CBSE Class 12 Geography 2025 Sample Paper Solved

Section A

Questions no. 1 to 17 are Multiple Choice Type Questions. 

1 The Human Poverty Index measures the shortfall in human development on the basis of which parameter/s?
A. The adult literacy rate and the life expectancy at birth.
B. Access to resources in terms of purchasing power.
C. The number of small children who are underweight.
D. The number of children enrolled in the school .

Answer : C

2 There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below.
Assertion (A): Often smaller countries have done better than larger ones and relatively poorer nations have been ranked higher than richer neighbours in terms of human development.
Reason (R): Size of the territory and per capita income are not directly related to human development. Countries with higher human development are those where a lot of investment in the social sector has taken place.
Options:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
C. Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
D. (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.

Answer : B

3 Which of the following statements are correct related to rural marketing centres?
Choose the correct option.
i. Rural marketing centres cater to nearby settlements.
ii. Rural Marketing centres are quasi-urban trading centres of the most rudimentary type.
iii. They offer manufactured goods as well as many specialized markets develop, e.g. markets for labour, housing, semi or finished products.
iv. Personal and professional services are not well-developed. These form local collecting and distributing centres.
Options:
A. i, ii, iv
B. i, iii, iv
C. ii, iii, iv
D. i, ii, iii

Answer : A

4 Arrange the following facts related to the history of international trade in sequence.
i. The Silk Route is an early example of long distance trade connecting Rome to China – along the 6,000 km route.
ii. After the disintegration of the Roman Empire, European commerce grew during twelfth and thirteenth century with the development of ocean going warships trade between Europe and Asia grew and the Americas were discovered.
iii. Fifteenth century onwards, the European colonialism began and along with trade of exotic commodities, a new form of trade emerged which was called slave trade.
iv. During the World Wars I and II, countries imposed trade taxes and quantitative restrictions for the first time.
Codes
A. i, ii, iv, v
B. iv, ii, iii, i
C. i, ii, iii, iv
D. iii, ii, iv, i

Answer : C

5 The act of opening up economies for trading by bringing down trade barriers like tariffs
and allowing goods and services from everywhere to compete with domestic products
and services is called .
A. Dumping
B. Trade liberalization
C. Balance of trade
D. Bilateral trade

Answer : B

6 Arrange the following states in order of their population from highest to lowest.
1. Bihar
2. Maharashtra
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. West Bengal
Codes:
A. 1, 3, 2, 4
B. 4, 3, 2, 1
C. 3, 2, 1, 4
D. 2, 1, 4, 3

Answer : C