Commerce (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

When did the air transport in India make a beginning? 

Which of the following rulers built the Grand Trunk road? 

What is the length of India’s coastline, including islands? 

In which year was the Inland Waterways Authority set up? 

In how many zones has the Indian Railways system been divided? 

Border Road Organisation was set up in which year? 

When was air transport nationalized in India?

Which one of the following is a region of North America that provides freshwater?

Which year has not seen a positive population growth rate in India?

What was the lowest positive recorded growth rate of population in India?

Which year has recorded the lowest growth of population in India in terms of absolute numbers?

How much population increase has been registered between the census years 1941 to the census year 1981?

Define Tertiary Activities.

Differentiate between retail trading and wholesale trading.

Differentiate between departmental stores and chain stores.

‘Manufacturing Industry’

Manufacturing literally means ‘to make by hand’. However, now it includes goods ’made by machines’. It is essentially a process that involves transforming raw materials into finished goods of higher value for sale in local or distant markets. Conceptually, an industry is a geographically located manufacturing unit maintaining books of accounts and records under a management system. As the term industry is comprehensive, it is also used as synonymous with ‘manufacturing’. When one uses terms like ‘steel industry’ and ‘chemical industry’, one thinks of factories and processes. But there are many secondary activities which are not carried on in factories such as what is now called the ‘entertainment industry and ‘Tourism industry’, etc. So for clarity, the longer expression ‘manufacturing industry’ is used.

• What do you understand by the term Manufacturing?

‘Manufacturing Industry’

Manufacturing literally means ‘to make by hand’. However, now it includes goods ’made by machines’. It is essentially a process that involves transforming raw materials into finished goods of higher value for sale in local or distant markets. Conceptually, an industry is a geographically located manufacturing unit maintaining books of accounts and records under a management system. As the term industry is comprehensive, it is also used as synonymous with ‘manufacturing’. When one uses terms like ‘steel industry’ and ‘chemical industry’, one thinks of factories and processes. But there are many secondary activities which are not carried on in factories such as what is now called the ‘entertainment industry and ‘Tourism industry’, etc. So for clarity, the longer expression ‘manufacturing industry’ is used.

• “Manufacturing involves value addition.” Explain with any one suitable example.

‘Manufacturing Industry’

Manufacturing literally means ‘to make by hand’. However, now it includes goods ’made by machines’. It is essentially a process that involves transforming raw materials into finished goods of higher value for sale in local or distant markets. Conceptually, an industry is a geographically located manufacturing unit maintaining books of accounts and records under a management system. As the term industry is comprehensive, it is also used as synonymous with ‘manufacturing’. When one uses terms like ‘steel industry’ and ‘chemical industry’, one thinks of factories and processes. But there are many secondary activities which are not carried on in factories such as what is now called the ‘entertainment industry and ‘Tourism industry’, etc. So for clarity, the longer expression ‘manufacturing industry’ is used.

• Name two industries which provide services rather than production of goods.

Given below are the steps to generate geothermal energy. Arrange the following in correct sequence:

1. It is so hot that when it rises to the earth's surface, it turns into steam.
2. Groundwater in such areas (where the geothermal gradient is high) absorbs heat from the rocks and becomes hot.
3. This steam is used to drive turbines and generate electricity.
4. Geothermal energy exists, because the earth grows progressively hotter with increasing depth.

I. The WTO however has been criticized and opposed by those who are worried about the effects of Free trade and economic globalization.

II. Free trade does not make ordinary people‟s lives more prosperous.