Question Bank for Class 12 Geography
BOOK: Fundamentals of Human Geography: Question Bank for Class 12 Geography
Ch-1: Human Geography – Nature and Scope
- Discuss about the nature and scope of human geography.
- Explain the process of naturalization of humans with example.
- Explain the process of humanization of nature with example.
- What do you mean by ‘environmental determinism’? – explain.
- Explain the concept of possibilism.
- What is ‘Neo-determinism’? why it is also known as ‘stop and go determinism’?
- ‘Human geography is related to other social sciences’ – explain.
Ch-2: The world population – distribution, density & growth
- Discuss about the factors affecting the distribution of population.
- Explain the spatial pattern of population distribution in the world.
- What are the main causes of population growth? – explain with example.
- Discuss about the trends in population growth in the world.
- What is demographic cycle? explain the concept of demographic transition theory.
- Who told “preventive checks are better than the physical check”? – explain this statement.
Ch-3: Population composition
- Discuss about different types of age-sex population pyramid in the world with example.
- Explain the main features of rural-urban composition.
- Which type of population pyramid is formed in India and why?
Ch-4: Human development
- Differentiate between development and growth with example.
- Explain the four pillars of human development.
- Discuss about different approaches to human development.
- Write a short note on GNH.
- What are the main factors of HDI?
- Who proposed the concept of basic need approaches in human development? explain it.
Ch-5: Primary activities
- What do you mean by pastoralism?
- Explain the concept of nomadic herding with example.
- What is transhumance?
- Why Jhum cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn cultivation’?
- Which type of farming system is largely found in densely populated Asian countries mainly? Explain its characteristics.
- Explain the main features of plantation farming.
- Discuss about the main characteristics of Mediterranean agriculture.
- What do you mean by truck farming?
- Differentiate between co-operative and collective farming.
- Why market gardening is mainly practicing near urban areas?
- What are the factors affecting tourism?
- What is quinary activity? – Explain with example.
- Explain the concept of ‘Digital Divide’.
- What do mean by medical tourism? – explain with example.
- What are the functions of BPO?
- Which sector is known as service sector and why?
Ch-10: Human Settlement
- What is sub-urbanization?
- What are the factors affecting the development of settlement?
- Explain about different patterns of rural settlement.
- What are the basis of classifying urban settlements? – Explain any THREE points.
- Discuss about the functional classification of Urban settlements.
- Explain about the concept of ‘Conurbation’.
- Discuss about the main problems of Urban and rural settlements.