Geography 64/2/3 2025-2026 Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

Arrange the following coal mining areas of India from south to north direction of their location and choose the correct option:

1. Singareni
2. Neyveli
3. Jharia
4. Talchar

II, I, III, IV

II, I, IV, III

I, II, IV, III

I, II, III, IV

The concept ‘identifying the uniqueness of any region and understanding how it is different from others’, is concerned with which one of the following approaches of geography?

Post-modernism

Behaviouralism

Regional analysis

Areal differentiation

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

a - iv, b - iii, c - i, d - ii

a - iii, b - iv, c - ii, d - i

a - iii, b - iv, c - i, d - ii

a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i

Read the following statements about ‘open-cast mining’ and choose the correct option:

1. It is the cheapest way of mining.
2. It occurs close to the surface.
3. It requires specially designed drilling machines.
4. Safety equipment is relatively low.

Only I, II and III are correct.

Only I, III and IV are correct.

Only II, III and IV are correct.

Only I, II and IV are correct.

Read the following statements about 'agribusiness' carefully and choose the correct option:

1. It is a commercial farming on an industrial scale.
2. Its raw materials are received from forests.
3. It is highly structured, mechanised and large in size.
4. Its example is tea plantation.

Only I, III and IV are correct.

Only I, II and IV are correct.

Only I, II and III are correct.

Only II, III and IV are correct.

Assertion (A): The restoration of ecological balance is the main focus of drought prone area programme.

Reason (R): Growing population pressure is forcing to utilize the marginal lands for agriculture.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.

(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.

Read the following sub-fields of social geography carefully and choose the correct option:

1. Resource Geography
2. Leisure Geography
3. Gender Geography
4. Marketing Geography

I and III are correct.

I and IV are correct.

II and III are correct.

II and IV are correct.

During which one of the following decades, ‘Gaddi’ was included in the Scheduled Tribe list in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh?

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Assertion (A): There is a strong dichotomy between physical elements and human beings.

Reason (R): Nature and human are intricately interwined.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.

(A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.

Which one of the following organisations regulate the air traffic of major airports of India?

Airport Authority of India

Indian Airport Commission

Indian Air Control Board

Airport Development Authority

Which one of the following inland waterway and its stretch is correctly matched?

National Waterways No. 1 - Allahabad - Haldia

National Waterways No. 3 - Sadiya - Dhubri

National Waterways No. 2 - Kottapuram - Kollam

National Waterways No. 5 - Kakinada – Puducherry

Read the information given in the box carefully and identify the mineral:

Copper

Mica

Bauxite

Manganese

Which one of the following contributes maximum in India’s export?

Agriculture and allied products

Ores and minerals

Manufactured goods

Mineral fuels and lubricants

Which one of the following ports is situated at ‘Zuari Estuary’?

New Mangalore

Kochchi

Marmagao

Ennore

Study the following table carefully and answer the question.

Congo comes under which one of the following categories of human development?

Very high

High

Medium

Low

Study the following table carefully and answer the question.

How many countries fall under the low category of ‘human development index’ in the given table?

2

4

3

5

Study the following table carefully and answer the question.

Which of the following European country falls under very high category of human development?

Chile

Mexico

Botswana

Belarus

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

1. Define the concept of ‘outsourcing’. (1)
2. More than 50 percent of all workers in developed countries belongs to which sector of economy? (1)
3. ‘Mutual funds managers’ are demanding which type of services? (1)

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

Trans-Siberian Railway

1. Name the easternmost terminal station of the given rail route. (1)
2. Name the most important agro centre along the rail route. (1)
3. Name the Sea near to the westernmost terminal station. (1)

“Foreign investment can boost trade in developing countries.” Support the statement with suitable arguments.

“Dumping of goods can harm the domestic producers of the developing countries.” Support the statement with suitable arguments.

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

1. During which decade, the net increase in number of towns/UAs is the lowest?
2. Mention the net increase in number of towns/UAs during 1981-91.
3. Explain the decennial growth rate of urban population.

Explain the importance of the ‘Northern Atlantic Sea Route’.

Explain the role of oil and gas pipelines in the economic development of the country.

Analyse the economic factors affecting the distribution of population in the world.

Write answer in detail

Explain the physical factors affecting distribution of population.

Explain the problem of ‘low productivity’ of Indian agriculture.

Analyse the role of the ‘National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture’ to solve this problem.

Explain the problems of the ‘indebtedness’ of Indian farmers.

Analyse the importance of the ‘farmer’s portal’ in helping the farmers.

Explain the causes of air pollution.

Suggest any three measures to overcome the air pollution.

Explain the causes of noise pollution.

Suggest any three measures to overcome noise pollution.

“There are many challenges for the society to channelise adolescents in right direction.” Evaluate the statement.

“The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance.” Examine the statement with reference to hunting and gathering.

“Commercial livestock rearing is well organised and capital intensive.” Examine the statement with comparison to nomadic herding.

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 with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them:

1. A major sea-port
2. A major air-port
3. A major shipping canal
4. A major area of ‘subsistence gathering’
5. A major area of ‘nomadic herding’
6. A major area of ‘commercial livestock rearing’
7. A major area of ‘extensive commercial grain farming’