CBSE Class 12 Geography Question Paper 2004 (Set 64/1/1)

CBSE CLASS XII Questions

• 1.

  Study the following table carefully and answer the questions that follow :
  

  Sectoral composition of workforce in India, 2011

  

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• 2.

  Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
  Water Pollution Industries produce several undesirable products including industrial wastes, polluted waste water, poisonous gases, chemical residuals, numerous heavy metals, dust, smoke, etc. Most of the industrial wastes are disposed off in running water or lakes. Consequently, poisonous elements reach the reservoirs, rivers and other water bodies, which destroy the bio-system of these waters. Major water polluting industries are leather, pulp and paper, textiles and chemicals.
  

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• 3.

  Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
  Water Pollution
  Water pollution is a source of various water-borne diseases. The diseases commonly caused due to contaminated water are diarrhoea, intestinal worms, hepatitis, etc. The World Health Organization shows that about one-fourth of the communicable diseases in India are water-borne. Though river pollution is common to all rivers, yet pollution of the river Ganga flowing through one of the most populous regions of India has caused great concerns among all. To improve the condition of the river, National Mission for Clean Ganga was initiated. The Namami Gange Programme has been launched for the same.

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• 4.

  Study the given map carefully and answer the questions that follow :

  

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• 5.

  Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
  The Quaternary Sector
  The Quaternary Sector along with the Tertiary Sector has replaced most of the primary and secondary employment as the basis for economic growth. Over half of all workers in developed economies are in the ‘Knowledge Sector’ and there has been a very high growth in demand for consumption of information-based services from mutual fund managers to tax consultants, software developers and statisticians. Personnel working in office buildings, elementary schools and university classrooms, hospitals and doctors’ offices, theatres, accounting and brokerage firms all belong to this category of services.
  Like some of the tertiary functions, quaternary activities can also be outsourced. They are not tied to resources, affected by the environment, or necessarily localised by market.

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• 6.

  Study the following table carefully and answer the Question Nos. 15 to 17 :