CBSE Class 12 Geography Compartment Question Paper 2026 with Solution PDF

1.

Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): In recent decades, the urban population of India has grown rapidly. Reason (R): In India, the workforce is shifting from farm-based to non-farm-based occupations.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  
• Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  
• (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  
• (A) is false, but (R) is true.
  

2.

Study the following table carefully and answer Questions:
        Most populous countries

3.

Which one of the following institutions constructed the 'Golden Quadrilateral Project'?

• National Highways Authority of India
  
• State Highway Authority
  
• Central Public Works Department
  
• Border Roads Organisation
  

4.

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions that follow:

5.

Which one of the following is an example of forest-based industry?

• Textiles
  
• Sugar
  
• Lac
  
• Edible oil
  

6.

Case for Free Trade
The act of opening up economies for trading is known as free trade or trade liberalisation. This is done by bringing down trade barriers like tariffs. Trade liberalisation allows goods and services from everywhere to compete with domestic products and services.
Globalisation along with free trade can adversely affect the economies of developing countries by not giving equal playing field by imposing conditions which are unfavourable. With the development of transport and communication systems, goods and services can travel faster and farther than ever before. But free trade should not only let rich countries enter the markets, but allow the developed countries to keep their own markets protected from foreign products.
Countries also need to be cautious about dumped goods; as along with free trade, dumped goods of cheaper prices can harm the domestic producers.

7.

Which one of the following is the main objective of 'Haryali Project'?

• Water conservation for irrigation and fisheries
  
• Water conservation for industries
  
• Surface water availability for transport
  
• Surface water availability for recreation
  

8.

Choose the correctly matched pair from the following : (Crop) - (Leading Producer State)

• Maize - Bihar
  
• Jute - West Bengal
  
• Groundnut - Rajasthan
  
• Sunflower - Punjab
  

9.

India : Decadal Birth Rate, Death Rate and Rate of Natural Increase, 1901 – 2011

10.

Study the map showing areas of ‘extensive commercial grains farming’ carefully and answer questions that follow:

11.

On the given political outline map of the World, seven geographical features have been marked as A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Identify any five with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.

12.

On the given political outline map of India, locate and label any five of the following seven geographical features with the
appropriate symbols :

13.

Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): River valleys are sparsely populated areas of the world. Reason (R): Water is the most important factor for life.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  
• Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  
• (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  
• (A) is false, but (R) is true.
  

14.

Study the given map carefully and answer the questions that follow :

15.

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Water Pollution
Industries produce several undesirable products including industrial wastes, polluted waste water, poisonous gases, chemical residuals, numerous heavy metals, dust, smoke, etc. Most of the industrial wastes are disposed off in running water or lakes. Consequently, poisonous elements reach the reservoirs, rivers and other water bodies, which destroy the bio-system of these waters. Major water polluting industries are leather, pulp and paper, textiles and chemicals.