CBSE Class 12 Geography Question Paper 2025 with Solutions, Download Set-Wise PDF

CBSE class 12 Geography Question Paper 2025

1. "Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and earth's surface." This definition of human geography is given by
(A) Vidal-de-la-Blache
(B) Richard Hartshorne
(C) Ritter
(D) Ratzel

2. Which one of the following is the core concern of geography as a discipline?
(A) To understand population distribution and the factors affecting the same
(B) To understand the relationship between resource distribution and its utilisation.
(C) To understand the earth as the home of human beings and its sustainability.
(D) To understand the earth as the home of natural resources and their estimation.

3. The concept of 'Neodeterminism' was introduced by
(A) Ehrlich
(B) C. Semple
(C) Griffith Taylor
(D) Humboldt

Read the following statements regarding outports carefully and choose the correct option:
(i) These are deep water ports.
(ii) They are built away from the actual ports.
(iii) These ports are also known as ferry ports.
(iv) Piraeus is an example of an outport for Athens in Greece.

Options:
(A) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) Only (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) Only (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) Only (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

5. Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option :
Assertion (A): "The chief gateways of the world are harbours and ports.'
Reason (R): 'Cargoes and travellers are transported through them.'
Options :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect but ( R ) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

6. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
were originally developed for refuelling, watering and collecting food items.
(A) Entreports
(B) Ports of Call
(C) Packet Stations
(D) Comprehensive Ports

7. Arrange the following towns of India as per their location from north to south direction and choose the correct option :
(i) Nagpur
(ii) Hyderabad
(iii) Madurai
(iv) Lucknow

Options :
(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(B) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)