HSC Arts (English Medium) 11th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for Geography

Have you ever been to a river and seen its bed? Discuss in the class about your observations about the river, its banks, its bed, and its velocity.

1. What kind of activities will bring people from other regions to the ice cap climate?
2. What could be the occupations followed in the ice cap climate?

Use the Internet or reference books to find out about the attempts at classification of climates.

Answer in detail:

Explain, with examples, the effect of latitude on a place’s climate.

Answer in detail:

Explain the factors affecting the climate of a place giving examples.

Identify the correct correlation:

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: More deposition occurs in the continental slope.

R: The slope is steeper here.

Identify the correct correlation :

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: The islands are actually peaks of submerged mountains.
R: Some peaks of submerged mountains come above the sea level.

Identify the correct correlation:

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: The abyssal plains are the deepest parts of the ocean
R: They lie at the bottom of the ocean

Give a geographical reason.

Fishing has developed on continental shelves.

Give geographical reasons.

Our knowledge regarding the oceanic trenches is limited.

Answer in detail:

There is a similarity in the relief on the land surface and the ocean bottom.

Given below are the names of some ocean basins in the Indian Ocean. Identify these in figure Write a note on their locations, their separators, and the rivers entering into them. Rank these according to their size on the basis of your perception.

1. Oman basin
2. Arabian basin
3. Somali basin
4. Mauritius basin
5. Mascarene basin
6. Agulhas-Natal basin
7. West Australian basin
8. MidIndian basin
9. Ganga basin

Which activities of human life are affected most by the cold climate?

Find out more differences between an ecosystem and a biome. You can use the following points: the scale of the area occupied, types, the flow of nutrients and energy, examples, etc.

Distinguish between the biome and ecosystem.

'A mountain never remains a mountain'. Can you relate this idiom with the mountain building process?

Give a geographical reason:

Compared to all the agents, sea waves work ceaselessly.

Identify the correct correlation:

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: Faulting leads to the development of fold mountains.
R: Faulting occurs when tensional forces move away from each other.

Give a geographical reason:

Soft rocks form folds while hard rocks form faults.

Give a geographical reason:

Folds depend on the strength of rocks and the intensity of forces.