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CBSE 12 Geography Question Paper-2020

CBSE 12 Geography Question Paper-2020

This mock test includes actual CBSE Class 12 Geography board exam questions from the year 2020, helping students understand exam trends and practice real paper format

2025-08-07
Pavan Pavan
CBSE Class 12 Geography 2020 Grade 12

Duration

30 min

Questions

27

Marking

Negative

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____ and ___ densities should be found out, in order to get a better insight into the human-land ratio.

A
Agricultural and population
B
Economic and residential
C
Urban and rural
D
Human and environmental

Arrange the following approaches in a sequence order according to their development.

A
1 4 2 3
B
4 1 3 2
C
2 3 1 4
D
3 2 4 1

Panna, Para, Palli, Nagla and Dhani are examples of which of the following settlements?

A
Clustered Settlements
B
Semi-Clustered Settlements
C
Dispersed Settlements
D
Hamleted Settlements

Which of the following programs sponsored by the central government aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water for drinking, irrigation, fisheries, and afforestation?

A
Arvary Pani Sansad
B
Haryali
C
Neeru-Meeru
D
Narmada Bachao

Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

A
Coffee
B
Sugarcane
C
Rubber
D
Wheat

Population of India according to their Occupation can be categorized into:

A
Main workers, Marginal workers, Non workers
B
Marginal workers, Household industrial workers, Non workers
C
Non workers, Agricultural labourers, Marginal workers
D
Cultivators, Main workers, Marginal workers

The concept of Human Development was developed by________

A
Amartya Sen
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Which of the following best describes development?

A
An increase in size
B
A constant in size
C
A positive change in quality
D
A simple change in quality

Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?

A
Coffee
B
Sugarcane
C
Rubber
D
Wheat

Arrange the correct sequence of column II against column I

A
III - 1, IV - 2, I - 3, II - 4
B
I - 4, II - 3, III - 2, IV - 1
C
IV - 3, I - 4, II - 1, III - 2
D
II - 2, III - 1, IV - 4, I - 3

Which of the following programme has been launched by the present Union Government for the cleaning of river Ganga?

A
Ganga Action Plan
B
Namami Gange
C
Ganga Namami Action Plan
D
Ganga Cleaning Mission

The outsourcing of which of the following activity is not an example of Knowledge Processing Outsourcing (KPO)?

A
E- Learning
B
Intellectual property
C
Collection of information
D
Legal profession

Relate the most important factor responsible for high density of population found in Katanga-Zambia Plateau located in Africa:

A
Availability of copper in abundance
B
Availability of forest resources
C
Close social ties
D
Scenic natural beauty

If a country is having a large proportion of young population, it would mean:

A
High Birth rate and the population is youthful.
B
Large working population.
C
High expenditure on healthcare facilities.
D
Heavy pressure on government to arrange basic facilities.

Age and skill selective migration from rural areas has not affected adversely to which of the following demographic attribute?

A
Downfall recorded in working population in rural areas
B
The whole burden of agricultural work has to be borne by the old population in rural areas
C
Old people and women are left behind in the place of origin
D
Balance in age and sex composition

What type of pollution is faced by the people of Daurala?

A
Noise pollution
B
Air pollution
C
Water pollution
D
Land pollution

Which process led to contamination of ground water?

A
Salinization
B
Alkalization
C
Leaching
D
Over irrigation

What was the most important step taken as sustainable solution to the health problem faced by the villagers?

A
Relocation of industries
B
Controlled irrigation
C
Evacuation from the affected area
D
Enhancement of water storage capacity

Which water conservation strategy will help in diluting the contamination of the ground water?

A
Rain water harvesting
B
Universal law of ‘Polluter Pays’
C
Industrial waste treatment plant
D
Over utilization of ground water.

How does the natural increase in population occur, as per the graph?

A
Birth Rate – Death Rate
B
Death Rate + Birth Rate
C
Growth Rate - Birth Rate
D
Birth Rate + Migration

What does the transition from high fluctuating stage to low fluctuating stage indicate?

A
Shift from Urban Industrial economy to Rural Agrarian economy
B
Shift from Rural Agrarian economy to Urban Industrial economy
C
Low Birth and Death Rate to High Birth and Death Rate
D
Migration from Urban to Rural areas

From the given graph, what condition can you infer about the developing countries?

A
High Birth Rate and High Death Rate
B
Low Birth rate and Low death rate
C
High Birth Rate and Low Birth Rate
D
Low Birth Rate and High Death Rate

In which stage of Demographic Transition, population explosion took place:

A
Stage I
B
Stage II
C
Stage III
D
Post Stage III

Why are Fertility and Mortality rates high in the first stage of this theory?

A
People have a lot of buffer stock as food security.
B
People reproduce more to compensate for the deaths due to epidemics.
C
People are highly educated at this stage.
D
There is technological advancement in all fields.

What led to decline in Mortality rate in the second stage of this theory?

A
Due to improvement in Sanitation and Health conditions.
B
Due to insufficient supply of food grain that led to starvation.
C
Due to widespread illiteracy all over the world.
D
Due to unfavorable sex ratio prevailing in developing countries.

Why does fertility rate show a declining trend in the third stage?

A
This is because human beings are not able to adjust their fertility.
B
Literacy rates show a downward trend all over the world.
C
The population becomes urbanized and has high technical knowhow.
D
There is acute food shortage in countries with a high Human Development Index.

In which stage of Demographic Transition, population explosion took place:

A
Stage I
B
Stage II
C
Stage III
D
Post Stage III