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Paper 2 (Geography)
(Thursday/16-07-09/First Session)
Class:
Maximum Marks: 80
INSTRUCTIONS
(v) All working including rough work, should be done on the same answer
sheet as the rest of the answer.
PART I (30 Marks)
Attempt all questions from this Part.
Question 1
Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer
the following questions:(a) Give the six figure grid reference of :(i) The temple in village Rampur
O64176
(ii) 306
[4]
053259
(b) What do the following indicate?
(i) 4r in grid square 0218
RELATIVE HEIGHT IS 4 MTS.
(ii) The word Sheet Rock in grid square 0826
[2]
[2]
CART TRACT
(d) Name the type of rainfall experienced in the region shown in the map
extract. Give a reason to support your answer. [2]
SCANTY AS THE RIVER SOURCES ARE PERINIAL.
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(e) How does the settlement pattern in grid square 0323 differ from the
settlement pattern in grid square 0819? [2]
0323 NUCLEATED
0819 DISPERSED
(f) (i) What is the pattern of settlement in grid square 1904?
DISPERSED
(ii) Name the settlement that has a post office. [2]
DANTRAI
(g) Name two physical features represented in grid square 0624.
[2]
[2]
[3]
HARBOURS
FERTILE PLAIN
EXPORT CENTERS
ABUNDANT MONAZITE DEPOSIT AND PETROLEUM
(d) Give reasons for the following: [3]
(i) The Deccan plateau is a highly dissected one.
THE PLATEAU IS DISSECTED BY MANY RIVERS. THE REGION
ISHIGHLY ERODED WITH DEEP RAVINES SCARRING THE
LANDSCAPE.
(ii) Most of the rivers in South India flow into the Bay of Bengal.
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[3]
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
7
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Station A
(sea level)
Temperature
(C)
Rainfall
(cm)
Station B
(800m
above sea
level)
Temperature
(C)
Rainfall
(cm)
24.4
30 29.9 29.8
0.1
0.1
0.6
8.1
0.4
0.3
0.3
1.1
1.3
3.2
7.7
1.1
0.2
9.6
10.3
0.3
5.8
0.7
0.4
(c)
Into how many drainage systems can the rivers of Peninsular India
be grouped? Which is the longest river here and where does it
originate? [3]
RIVERS OF PENINSULAR INDIA CAN BE GROUPED INTO EAST
FLOWING TOWARDS BAY OF BENGAL AND WEST FLOWING
TOWARDS ARABIAN, TOWARDS GANGA, I.E. FLOWING
NORTH FROM THE VINDHYAS, GODAVARI, RISING IN THE
WESTERN GHATS.
Question 8
(a) State the climatic significance of the Himalayas to the people of South
Asia. [2]
EFFECT ON CLIMATE: THESE ACT AS A GUARD AGAINST THE
NORTHERN COLD WINDS. THE HIMALAYAS ACT LIKE A NATURAL
9
(i) Name the countries which have a land borders with Bhutan.
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(ii) Explain why none of the rivers of Bhutan are navigable but have a great
potential for hydro - electric power. [3]
THE TERRAIN OF BHUTAN IS MOST RUGGED IN THE WORLD. THE
ELEVATION FROM SEA LEVEL VARIES FROM 150M TO MORE THAN
7,000 M IN LESS THAN 100 KM OF DISTANCE. SO RIVERS PASS
THROUGH RAPIDS, WATERFALLS AND STEEP NARROW VALLEYS.
Question 9
(a) Name the source of the river Ganga. Where does this river enter the
plains?
[2]
GANGA ORIGINATES AS BHAGIRATHI FROM THE GANGOTRI GLACIER
IN UTTAR KASHI DISTRICT OF UTTARKHAND. IT ENTERS
HARIDWAR.
(b) What is a Delta? Name two deltas in South Asia. [2]
A DELTA IS A LANDFORM THAT IS CREATED AT THE MOUTH OF A
RIVER WHERE THAT RIVER FLOWS INTO AN OCEAN, SEA, ESTUARY,
LAKE, RESERVOIR, FLAT ARID AREA, OR ANOTHER RIVER. DELTAS
ARE FORMED FROM THE DEPOSITION OF THE SEDIMENT CARRIED
BY THE RIVER AS THE FLOW LEAVES THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THIS DEPOSITION BUILDS THE
CHARACTERISTIC GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF A RIVER DELTA.
SUNDERBAN AND INDUS RIVER DELTA.
(c) State three reasons for the importance of the Peninsular Plateau.
[3]
(d) State three reasons why Myanmar and Afghanistan can be considered
extensions of South Asia.
[3]
SHARE COMMON RANGES
SIMILAR CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
SHARE SAME HISTORY, POLITY AND CULTURE
Question 10
(a)
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