HSC Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता ११ वी - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for Geography

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Bleaching of coral reefs

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Flash floods 

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Tools to study Paleoclimatology

Do you know that India has got the right to mine manganese nodules from the bed of the Indian Ocean from that area which lies beyond the exclusive economic zone? Identify some other resources which are international in nature

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EEZ

Study maps given in the figure carefully. These maps are showing the portion of the Indian Ocean lying north of the equator. Maps in the figure depict the temperature conditions in three seasons:

1. pre-SW monsoon,
2. NE monsoon
3. during SW monsoon.

Answer the following questions.

1. Why are isotherms not drawn on the continental part?
2. Why is the temperature in the Arabian Sea lower than in the Bay of Bengal?
3. Why is the temperature higher in the southern portion of the Indian Ocean during pre SW monsoon?

1. Name the Gulf countries
2. In which direction do they lie in the Asian content.

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The width of the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.

Make a list of products found in your home which have come from the Tropical Decidouos Biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select Tropical decidouos biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of major countries that lie in the Tropical decidouos biome.

Look for the names of the tribes dependent on the Tropical decidouos biome in India including Maharashtra along with their habitats and show them on a map of India.

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Explain the correlation between the Himalayas and mass movements. Give examples wherever necessary.

Distinguish between:

Stalactite and stalagmite

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Explain the landforms formed by different agents through the process of abrasion.

You have already learned about various landforms formed by the agents of erosion in Class IX. Identify the landforms given in the class IX textbook. Identify the agent which is responsible for their formation. Also, state whether they are erosional or depositional landforms. Complete the table accordingly in your notebook.

1. Which agricultural crops are produced Savannah region?
2. Why are longitudes not given in geographical distribution?

Read the graphs figure a and b and answer the following questions. Locate the places on the map:

1. In which months is there no rainfall?
2. In which month is the temperature highest?
3. In which month is the temperature lowest?
4. Are the months of rainfall the same in both places? If not, why?
5. What could be the factors which influence the climate of these places?
6. What difference do you find between the previous and these graphs?
7. Write a concluding statement about the climate of both places.

Give a geographical reason:

The Savannah region is prone to droughts.

On a world map, show the following areas:

1. Savannah climatic region in Africa
2. Highland climatic region in India
3. Chile and Russia 
4. Icecap climatic region
5. Desert climatic region