Beaconhouse School System

Southern Region
BCCP-PECHS
Round Up Task 2
Pakistan Studies Paper 2 (Geography)

Name: ____________________________ Class X: ______ Total Marks: 50

Q1: What is meant by Tertiary Industry? Name one sector of Tertiary Industry in the northern mountains of
Pakistan? [2]

Q2: Why is Karachi a more suitable Cotton Textile centre than Peshawar? [3]

Q3: Karez is an important means of irrigation in Balochistan. Name a fruit and a crop which is grown in
Balochistan on Karez system? [2]

Q4: What is meant by Cash Crop Farming? Why are Rice and Sugarcane considered as cash crops of Pakistan?
[3]
Q5: Why rice crop is called ‘Labour Intensive’? [3]

Q6: Why is Wheat not a preferred crop of farmers in Pakistan? [3]

Q7: Describe why camels are an important elements of nomadic lifestyle in Pakistan? [4]

Q8: Buffaloe Farms are developed in the outskirts of big towns like Karachi. Describe the benefits of Buffalo
farms near Karachi. [4]

Q9: Compare the nomadic livestock farming with settled commercial farms in Pakistan. [4]

Q10: Compare and contrast the informal sector of industries with formal sector. [4]

Q11: To what extent, commercial farming is the solution of food shortage and economic development in
Pakistan? [6]

Q12: Read the given two statements:

A: The Government of Pakistan should improve the basic tourist facilities in the northern areas of Pakistan to
improve economic facilities.
B: The Government of Pakistan should improve small scale and cottage industries in the northern areas to bring
more economic development.
Which of the two statements do you agree with more? Give example and evaluate your answer. [6]

Q13: To what extent subsistence farming is a solution to gain economic development to under developed areas
of Balochistan and northern areas? [6]