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EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS
XII GEOGRAPHY

Question 1 Make the correct pairs of each item of list I by selecting the 3 Marks
appropriate word from list II
List I : Fields of Human Geography
1.1 Social Geography 1.2 Political Geography and 1.3 Economic
Geography
List II : Disciplines of Social Science
A. Urban Studies and Planning B. Agricultural Sciences C.
Demography D. History and E. Military Science

Question 2 Study the given table and answer the following questions.
Percentage of net irrigated area to total by wells and tube-wells
STATE PERCENTAGE
Gujarat 86.6
Rajasthan 77.2
Madhya Pradesh 66.5
Maharashtra 65
Uttar Pradesh 58.21
West Bengal 57.16
Tamil Nadu 54.7
(i) Name the state which has the highest percentage of irrigated
area by wells and tube wells. Also give the reason for the
same.
(ii) Which state has the lowest percentage of area irrigated by 3 Marks
wells and tube-wells? Also give the main reason for the
same.
Question 3 “The modern economic development in the world is mainly the result 5x1=5
of the development of Quaternary Services”. Justify the statement
with five suitable arguments.

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EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS
XII
ECONOMICS

Question 1 What happens to equilibrium price of a commodity if there is 1 Mark

‘decrease’ in its demand and ‘increase’ in its supply?
Question 2 Define marginal revenue. State the relation between marginal 3 Marks
revenue and average revenue when a firm “
(i) is able to sell more quantity of output at the same
price.
(ii) is able to sell more quantity of output only by
lowering the price
Question 3 A consumer buys 100 units of a good at a price of Rs.5 per unit. 4 Marks
When price changes he buys 140 units. What is the new price if
price elasticity of demand is – 2?
Question 4 Why are exports included in the estimation of domestic product 4 Marks
by the expenditure method? Can gross domestic product be
greater than gross national product? Explain
Question 5 What is the price elasticity of supply of a commodity whose 1 Mark
straight line supply curve passes through the origin forming an
angle of 75?
Question 6 All the inputs used in production of a good are increased 6 Marks
simultaneously and in the same proportion. What are its possible
effects on Total Product? Explain with the help of a numerical
example.
Question 7 If MPC and MPS are equal, what is the value of the multiplier? 1 Mark
Question 8 How will you treat the following while estimating domestic 6 Marks
product of India?
(i) Rent received by a resident Indian from his property
in Singapore.
(ii) Salaries to Indians working in Japanies Embassy in
India.
(iii) Profits earned by a branch of an American Bank in
India.
(iv) Salaries paid to Koreans working in Indian embassy
in Korea.

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EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS
XII
HISTORY
Question 1 Explain the relationship between the Varna system and the 5 Marks
occupation according to the Brahmanical texts. How did the
Brahmanas reinforce these? Explain two.
Question 2 Mahabharata is a good source to study the social values of 5 Marks
ancient times. Support this statement with suitable
arguments.
Question 3 Analyse how the Mughal Emperor’s Court procedures 5 Marks
reflected his status and power.
Question 4 ‘Rumours circulate only when they resonate, with the deep 5 Marks
fears and suspicion of the people’. How was this statement
true in the context of the Revolt of 1857?

Question 5 How was Kushadeva Singh seen as a symbol of humanity 2 Marks

and harmony?

Question 6 “The Begums of Bhopal played a significant role in 5 Marks

preserving the remains of Stupa at Sanchi.” Support this
statement with suitable evidence.
Question 7 ‘The rules of the Brahmanical text were not universally 5 Marks
followed in ancient time’. Justify giving five evidences.
Question 8 ‘Bernier’s accounts influenced western theorists from the 5 Marks
18th century’. Give arguments to support the statement.
Question 9 ‘The British Government consciously developed the city of 5 Marks
Madras to reflect their racial superiority’. Justify the
statement giving suitable arguments.

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EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS
XII
POLITICAL SCIENCE

Question 1 Match the following four leaders with their parties just before 1 Mark
the Lok Sabha elections held in 1977
(a) Charan Singh (i) Congress for Democracy
(b) D. K. Barooah (ii) Bharatiya Lok dal
(c) Jagjivan Ram (iii) Congress (R)
(d) Morarji Desai (iv) Congress (O)

Question 3 What are the four components of the traditional notion of 4 Marks
security from external threats? Give one example of each.

Question 4 Was the Congress split in 1969 avoidable? If the split had not 4 Marks
taken place, how could it have influenced the course of events in
the 1970s?

Question 5 Suppose the Cold War had not taken place and there were 6 Marks
several major powers at the end of the Second World War. How
would that situation have affected India’s foreign policy?
Identify any three aspects or regions and imagine the difference.

Question 6 Suppose the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and the world
was still as bipolar as it was in mid-1980s. How would it have
affected the developments in the last two decades? Identify any 6 Marks
three regions or domains and the developments that may not
have taken place in that kind of a world.

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Question 7 ‘In the midst of severe competition and many conflicts, a 6 Marks
consensus appears to have emerged among most of the
political parties”. In the light of the above statement
highlight any three points of consensus.

Question 8 “Even after six decades of independence certain issues

pertaining to national integration are yet to be resolved”. In 6 Marks
the light of this statement, explain any three unresolved
issues.

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CODE NO. 101
CLASS XII

Reading :

 Testing Vocabulary

A.1 Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions
given below :

c. What does one need to do to “become more than you have been”?
d. Explain the phrase “looking inside yourself”.
e. What did the writer learn from his struggles and mistakes?

f. Find words from the passage which mean the same as:-
a) of unusual high quality (para 1)
b) hard but easily broken (para 6)
c) possibility for developing (para 11)
d) following accepted customs and traditions (para 12)

Objectives: to understand the writer’s attitude and bias to develop the

ability to
comprehend language as required in related fields and given context to
develop
the ability to form opinions

Writing : To analyze given input and arrive at conclusions

4. ‘What people read is what people believe.’ You are concerned about
the ongoing
controversy regarding media’s role in sensationalizing news, moulding
public
opinion and moral policing. Write a letter to the editor emphasizing on
media
responsibility. (200 words)

5) Teenagers today are getting hooked on to the latest gadgets. Write an

article on
‘The advantages of technology versus its adverse effects’.

5. To commemorate the 150th year of the mutiny of 1857 your school is

organizing
a special programme. You are Suresh/ Sita, head girl of Heritage School.
Prepare
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a talk to be delivered on the occasion using the input given below.
Freedom struggle - sacrifice - maintaining and strengthening democracy -
responsibility - challenges - new vision - responsibility of nation building

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6. Rearrange the following sentences sequentially to make

complete sense:

Objective: to read and arrange sentences in a sequential order

7. You have recently shifted into the school hostel and want to
open a saving
bank account. Write a dialogue with the bank clerk regarding the
procedure
to open a bank account. You may use the inputs given below - the
first one
has been done for you

7) Objective: to extend the given input into a meaningful dialogue

9. Ms. Ragini runs an NGO, which works to rehabilitate street children. You
are
Kamal/Kavita a reporter for Times Today. Frame 10 interview questions
based on
the given input.

LITERATURE

10. Choose any one of the following extracts and answer the
questions that
follow:

a) Name the poem and the poet.

b) Who does ‘they’ refer to?

Objective : To test students’ comprehension of poetry- local, global,

interpretative, inferential and evaluative.

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CODE NO. 301
CLASS XII

Reading Comprehension

 Vocabulary Testing

1.2 Find the words from the passage which mean the same as:
a. To give up (para 1)
b. People belonging to the same period (para 3)
c. Vote by the people of the country to decide a matter of
national importance (para 6)

2.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes using
headings and
sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations where necessary.

Writing Skills

 Personal Response to Social Issues of relevance

5. You are Nitin/Natasha a student of Class XII at K.P.N. Public School

Faridabad.
The student is required to cope with lot of pressure in today’s competitive
environment. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily highlighting
the
increasing stress faced by students and suggest ways to combat the
same.

6. Computer games and video games have become popular with

children today. As
a result outdoor games seem to have no place in their life anymore. You
are
Satish/Sakshi. You had the opportunity of playing Hide-n-Seek when you
visited
your cousins in a small town. You decide to write an article on your
experiences
about the joys of playing outdoor games for the school magazine. Write
the article
in 150-200 words.

 To write an article on socially relevant issues alongwith personal

interpretation.

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Examplary Questions

B. Chemistry – Class XII

Q.1 A translucent white waxy solid (A) on heating in an inert atmosphere is converted to its
allotropic form (B). Allotrope (A) on reaction with very dilute aqueous KOH liberates a
highly poisonous gas (C) having rotten fish smell. With excess of chlorine forms (D) which
hydrolyses to compound (E). Identify compounds (C), (D) and (E). Give brief explanation
for your answers.

(3 Marks)

Q.2 Free energies of formation of (∆fG) of MgO(s) and CO(g) at 1273 K and 2273K are
given below

On the basis of above data, predict the temperature at which carbon can be used as a reducing
agent
(2 marks)

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EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS

A Physics – Class XII

Q.1 Four point charges are placed at the four corners of a square in the two ways (i) and (ii)
as shown below. Will the (i) electric field (ii) Electric potential, at the centre of the square, be
the same or different in the two configrations and why?

(2 marks)

Q.2 The two graphs drawn below, show the variation of electrostatic potential V with 1/r, r
being the distance of the field point from the point charge, for two point charges q and q .
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(i) What are the signs of the two charges?

(ii) Which of the two charges has a larger magnitude and why?
(2 Marks)

Q.3 An electrical element X, when connected to an alternating voltage source, has the current
through it leading the voltage by Π/2 (pie/2) radii. Sketch a graph showing the variation in
opposition offered by it to the current with the frequency of the applied voltage.
(1 Mark)

Q.4 The spectrum of a star in the visible and the ultraviolet region was observed. The
wavelength of some of the lines that could be identified were found to be :

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824 A0, 970 A0, 1120 A0, 2504 A0, 5173 A0 and 6100 A0

Which of these spectral lines cannot belong to hydrogen atom spectrum ?

Given Rydberg Constant R = 1.03 x 10+7 m-1 and 1/R = 970 A0
Support your answer with suitable calculations.
(3 marks)

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