
	Trending ▼ ICSE CBSE 10th ISC CBSE 12th CTET GATE UGC NET Vestibulares ResFinder

geo2010

9 pages, 0 questions, 0 questions with responses, 0 total responses,

	kirtanpatel1997	+Fave Message
	Profile Timeline Uploads

Home > kirtanpatel1997 >

Formatting page ...

Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in HISTORY, CIVICS AND GEOGRAPHY Paper 2 (Geography) (Two Hours) (Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. This time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt seven questions in all. Part I is (compulsory).All questions from Part I are to be attempted. A total of five questions are to be attempted from part II. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ] To be supplied with this paper: Survey of India Map SheetNo.45D/10 and 20 cm of twine Note: i. In all Map Work, by a wise use of arrows to indicate positions of countries, cities and other insertions that you make, you will be able to avoid overcrowding parts of the map. ii. The extract of Survey of India Map Sheet No.45D/10 must not be taken out of the examination hall. It must be handed over to the Supervising Examiner on the completion of the paper. iii. The Map given at the end of this question paper must be fastened with your answer booklet. iv. All sub-sections of each question must be answered in the correct order. v. All working including rough work, should be done on the same answer sheet as the rest of the answer. PART I (30 Marks) Attempt all questions from this part 1 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in Question: 1 On the outline map of Asia provided to you at the end of this paper (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) Shade and name the Plateau of Iran. Shade and name the Great North China Plain. Shade and label the Black Sea. Label the Gobi Desert. Shade and name: A large marshy plain An island with an Equatorial type of climate Label the River Ravi Shade and name Rann of Kutch. Shade and name Bhutan. Mark and label Pamir Knot. Marks (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) Question:2 Study the extract of the survey of India Map Sheet No.45D/10 and answer the following questions: (a) Fix the six figure grid reference of: (2) i. The triangulated height 480 metres. ii. 3rd in the tank at Dattani. (b) What is the compass direction of Kyariya 1206, from Dattani, 1003? (1) (c) Name two seasonal water features in the region of the map extract. (2) (d) What is the drainage pattern in grid square 0601? (1) (e) What does the word Falls in grid square 1256 indicate? (1) (f) In what way does the pattern of settlement in grid square 1107 differ from that in grid square 1301? (2) (g) What is the general direction of flow of the Sipu Nadi, given in the map extract? Give one reason to support your answer. (1) (h) Name two probable occupations of the people in the settlement of Tokra in squares 2220 and 2221. (2) (i) Give the meaning of each of the following conventional signs located in the four figure grid square1615: (2) i. 14 r ii. PTO (j) What kind of climate do you infer from the nature of streams and tanks present in the region? (1) (k) What is meant by contour interval? How much is it in the case of this map? (2) 2 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in (l) What kind of roads connect (a) Pamera with Gulabganj, and (b) Gulabganj with Sirori, respectively? (2) (m)Name the geographical feature represented by white patches in the middle of the Sipu Nadi. (1) PART II (50Marks) Attempt any five questions from this part Question 3 (a) State the influence of the Northern Mountain Wall on the climate of the Sub-Continent. (2) (b) Give two reasons why India is considered a Sub-continent. (2) (c) Give three reasons why many parts of Rajasthan do not receive much rain in spite of the Aravalli Hills. (3) (d) Explain why: (3) i. Nainital is cooler than Agra. ii. The delta region of the Indus is largely a wasteland. iii. Hill stations in the South never experience snowfall even when temperature falls to 0 C. Question 4 (a) Name three major rivers of the Peninsular Plateau. (3) (b) Why does the Coromondel coast receive most of its rain during winter season? (2) (c) What is the value of the Standard Meridian of India? (2) (d) Compare and contrast the Western Coastal Plains with the Eastern Coastal Plains. Question 5 (a) What is meant by 'the season of Retreating Monsoon'. (2) (b) What are the following? Describe in or two sentences: (2) (a) The Loo , (b) mango shower . (c) Give one reason for the following: (3) i. Punjab gets rain in winter. ii. Thar Desert gets very little rain. iii. Shillong gets less than 200cm of rainfall in a year whereas nearby Cherrapunji gets over 250cm of rainfall. (d) Study it carefully and answer the following questions: (3) 3 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in Month Jan. Feb. March Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Temp in( C) 25.5 27.5 30.3 32.5 32.5 30.8 30.3 30 28.5 25.8 24.7 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.3 4.9 9.1 11.9 12 30.5 35.5 13.9 24.4 Rainf- 3.6 all in cm i. What is the range of temperature? ii. What is the total rainfall? iii. Is the town along the coast or in the interior of the country? Give reason. Question 6 (a)Name the four major soil types found in India, leaving out desert and mountain soils. (2) (b) Name two states in India where Regur soil is found. (2) (c)Name one state in which there are large areas of red soil. State two reasons why the red soil is not good for agriculture. (3) (d)What is the meaning of leached soil? Name one Indian soil that has been formed by leaching. (2) (e)State why jower is grown in Maharashtra. (1) Question 7 (a) State any two salient features of Indian agriculture. (2) (b) What is meant by transplantation ? What are its advantages? (2) (c) State whether wheat is a kharif or rabi crop and name one state where it is grown extensively. (2) (d) What is meant by Ginning ? (1) (e) Why is dry weather necessary at the time of harvest? (2) (f) Name the reason in Assam that grows jute. (1) Question 8 (a) Why are many refineries located near major sea-ports? (b) Name the three types of coal. Name the largest coalfield in India. (c) Name the first oil refinery built in India. (d) Give examples of renewable and non-renewable resources. (e) Name any four minerals which India has to import. Question 9 4 (2) (3) (1) (2) (2) Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in (a) Give four reasons why cotton textile industry has flourished in the AhmedabadBombay industrial region. (2) (b) Give geographical reasons why the woollen industry is concentrated mainly in North India. (2) (c) State two climatic conditions necessary for the growing of sugarcane. Which state is the largest producer of sugarcane. (3) (c) Mention two reasons why Karnataka is known for its silk industry. (2) (d) In which part of India are most of the sugar mills located? (1) Question 10 (a) Why is the ship building an important industry at Vishakhapatnam? Give two reasons. (2) (b) Name two iron and steel industries which have been set up by two different foreign collaborators. (2) (c) With reference to the iron and steel plant at Jamshedpur answer the following questions: i. From where does the plant get its ore? ii. Which river provides water to the township? iii. Which seaport serves the region? (3) (d) Name one hydel power station associated with the Bhakra Nangal multi-purpose project. (1) (e) Name two centres of the petrochemical industry in India. List two important products of this industry. (2) Question 11 (a) Mention two advantages of bio-gas over solar power. (2) (b) Mention two disadvantages of constructing large scale hydroelectric projects. (2) (c) Name two non- conventional sources of energy now being used in India.(2) (d) Name the different Nuclear Power stations in India. (4) Answers: Part II Question 3 5 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in (a) The Northern Mountain wall protects the sub-continent from the bitterly cold winds blowing from central Asia and compels the rain-bearing wind from the sea in the south to give rain in the northern plains. (b) India, a sub-continent because it is a individual landmass and not just a country. Though it has many features of a continent but not big as one, so not considered a continent. (c) The Aravalli Range runs parallel to the direction of the South-west Monsoon winds, unable to stop the wind, absence of any traverse mountain range in Rajasthan. i) Nainital Located on higher altitude than Agra. ii) The delta region of the Indus consists of clay and other infertile soils and is very swampy. (iii) The hill stations of the south are located on lower altitude, near the equator where the sun shines vertically. Question 4 a) The Narmada, the Godavari and the Mahanadi. b) Coromondal coast is located on the windward side of the Eastern Ghats. C) 82 30 East Longitude. It is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (G.M.T.). d) The Western Coastal Plains lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats, extends from Kutch in the north to KanyaKumari in the south, large number of lagoons and backwaters and small lakes. Eastern coastal plain stretches from the mouth of the Ganga to Kanyakumari, several lakes on the east coast. Question 5 a) The Gradual withdrawal of the south-west Monsoon in the month of October to November is called the season of Retreating Monsoon. b) i) A hot wind blowing in the Northern Plains during May and June , the temperature range between 45 c and 50 c, hot enough to cause sunstrokes-known as loo . ii) Strong sea winds in the south during April-May which brings little rain, important for tea and coffee plants known as mango showers . c) i) Punjab gets rain in winter because of the western disturbances or Westerly Depression that enter India from the Mediterranean Sea. 6 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in ii) Thar Desert gets little rain because the Aravalli range is parallel to the south-west Monsoon winds of the Arabian Sea current. iii) Shillong is located on the leeward side of the Khasi Hills and Cherrapunji on the windward side, therefore gets full force of the south-west Monsoon wind of the Bay of Bengal current. d) i) Range of temperature:32.5-24.4=8.1 ii) Total rainfall: 124.9 iii) The town is along the coast, moderate temperature condition shown in the table. Question 6 a) Alluvial soils, black soils, red soils and laterite soils. b) Maharashtra and Gujarat. c) Tamil Nadu. These soils are porous, friable, not retentive of moisture and poor in lime, nitrogen, phosphorus and humus. d) Leached soil is the infertile soil where the nutrients get percolated due to heavy rainfall. Laterite soil formed by leaching. e) Black soils are suitable for the cultivation of jowar. Black soils found in large areas in Maharashtra. Question 7 a) Indian agriculture depends on the Monsoon rains; Indian farmers grow wide variety of crops, both food crops and cash crops. b) Transplantation, a method in which the seeds are first sown in nurseries and after 4 to 5 weeks they are planted in other fields in small branches at regular intervals. Advantages: gives higher yield, the problem weeds reduced, facilitates harvesting with scythes and economical use of water. c) Wheat is a rabi crop, grown in Uttar Pradesh. d) Ginning is a process of separating the seeds from the raw material, in cotton. e) Dry weather is needed so that the crops are not affected by pests and diseases, helps in the ripening of crops. f) Assam gets rainfall from 150cm to 200cm and the soil condition, alluvial soil, facilitates jute cultivation. Question 8 a) Refineries located near the major sea ports because it facilitates import of crude oil from the Persian Gulf countries. 7 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in b) Types of coal are: anthracite, bituminous and lignite. The Jharia coalfield is the largest coalfield in India. c) The first oil refinery was built in Digboi in the state of Assam. d) Examples of renewable energy resource are solar energy, bio-gas, wind energy, tidal energy and geothermal energy. Non renewable energy resource- coal, petroleum. e) Copper, lead, zinc and mica. Question 9 a) i) Availability of raw materials for the cotton-mills. ii) Adequate means of transport. iii) Humid climate. iv) Abundant supply of skilled and unskilled labour. b) i) Climate of India is cool in winters. ii) The sheep rearing states are located in North India c) Sugarcane needs summer temperature between 20 C and 30 C, cannot withstand frost and needs cool, dry season for ripening, rainfall between 75cm and 120cm. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of sugarcane. d) Karnataka has favourable climate for rearing silk worms. The mulberry silk is raised as a bush plantation in Karnataka and the silkworm, Bombyx mori is reared throughout the year. e) Most of the sugar mills are found in the northern parts of the country, U.P and Bihar. Question 10 a) Ship building an important industry at Vishakhapatnam because of the availability of cheap and skilled labour and nearness to sources of raw materials. b) The Bhilai Steel Plant and the Durgapur Steel Plant. c) i) From Singhbhum and Mayurbhanj. ii) Subarnarekha river. iii) The Kolkata sea port serves the region. d) Gamguwal/Kotla/Bhakra e) Baroda and Mumbai Important products of this industry are nylon and plastic. Question 11 8 Answers to Geography Sample Test Papers by www.targeticse.co.in a) Biogas is cheap to produce; its raw material is easily available in rural areas. b) It causes considerable environmental damage, it needs high capital investment. c) Biogas and solar energy. d) Tarapur in Maharashtra, Rana pratap Sagar near Kota in Rajasthan, Kalpakkam near Madras and Narora in western U.P. 9

Formatting page ...

kirtanpatel1997 chat

Horizontal lines at:
Guest Horizontal lines at:
AutoRM Data:
Box geometries: