CUET Geography Previous Year Solved Paper 1 (15 July 2022 Slot-2) - Humanities/Arts MCQ

The density of population is usually measured in persons per sq. km.

Shifting cultivation also known as slash and burn agriculture is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in Central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.

The Ruhr region is responsible for 80 per cent of Germany's total steel production.

The iron and steel industry forms the base of all other industries and, therefore, it is called a basic industry. It is basic because it provides raw material for other industries such as machine tools used for further production.

Radio broadcasting started in India in 1923 by the Radio Club of Bombay.

In India, there are many highways linking the major towns and cities. For example, National Highway No. 7 (NH 7), connecting Varanasi with Kanya Kumari, is the longest in the country.

Phase I: The period from 1901-1921 is referred to as a period of stagnant or stationary phase of growth of India’s population, since in this period growth rate was very low, even recording a negative growth rate during 1911-1921. Both the birth rate and death rate were high keeping the rate of increase low. Poor health and medical services, illiteracy of people at large and inefficient distribution system of food and other basic necessities were largely responsible for a high birth and death rates in this period.

The Panama Canal: This canal connects the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It has been constructed across the Panama Isthmus between Panama City and Colon by the U.S. government which purchased 8 km of area on either side and named it the Canal Zone. The Canal is about 72 km. long and involves a very deep cutting for a length of 12 km.
It has a sixlock system and ships cross the different levels (26 m up and down) through these locks before entering the Gulf of Panama.

Neeru-Meeru (Water and You) programme (in Andhra Pradesh) and Arvary Pani Sansad (in Alwar, Rajasthan) have taken up constructions of various water-harvesting structures such as percolation tanks, dug out ponds (Johad), check dams, etc., through people's participation.

The Northern Atlantic Sea Route - This links Northeastern U.S.A. and North-western Europe, the two industrially developed regions of the world. The foreign trade over this route is greater than that of the rest of the world combined. One fourth of the world's foreign trade moves on this route. It is, therefore, the busiest in the world and otherwise, called the Big Trunk Route. Both the coasts have highly advanced ports and harbour facilities.

In India, a geothermal energy plant has been commissioned at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh.

Drought Prone Area Programme was initiated during the Fourth Five Year Plan with the objectives of providing employment to the people in drought-prone areas and creating productive assets.

The notion of sustainable dev elopment emerged in the wake of general rise in the awareness of environmental issues in the late 1960s in Western World. It reflected the concern of people about undesirable effects of industrial development on the environment. The publication of 'The Population Bomb' by Ehrlich in 1968 and 'The Limits to Growth' by Meadows and others in 1972 further raised the level of fear among environmentalists in particular and people in general.

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM ) aims at a pollution-free environment. Its objectives are :

• making India open def ecat ion-f ree and achieving 100 per cent scientific management of municipal solid waste, construction of individual household latrines (IHHL), community toilet (CT) seats and public toilet (PT) seats;
• making provisions for the supply of clean energy fuel LPG to all households in rural India to reduce domestic pollution;
• providing potable drinking water to ev ery household to control the spread of waterborne diseases; and · promoting the use of non-convention energy resources, like wind and solar energy.

Chhattisgarh with HDI v alue of 0.358 has the lowest rank.

India ranks second in the world in the production of cotton after China. Cotton occupies about 4.7 per cent of total cropped area in the country.

Channel Tunnel, operated by Euro Tunnel Group through England, connects London with Paris.

Among the non-metallic minerals produced in India, mica is the important one. The other minerals extracted for local consumption are limestone, dolomite and phosphate.

Asia's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai.

By 2050, an estimated two-thirds of the world's population will live in urban areas, imposing even more pressure on the space infrastructure and resources of cities, which are manifested in terms of sanitary, health, crime problems and urban poverty.

The level of steady noise is measured by sound level expressed in terms of decibels (dB).

Some of the important approaches are:
(a) The income approach;
(b) The welfare approach;
(c) Minimum needs approach; and
(d) Capabilities approach.

Gujarat Industrial Region - The nucleus of this region lies between Ahmedabad and Vadodara but this region extends upto Valsad and Surat in the south and to Jamnagar in the west.

New York was the first to attain the status of a mega city by 1950 with a total population of about 12.5 million.

Bharmaur tribal area comprises Bharmaur and Holi tehsils of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It is a notified tribal area since 21 November 1975. Bharmaur is inhabited by 'Gaddi', a tribal community who have maintained a distinct identity in the Himalayan region as they practised transhumance and conversed through Gaddiali dialect.

The important nuclear power projects are Tarapur (Maharashtra), Rawatbhata near Kota (Rajasthan), Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu), Narora (Uttar Pradesh), Kaiga (Karnataka) and Kakarapara (Gujarat).

Iron Ore Mine- Durg; Copper mine- Khetri ; Oil Refinery-Digboi; Bauxite mine-Maikal Hill

Entrepot Ports - These are collection centres where the goods are brought from different countries for export. Packet Station - These are also known as ferry ports.
Naval Ports - These are ports which have only strategic importance.
These ports serve warships and have repair workshops for them.
Oil Ports - These ports deal in the processing and shipping of oil. Some of these are tanker ports and some are refinery ports.