DATE: 09-02-2025

10th Std (English)

GEOGRAPHY TIME: 2 hour

Chapter No.: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
MARKS: 40

SEAT NO:

1.. Choose/Select the correct option. 4 Marks

1. Due to farming, industries and trade, the proportion of the population got in _____ a few places.
(a) distributed (b) sparse (c) concentrated (d) equal

Solution:
(c) concentrated

2. Brazil is famous for ________ type of dance form.

(a) Salsa
(b) Samba
(c) Ballet
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(b) Samba
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3. Indian bisons, deers, monkeys are found in the _____ region.

(a) Himalayan (b) Western Ghats (c) Peninsular (d) Deccan

Solution:
(c) Peninsular

4. India is blessed with a long coastline extending for approximately

(a) 8000 km (b) 5000 km (c) 7500 km (d) 7900 km

Solution:
(c) 7500 km

2.. Match the Columns. 4 Marks

Column A Column B
1.
Evergreen Forests (a) Sundari trees

Deciduous forests (b) Pine

Coastal forests (c) Pau Brasil

Himalayan forests (d) Khejari

(e) Teak

(f) Orchid

Solution:
1-c
2-e
3-a
4-b

3.. Answer in short. (Any 2) 4 Marks

1. Correlate pulse cropping with low rainfall.
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(i) Extreme weather events during growing and harvesting seasons can cause serious damage to crops.
(ii) Pulses are very sensitive to torrential rain, especially in the early vegetative stage and flowering stage.
(iii) A high quantity of rainfall can cause disease infestation in crops.
Hence, pulses are grown in places where there is less to moderate rainfall.

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2. How is the population pyramid useful? OR State the uses of a population pyramid.

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Solution:
The population pyramid is used to study the age and sex related aspects of a region s population
We can know the number/percentage of various age groups of males and females in a country.
It also helps us to know the proportion of children, youth and old people in a country.

3. Indus River System.

Solution:
(i) Indus and its tributaries (Jhelum, Beas, Chenab, Ravi and Satluj) drain the Western Himalayas i.e., they flow through the
state of Jammu and Kashmir.

(ii) They flow almost parallel to each other.

(iii) A major tributary of river Indus, the Satluj, originates near Mansarovar and flows westwards.

(iv) Punjab Plains have formed from the depositional work of this river and its tributaries.

(v) Indus flows through Pakistan and then meets the Arabian Sea.

4. (A). Mark the following in the outline map. 4 Marks

1. Show the distribution of crops like wheat, jowar, rice, cotton, sugarcane, tea, jute, coffee and rubber, apple in the outline map
of India using symbols. Name the map.

Solution:

(B). Study the map/graphs given below and answer the following question. 4 Marks
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 1. Study the two types of settlement patterns in India given in figure (a) and (b) Answer the following questions :

1. Identify the type of settlements?

2. Which one is a nucleated settlement? Why?

3. Which one is a dispersed settlement? What could be the reason behind it?

4. Can you guess in which regions are these settlements located in India?

Solution:
1. Fig a. Settlement Type is: Nucleated and in Fig. b. Settlement Type is: Linear and Dispersed settlement.

2. Fig. a. Shows the image of a Nucleated settlement, because it is a cultivated land and has a centrally located water body.

3. In Fig. b. dispersed settlement is observed due to unsuitable topography.

4. Settlement in Fig. a. is located in the north Indian plain, it might be the river Ganga Basin and settlement in the Fig. b. is
located in hilly terrain covered with forest and also a road passing through leads to a dispersed settlement.
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5.. Give geographical reasons for the following. (Any 2) 6 Marks

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1. Brazil is called the ‘coffee pot of the world.

Solution:
(i) Brazil ranks first in the world in the terms of production of coffee.
(ii) It produces nearly 40% of the total coffee production in the world.
(iii) It is the largest exporter of coffee.

Therefore, Brazil is called the ‘coffee pot of the world

2. What precautions have to be taken while going to the sea coast?

Solution:
The following precautions must be taken while going to the sea coast:

Sun exposure at the sea is quite high. So, bring sunglasses and a hat to beat the sun’s rays and prevent sunburn.
Consult the local people before entering the sea water.
Avoid going beaches if there’s lightning in the forecast.
Don’t go in deep water, if you do not know to swim.
Beware of the waves, some are more powerful than you think.
Don’t climb edges of rocks to click photographs, as they may be slippery.
Be sure to bring plenty of water.
Do not wear expensive watches and jewellery when going to the sea coast.
 3. Tropical cyclones occur rarely in Brazil.

Solution:
(i) In the coastal regions of Brazil near the Equator, differences in temperatures are negligible.
(ii) The winds move in the vertical direction in this equatorial region.
(iii) Similarly, the convergence zone of the trade winds is weak here. As a result, cyclones are not formed.
(iv) As a result tropical cyclones occur rarely in Brazil.

4. Tourism is an invisible trade.

Solution:
(i) Tourism belongs to the service sector as various services are provided to the tourists.
(ii) For e.g., hotels, lodges, transport, food, entertainment, etc.
(iii) Tourism increase the GDP of economy without exchange of goods.
Thus, tourism is an invisible trade.

6.. Read the given passage- data and answer the questions. 6 Marks
1. Read the following table and answer the following questions. og
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Export, Import and Balance of Trade (Value in US $)

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Year Exports Imports Exports Imports

2009-10 178751.4 288372.9 152994.7 127647.3

2010-11 251136 369770 197356.4 180458.8

2011-12 304623.53 489181.3 256038.7 226243.4

2012-13 214099.8, 361271.9 242579.8 223749.1

1. What is balance of trade?Question (2).

2. Tell the types of balance of trades.

3. In which country do export exceed the imports in all the years?

4. Brazil’s balance of trade belongs to which type?

5. India’s balance of trade belongs to which type?

Solution:
1. Balance of trade is the difference between the value of a nation’s exports and imports for a certain period.\

2. There are three types of balance of trade they are as follows:

Unfavourable balance of trade: The value of imports is more than the value of exports.
Favourable balance of trade: The value of exports is more than the value of imports.
Balanced trade: The value of exports and imports is almost the same.

3. In Brazil, export exceeds the import in all the years.

4. Brazil has a ‘favourable balance of trade’ or ‘surplus trade’.

5. India has an ‘unfavourable balance of trade’ or ’trade deficit’.

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Or (B). Study the map/graphs given below and answer the following question. 6 Marks
1. Observe the figure carefully and answer the following questions given below.

1. What is the class interval of the data?

2. In which decade was India’s life expectancy the highest?

3. In which year has the difference in the life expectancy between Brazil and India been the maximum? By how much?

4. Has the difference in life expectancy been increasing or decreasing?

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5. What is the similarity between both the graphs?

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6. Is the increase in life expectancy a positive or a negative indicator of an economy? Why?

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1. The class interval of the data is 10 years.

2. Highest life expectancy in India was in the decade of 1960-1970.

3. In the year I960, the difference between the life expectancy of Brazil and India has been the maximum by 13 years. (54 –
51)

4. During the past 36 years, i.e. from 1980 onwards, the difference between the life expectancy of Brazil and India has
remained constant. It has been 7 to 8 years.
 5. Both India and Brazil have experienced an increase in the life expectancy. Both the graphs indicate an upward trend
continuously.

6. The increase in life expectancy is a positive indicator for any economy because longer the people’s average age, longer is
their contribution towards the growth of an economy.

7.. Answer in details. (Any 2) 8 Marks

1. Write names of the States/Regions in appropriate columns.
Bihar, Tocantins, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Eastern Maharashtra, Western part of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Rio Grande Do Norte,
Paraiba, Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas, Western Andhra Pradesh, Roroima, Amazonas, West Bengal, Rio Grande Do Sul,
Santa Catarina, Goa

Solution:
States/Regions India Brazil

Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas, Tocantins, Rio Grande Do Sul,

High rainfall
Goa Roraima

Bihar, Eastern Maharashtra West Santa Catarina, Amazonas,

Moderate rainfall
Bengal Alagoas

Pernambuco, Paraiba,
Western part of Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Low rainfall
Western Andhra Pradesh Rio Grande Do Norte, Alagoas

2. The evergreen rainforests in Brazil are rightly called the ‘Lungs of the world’.
Solution:
The northern Part of Brazil has dense evergreen forests. .
These forests release a large amount of oxygen in the environment.
This helps to reduce carbon dioxide levels.
Therefore, these rainforests are rightly called the Tungs of the world’.
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3. The Great Escarpment:

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(i) An Escarpment is a long, steep slope especially one at the edge of a plateau.

(ii) Though the Great Escarpment occupies a I very small area, the nature of its slope and the effect it has on the climate
makes is a separate
physiographic region.

(iii) The eastern side of the Brazilian Highland is demarcated because of the escarpment.

(iv) In this region, the altitude of the escarpment is 790 m.

(v) In some regions, the height decreases gradually.

(vi) The escarpment is very steep particularly from Sao Paulo to Porto Alegre.

(vii) The escarpment acts as a barrier to the Southeast Trade Winds giving rise to the rainshadow area in the northeast part
of the highlands. The region to the north of this area is called ‘Drought Quadrilateral’.