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CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Indian Geography and Demographics — practice questions

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Any rock that has cooled from a molten state is placed in which class?Read the answer and worked solution →What supplies the power that keeps Earth's crustal plates moving?Read the answer and worked solution →Almost all of Earth's weather takes place in which layer of the atmosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →Which gas makes up the largest share of the air at Earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Free oxygen first built up in Earth's air as a waste product of which process?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened over the Tunguska River in Siberia on 30 June 1908?Read the answer and worked solution →New oceanic crust is created at rift zones. Where is the old crust destroyed?Read the answer and worked solution →Oceanic crust runs about 6 kilometers thick. How thick is continental crust?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities?Read the answer and worked solution →A family clears a patch, farms it with a hoe and dao, and moves on when fertility falls. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Slash and burn farming in Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Winter rain from western temperate cyclones helps which crops?Read the answer and worked solution →Growing a single crop like tea over a large area with migrant labour is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rabi crops are sown from October to December and harvested in:Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard are:Read the answer and worked solution →Paddy, maize, jowar, cotton and jute are sown with the onset of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pulse does NOT help fix nitrogen in the soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Only one country grows more rice than India. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat needs a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which millet is very rich in iron and calcium?Read the answer and worked solution →A vegetarian family gets most of its protein from a crop India grows and eats more of than any other country. That crop group is:Read the answer and worked solution →A jaggery maker buys cane in the second largest sugarcane producing country. Which country grows the most?Read the answer and worked solution →Groundnut is a kharif crop; its largest producer in 2016-17 was:Read the answer and worked solution →Tea was introduced in India initially by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rubber is an equatorial crop mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and the Garo hills of:Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton grows best in the black cotton soil of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton needs how many frost-free days?Read the answer and worked solution →Land reform was the main focus of which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →Operation Flood is another name for the:Read the answer and worked solution →The government announces minimum support prices to protect farmers from:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Any rock that has cooled from a molten state is placed in which class?

  1. Primitive rock
  2. Sedimentary rock
  3. Igneous rock
  4. Metamorphic rock
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Correct answer: C. Igneous rock

1. Rocks are grouped by the process that made them, not by where they are found. 2. Rock that cooled from a melt is called igneous rock, and all volcanic rock is igneous. 3. Sedimentary rock is cemented fragments, and metamorphic rock is altered by heat and pressure. _Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), section 8.2 Earth’s Crust_

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What supplies the power that keeps Earth's crustal plates moving?

  1. Steady pull of lunar gravity
  2. Daily spin of Earth's crust
  3. Wind blowing across oceans
  4. Slow convection in the mantle
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Correct answer: D. Slow convection in the mantle

1. Heat built up inside the planet has to escape towards the surface. 2. Warmer mantle material rises and cooler material sinks, which is convection. 3. That slow churning drags the plates along above it. 4. Lunar gravity raises tides in the ocean but does not drive the plates. _Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), section 8.2 Earth’s Crust_

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Almost all of Earth's weather takes place in which layer of the atmosphere?

  1. The troposphere
  2. The stratosphere
  3. The ionosphere
  4. The ozone layer
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Correct answer: A. The troposphere

1. The atmosphere is stacked into layers, each with its own behavior. 2. The lowest layer is the troposphere, and it holds most of the air. 3. Warm air rises and cool air sinks there, which builds the clouds and wind we call weather. _Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), section 8.3 Earth’s Atmosphere_

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