HS 2nd Year : Question with Answer


HS 2nd Year (ASSEB) – Geography


Time: 1 Hour
Marks: 25


Question with Answers


1. Answer the following (1×5=5)


a) āĻĒ⧌⧰ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻž ? What is Urban Population ?


Ans: People living in towns and cities are called the urban population. āύāĻ—ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āϚāĻšā§°āϤ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰āĻž āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĒ⧌⧰ (āύāĻ—ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž) āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤


b) āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ— āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? How is the Sex Ratio determined ?


Ans: Sex ratio is determined by the number of females per 1000 males. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ— āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


c) āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who introduced the concept of Human Development ?


Ans: Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq. āĻĄ° āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻŦ⧁āĻŦ-āωāϞ-āĻšāĻ•āĨ¤


d) āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇ ? Which country has secured the top rank in Human Development ?


Ans: Iceland (Latest UNDP Human Development Report).
āφāχāϚāϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĨ¤


Note: If your school follows an older NCERT/ASSEB edition, the expected answer may be Norway.


e) āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ— āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ–āύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤ Write the name of the country with the highest sex ratio.


Ans: Latvia. āϞāĻžāϟāĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


2. Answer in Brief(2×5=10)


a) āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āϏāς⧰āϚāύāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻž ? What is Age Structure ?


Ans: Age structure is the distribution of population into different age groups. āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧰ āĻ—ā§‹āϟāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻžāĻ• āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āϏāς⧰āϚāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤


b) āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻž ? What do you mean by Meaningful Life ?


Ans: A meaningful life is a healthy, educated and decent standard of living. āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύāĻ• āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤


c) āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻž ? What do you mean by Human Resource Development ?


Ans: Human Resource Development is the process of improving people's knowledge, skills and health. āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ, āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤


d) HDI āφ⧰⧁ UNDP-ā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤ Write the full forms of HDI and UNDP.


Ans: HDI – Human Development Index, UNDP – United Nations Development Programme


e) āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤ Write the difference between Growth and Development.


Growth (āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ)



  1. Growth means increase in quantity. āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤

  2. It measures only economic increase. āχ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϖ⧇āĨ¤

  3. It is quantitative in nature. āχ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĨ¤


Development (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ)



  1. Development means improvement in quality of life.āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻ—āϤ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāĨ¤

  2. It measures economic and social progress. āχ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϖ⧇āĨ¤

  3. It is both quantitative and qualitative. āχ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻ—āϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻ—āϤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻžāĨ¤


3. āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻ—ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤ Describe the rural and urban components of the population. (5 Marks)


Ans:



  1. Rural population lives in villages. āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāχ āĻ—āĻžāĻā§ąāϤ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  2. Most rural people depend on agriculture. āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§°āĻļā§€āϞāĨ¤

  3. Urban population lives in towns and cities. āύāĻ—ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāχ āϚāĻšā§° āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻ—ā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  4. Urban people mainly work in industries, trade and services. āύāĻ—ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§ąāĻž āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  5. Urban areas have better education, healthcare, transport and communication facilities than rural areas. āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ āύāĻ—ā§° āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ, āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āφ⧰⧁ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤


4. āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϏ⧂āϚāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻ• (HDI)-ā§° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? How are countries classified on the basis of the Human Development Index (HDI) ? (5 Marks)


Ans: Countries are classified into four categories on the basis of HDI:



  1. Very High Human Development āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ

  2. High Human Development āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ

  3. Medium Human Development āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ

  4. Low Human Development āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ


The classification is based on three indicators:



  1. Life Expectancy (āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž)

  2. Education (āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž)

  3. Per Capita Income / GNI per capita (āϜāύāĻŽā§‚ā§°āĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧ)