HSC Arts (English Medium) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for Geography

Differentiate between

Migratory farming and Floriculture

Differentiate between

Land use and Regional development

Observe the following map and answer the question given below:

Question:

1. Which economic activities are shown on the map?
2. In which regions do you don’t find any activity? What could be the reason?
3. In which latitudes do you primarily find the distribution of lumbering activity?
4. Why is fishing occupation only found in certain areas in the oceans? 
5. Which primary economic activities are mostly found in Europe?
6. What production does the symbol of mining shown in seas and oceans depict?
7. In which continent is mining not found?
8. In which ocean is the world’s fishing mostly carried out? 
9. Which primary economic activities are found to the south of Tropic of Capricorn?
10. Which primary activity is found in the islands of South East Asia?
11. Consideringall the four continents, in which continent do you find less agriculture being practiced?
12. Write a paragraph on relationship between latitudinal extent of agriculture and climate in your own words.

Write short note

Regional development

Write short notes

Relation of physical geography to other branches of sciences.

Write short note

Causes of migration

Write short note

Hunting and loss of ecology

Write short note

Branches of Geography

Identify the incorrect factor:

Primary economic activities:

Identify the correct group or factor.

Identify the correct group:

Human geography studies

Identify the correct group or factor:

Divisions of Maharashtra:

Nature of human geography is inter-disciplinary.

Choose the incorrect group -

Draw neat, labelled diagram:

Relationship of geography with other subjects.

Mark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index:

1. Sparsely populated region in Australia.
2. Country in the fifth stage of demographic transition theory-Sweden.
3. Mega city in the U.S.A. – New York.
4. Mining area in Arabian Sea-Mumbai.
5. Ruhr Industrial belt.
6. Railway connecting two continents - Trans-Siberian Railway.
7. Panama canal.
8. A country having lowest sex ratio – United Arab Emirates.

Assertion (A): When cities grow, their functions also grow.

Reasoning (R): Cities can have only one function.

Assertion (A ): When cities grow, their functions also grow.

Reasoning (R): Cities can have only one function.

Write a short note on:

Scope of geography

A: When cities grow, their functions also grow.

R: Cities can have only one function.