes place due to Work/Employment.

Answer

D

54. What is the least possible reason of male migration?
(a) Education
(b) Work employment
(c) Marriage
(d) Moved with household

Answer

A

55. What is the percentage of male migration which takes place due to business and education?
(a) 2%
(b) 4%
(c) 14%
(d) 34%

Answer

B

56. Why males migrate to urban areas?
(a) Due to lack of Job opportunities in rural areas.
(b) Due to political instability in rural areas.
(c) Due to not having a big house in rural areas.
(d) None of the above

Answer

A

DATA BASED QUESTION
Attempt any 3 questions from the following questions 57-60.

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set A

57. The highest decadal growth rate of urbanisation has recorded in
(a) 1931
(b) 1971
(c) 1981
(d) 1991

Answer

C

58. Which year has recorded the negative decadal growth rate of urbanisation in India?
(a) 1921
(b) 1931
(c) 1941
(d) 1961

Answer

D

59. What was the highest recorded decadal growth rate of urbanisation in India?
(a) 41.42%
(b) 36.47%
(c) 46.14%
(d) 31.13%

Answer

C

60. How much decadal growth rate of urbanisation has recorded between the Census years 1961 to 2011?
(a) 150.41
(b) 179.46
(c) 185.61
(d) 199.71

Answer

B

Class 12 Geography Sample Paper