Maharashtra Board SSC Class 10 Geography Sample Paper Set 2 with Answers Solutions Pdf Download.
Maharashtra Board Class 10 Geography Model Paper Set 2 with Answers
Time allowed : 2 Hours
Maximum marks : 40
General Instructions:
(1) All questions/activities are compulsory.
(2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
(3) For Q. No. 4(a) use supplied outline map of Brazil and tie it to your answer book.
(4) For Q. No. 6(a) use the graph paper supplied to you and attach it to the main answer book.
(5) Use of stencil is allowed for drawing map.
(6) Draw neat diagrams and sketches wherever necessary.
(7) Answers should be written in Black and Blue ink only.
(8) Use of pencil! colour pencil is allowed for diagrams, sketches and map work.
(9) Answers written in pencils will not be considered.
Question 1.
Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentences.
(1) The southernmost tip of India is ……….. .
(i) Indira Point
(ii) Lakshadweep
(iii) Nicobar Islands
(iv) Kanyakumari
Answer:
(i) The southernmost tip of India is Indira Point.
(2) Concentrated settlements are found in the Narmada Valley because of ……….. .
(i) Forest land
(ii) Cultivable land
(iii) Industries
(iv) Hilly areas
Answer:
(iii) Concentrated settlements are found in the Narmada Valley because of industries.
(3) The Lakshadweep islands are made up of ……….. .
(i) Part separated from mainland
(ii) Volcanic islands
(iii) Continental islands
(iv) Coral islands
Answer:
(iv) The Lakshadweep islands are made up of coral islands.
(4) Brazil gets rainfall from the ……….. and the north-east trade winds.
(i) South-East trade winds
(ii) South-West trade winds
(iii) North-West trade winds
(iv) Westerlies winds
Answer:
(i) Brazil gets rainfall from the south-east trade winds and the north-east trade winds.
Question 2.
Match the correct pairs.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Anaconda | (a) Tributary of Ganga |
| (2) Yamuna | (b) Coffee plantations |
| (3) Brazil Independence | (c) Brazil |
| (4) Sao Paulo | (d) IT boom |
| (e) 1822 | |
| (f) Western Ghats |
Answer:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Anaconda | (c) Brazil |
| (2) Yamuna | (a) Tributary of Ganga |
| (3) Brazil Independence | (e) 1822 |
| (4) Sao Paulo | (b) Coffee plantations |
Question 3.
Answer in one sentence. (Any four)
(1) Name the imaginary line that passes through the northern part of Brazil.
Answer:
Equator
(2) Which country has the largest number of vegetation species in the world?
Answer:
Brazil
(3) Name the area lying to the south of North Indian Plains and tapering towards the Indian Ocean.
Answer:
Indian Peninsula
(4) Which is the major water divide in the Peninsula?
Answer:
Western Ghats
(5) Which type of rainfall occurs because of the natural obstruction of the Himalayas?
Answer:
Orographic.
Question 4.
(a) Mark the following in the outline map of India. Write the names and give index. (Any four)
(1) New Delhi
(2) Shivalik Range
(3) Indira Point
(4) Malabar Coast
(5) Narmada River
(6) Gulf of Kutch
Answer:
(b) Observe the map of Brazil and answer the following questions. (Any four)
(1) What is the delta of Amazon river called?
Answer:
The delta of Amazon river is called Marajo Island.
(2) Which country borders Brazil at the Pampas grasslands?
Answer:
Uruguay borders Brazil at the Pampas grasslands.
(3) Where does Amazon river drain its water?
Answer:
The Amazon river drains into the North Atlantic Ocean.
(4) Which is the only river that meets the Atlantic Ocean at the eastern coast?
Answer:
The phly major river that meets the Atlantic Ocean is Sao Francisco.
(5) Which is the nearest beach to the grasslands?
Answer:
The beach nearest to the grasslands in Brazil is Cassino Beach.
(6) In which physical feature lies the peak of Pico de Neblina?
Answer:
Pico de Neblina peak lies in the Guiana Highlands.
Question 5.
Give geographical reasons. (Any two)
(1) Why is share of tourism in Indian GDP less than that in Brazil?
Answer:
(1) The share of tourism in GDP is less in India because the percentage of Indian population involved in the industry is less than that in Brazil, although the revenue totally generated , is greater.
(2) Part of Brazil is called drought quadrilateral.
Answer:
Part of Brazil is called drought quadrilateral because it falls on the rain shadow region of the great escarpment and thus the rain is less in this region.
(3) The peninsular rivers don’t face the problem of flood.
Answer:
The peninsular rivers are mostly rain fed rivers and hence they do not overflow their embankments even in rainy season and hence they do not face the problem of floods.
(4) The forests in Brazil are called the lungs of the world.
Answer:
The forests in Brazil mostly comprise of the Amazon rainforests which are evergreen and have a dense foliage and give out a large amount of oxygen. Hence, they are called the lungs of the world.
Question 6.
(a) With the help of given statistical data, prepare a simple bar graph and answer the following questions.
| Year | Percentage % of Urban Population in India |
| 1961 | 18.0 |
| 1971 | 18.2 |
| 1981 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 25.7 |
| 2001 | 27.8 |
| 2011 | 31.2 |
(1) Mention the year in which the percentage of urban population in India was 18?
Answer:
The percentage of urban population in India was 18 in 1961.
(2) By how many per cent did the percentage of urban population increase in decade 2001 to 2011?
Answer:
The percentage of urban population increased from decade 2001 to 2011 was 3.4 per cent.
(3) In which decade was the per cent growth in urban population highest?
Answer:
In the decade 1971 to 1981, the per cent growth in urban population was the highest.
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(b) Observe the following graph and answer the questions given below :
(1) What does the sex ratio of India indicate?
Answer:
The sex ratio graph of India indicates that the number of females per 1000 males is less than the number of males.
(2) Since when has the sex ratio in India increased?
Answer:
The sex ratio of India started rising since 1991 and has not gone down since then.
(3) What was the condition of sex ratio in India in 1961-71?
Answer:
In the decade 1961-71, the sex ratio of India started going down and came to be about 920-25 females per 1000 males.
(4) What does sex ratio mean?
Answer:
Sex ratio is the ratio of the number of females present in a country to every 1000 males.
(5) What does the sex ratio of Brazil indicate?
Answer:
The sex ratio of Brazil indicates that the number of females is much greater per 1000 males and it rose to about more than 1080 females per 1000 males.
(6) In which year did the women outnumber men in considerable amount in Brazil?
Answer:
According to the graph in the year 1961 itself the number of females exceeded the number of males.
Question 7.
Answer the following in detail. (Any two)
(1) Compare the tourism in India and Brazil.
Answer:
Brazil has many white sandy beaches to offer and the country is cradled in nature. It has very beautiful natural spots to offer to the tourists and thus it is naturally a very good tourist location. The newly developed capital city of Brasilia also attracts a lot of tourists and not only that but the coastal cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo also attract lots of tourists to Brazil and tourism is a very important industry in the country in which a lot of people are involved. Due to the recent damage to the environment, ecotourism is being developed in Brazil.
When India is considered, we also have a large percentage of our population involved in the tourism industry but tourism doesn’t contribute to our GDP as much as it does in Brazil. India has a wide variety of culture to offer to the tourists along with many hill stations and beaches. It also has many beautiful waterfalls that the tourists may enjoy.
The heritage of the country has been developed into a base to attract tourism. Eco-tourism in India is also getting a boost.
(2) Describe the role of Himalayas in the climate of India.
Answer:
The Himalayas are the boon that we have in the Indian subcontinent. The Himalayas affect the climate of the Indian subcontinent to a very great extent. It not only prevents the cold winds during the winter from entering the subcontinent but it also prevents the monsoon winds from entering Central Asia that deliver rainfall in the northern region and snowfall in the Himalayan region which keep the rivers in the northern plains regions well fed during the summer season. The Himalayas are. the reason that India has the amount of rainfall it receives otherwise this would have been a barren country.
(3) Discuss the vegetation of India in comparison to that of Brazil along with their reasons.
Answer:
Brazil has mostly evergreen rainforests in the Amazon river basin because of the high amount of rainfall that the region receives throughout the year. The same is true for the region around the equator. As we head away from the equator, the rainfall decreases and so does the vegetation and comes down to thorny shrubs and grasses in the grasslands.
In India, there is a varied variety of vegetation as there is very varied climate and soil conditions. The Himalayas have coniferous and deciduous trees and as we descend, the northern plains sustain the deciduous vegetation mostly. The Thar Desert has thorny bushes, and cacti. The Sunderbans at the mouth of Ganges has mangrove cover. The north-feast section and the Western Ghats receive a lot of rainfall and thus sustain the evergreen forests.
(4) State the differences between the settlements by the Amazon river in Brazil and by the river Ganga in India.
Answer:
Along the river Ganga the settlement that we have, is a nucleated settlement as Ganga is known as the lifeline of India. The river sustains many cities and that is because the plains along its banks are very fertile and accessible. This is due to the sediments brought down by the river itself. The land is very ideal for agriculture due to the fertility factor and the presence of the river for irrigation.
When we consider the banks of Amazon, there is not much population in that area because of many reasons, one of which is that the region is not accessible due to the dense foliage that the Amazon river basin has. The second reason is that the goverment doesn’t want to disturb that region due to its ecological value and thus not much development has been done in the area which has made the region a much less favaurable place to live.