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) āĻĒā§ā§° āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž ? What is Urban Population ?
Ans: People living in towns and cities are called the urban population. āύāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻšā§°āϤ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§°āĻž āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§° (āύāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
b) āϞāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°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 āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
c) āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who introduced the concept of Human Development ?
Ans: Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq. āĻĄ° āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻŦā§āĻŦ-āĻāϞ-āĻšāĻāĨ¤
d) āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ? Which country has secured the top rank in Human Development ?
Ans: Iceland (Latest UNDP Human Development Report).
āĻāĻāĻāϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĨ¤
Note: If your school follows an older NCERT/ASSEB edition, the expected answer may be Norway.
e) āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļāĻāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤ Write the name of the country with the highest sex ratio.
Ans: Latvia. āϞāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
2. Answer in Brief(2×5=10)
a) āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āϏāĻā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž ? What is Age Structure ?
Ans: Age structure is the distribution of population into different age groups. āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧰ āĻā§āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āϏāĻā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
b) āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž ? What do you mean by Meaningful Life ?
Ans: A meaningful life is a healthy, educated and decent standard of living. āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ, āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāύāĻ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāύ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
c) āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž ? What do you mean by Human Resource Development ?
Ans: Human Resource Development is the process of improving people's knowledge, skills and health. āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšā§° āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ, āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
d) HDI āĻā§°ā§ UNDP-ā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤ Write the full forms of HDI and UNDP.
Ans: HDI – Human Development Index, UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
e) āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤ Write the difference between Growth and Development.
Growth (āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ)
- Growth means increase in quantity. āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤
- It measures only economic increase. āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
- It is quantitative in nature. āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻāϤāĨ¤
Development (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļ)
- Development means improvement in quality of life.āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻā§āĻŖāĻāϤ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
- It measures economic and social progress. āĻ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
- It is both quantitative and qualitative. āĻ āĻā§āĻŖāĻāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻāϤ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤
3. āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤ Describe the rural and urban components of the population. (5 Marks)
Ans:
- Rural population lives in villages. āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§ąāϤ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Most rural people depend on agriculture. āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āϞā§āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŋā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§°āĻļā§āϞāĨ¤
- Urban population lives in towns and cities. āύāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻšā§° āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Urban people mainly work in industries, trade and services. āύāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Urban areas have better education, healthcare, transport and communication facilities than rural areas. āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ āύāĻā§° āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž, āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝ, āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°ā§ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻā§° āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
4. āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϏā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻ (HDI)-ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻā§°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:
- Very High Human Development āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ
- High Human Development āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ
- Medium Human Development āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ
- Low Human Development āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ
The classification is based on three indicators:
- Life Expectancy (āĻā§ā§ąāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž)
- Education (āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž)
- Per Capita Income / GNI per capita (āĻāύāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧ)