Class XII Geography Assignment April, 2021

HG Ch.1
Long answer type questions:

Q1. Who propagated the Theory of Determinism? Explain the concept of Determinism with suitable
examples.

Q2. Which approach was followed by Lucian Febvre and Vidal de la Blache in the study of human
geography? Mention two characteristics of this approach.

Q3. What is the new concept of Griffith Taylor in the field of human geography? Describe this
concept with examples.

Q4. “The knowledge of nature is extremely important to develop technology.” Support the
statement by giving three examples.

Q5. What is the subject matter of the study of human geography? Explain any three facts.

Q6. “There is mutual interaction between the elements of physical geography and human
geography.” Support this statement with suitable example.

Q7. “Nature and humans are inseparable elements.” Justify the statement with suitable examples.

Q8. “The primitive communities lived in complete harmony with their natural environment and as
such the humans were naturalized.” Support the statement.

Q9. “Nature provides opportunities and humans make use of these and slowly nature gets
humanized and start bearing the imprints of human endeavour.” Justify the statement.

Q10. How does technology loosen the shackles of environment on human beings? Explain with
examples.

Q11. Explain the broad stages and thrust of human geography.

Q12. Explain the three schools of thought in human geography.

Q13. Write a note on the scope of human geography.

Q14. Explain how technology indicates the level of cultural development of society?

PE Ch.1
Short answer type questions:

Q1. What is the population of India as per 2011 census?

Q2. When was the first complete population census in India conducted?

Q3. What is the density of population in India as per 2011 census?

Q4. Which state has highest and lowest density of population in India as per 2011 census?

Q5. What do you understand by the term ‘Physiological density’?

Q6. Define the term ‘Growth of population’.

Q7. What is agricultural density?

Q8. Show by formula the decadal growth rate.

Q9. When was negative growth rate recorded in India?

Q10. Which phase of population growth in India is referred as the period of population explosion?
What was its duration?

Q11. What is the percentage of adolescent population (10-19 years) in India as per 2011 census?

Q12. What is the age group of ‘youth’ as per National youth policy-2014?

Q13. What percentage of total population lives in village as per 2011 census?

Q14. Which state and UT has highest rural population?

Q15. According to Linguistic survey of India, 1903-1928 conducted by Grierson, how many languages
and dialects were there in India?

Q16. Which are the least spoken languages?

Q17. What are the percentage shares of population of U.P, Maharashtra, Bihar and W.B?

Q18. What is population growth?

Q19. What do you understand by the term ‘Population doubling time’?

Long answer type questions:

Q1. Write a note on NYP-2014.

Q2. What are the factors responsible for the spatial distribution of population in India?

Q3. What are Physiological and Agricultural densities?

Q4. Explain about the spatial variation in population densities in India.

Q5. Explain about the four distinct phases of population growth in India.

Q6. Describe the regional variation in population growth rate during 1991-2001 in India.

Q7. What are the challenges of the adolescent population in India and governmental policies to
combat them?

Q8. Write a note on the rural – urban composition of population.

Q9. Explain about the major family of languages, its sub – family and speech areas in India.

Q10. Describe the religious composition of population of India.

Q11. Differentiate between main worker and marginal worker.

Q12. Where is higher work participation rate found in India and why?

Q13. What is the occupational composition of population in India?

Q14. “A society which fails to acknowledge gender discriminations can not be treated as a civilized
one”. Support your answer with effective measures to remove such discriminations.

Q15. “If development is not engendered, it is endangered.” Elaborate this statement.

Q16. Write a note on ‘Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao’.