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

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

1. In which months do you find the temperature is the lowest?
2. In which months is the precipitation the lowest?
3. What are the highest values of precipitation?
4. Name the months with no precipitation at all.
5. Write a concluding paragraph about these climatic regions.

Write a short note on:

Mineral resources in the Indian ocean.

Write a short note on:

Oil and natural gas in the Indian ocean

Answer in detail:
Outline the importance of the Indian ocean with respect to trade and transport routes.

Why is the Taiga biome not found in Southern Hemisphere?

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

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

Give geographical reasons:

The lumbering activity has developed in Taiga forests.

Write a short note on:

Human life in the Tundra biome

Explain the Indian ocean with respect to the following aspects :

Abyssal Plains

Give a geographical reason:

Gyre develops in the Southern Indian Ocean.

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

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

1. What would be the annual range of temperature in Taiga or Sub-Arctic? What could be the occupational activities carried out by humans here?
2. What type of weathering will be prominent in the Taiga or Sub-Arctic region?

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

1. Note the values of the axes. How different are these graphs from the earlier ones?
2. Note the highest and the lowest temperatures and their months
3. Note the highest and the lowest rainfall and their months.
4. Why does not a place from Southern Hemisphere appear here?
5. What factors are responsible for this climate?

Choose the correct alternative:

Lumbering flourished as an occupation from Newfoundland to Alaska in North America because:

Give a geographical reason:

Taiga region is not found in Southern Hemisphere.

Differentiate between:

Taiga and Tundra regions

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

2) Write the names of the major regions that lie in the Mountain or highland biome.

Distinguish between:

Human activities in tropical evergreen and Monsoon regions.

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

1. Note the values of the axes. How different are these graphs from the earlier ones?
2. Note the highest and the lowest temperatures and their months
3. Note the highest and the lowest rainfall and their months.
4. Why does not a place from Southern Hemisphere appear here?
5. What factors are responsible for this climate?

What kinds of mass movement may happen in the Tundra region?