Grade 8 Year End Examination - 2015 GEOGRAPHY

Answer Paper
Part I
01 Saturn 02 High tide 03 longitudes 04 45 minutes 05 One hour
06 ü 07 ü 08 û 09 ü 10 û 11 December 12 Bhutan
13 Mongoloid 14 Bangladesh 15 Kalash 16 3 17 4 18 2
19 3 20 1 (2 x 20 = 40)
Part II
01 (1) A Mountain range B - Conical hill
(2) A Spur B - Valley (3) Steep slope
(4) (i) Provincial boundary
(ii) Divisional Secretariat boundary (5) Top of a mountain (2 marks)
(6) Tank, roads, cultivation etc. (3 marks)
(7) To get a clear understanding about landscape features
To identify the significant physical features / To identify the roads
To select the suitable cultivation (3 marks) (Total marks 16)
02 (1) A Tibet plateau C Deccan Plateau
(2) B Western Gharts J Hindu Kush
(3) D River Narmada F Indus river
(4) E Bangladesh K Nepal
(5) G Bay of Bengal H Cape Comarine
(6) Tar desert (11 marks)
03 (1) The overall development of Economic, social, political and cultural sectors (2 marks)
(2) Literacy, Infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, life expectancy at birth
(4 marks) (3) Drop in maternal deaths, increase in life expectancy, upliftment of the
nutritional level, well considered decision making skills, optimum use of resources
etc. (4 marks)
04 (1) (i) Bangaladesh (ii) Tourist industry (iii) India (iv) Handloom textiles
(v) Sri Lanka (5 marks)
(2) Employment opportunities for rural people
Rise in the standard of living of rural folk
Development of infrastructure facilities
Ability to use local raw materials etc. (3 marks)
(3) Prevalence of large iron ore deposits obundance of coal deposits; Availability of
water. Prevalence of different mineral resources cheep labour (3 marks)
05 (1) The movement of the earth from West to East round its own axis (3 marks)
(2) Occurrence of day and night / regional differences in time / calculate the day
(2 marks)
0
30 E longitude 2.00 p.m.
0
30 W '' 2.00 a.m.
0
60 W '' 4.00 a.m.
0
45 E '' 3.00 p.m. (6 marks)
06 (1) A Buthan B India C Pakistan D Maldives
E Sri Lanka F Nepal (6 marks)
(2) Sikhism - India / Jainism - India / Islam - Maldives (3 marks)
(3) Diwchi - Maldives / Urdu - Bangladesh (2 marks)