CBSE 12th Term-2 2022 : Geography Important 2 Marks Questions With Answers

CBSE 12th Term-2 2022 : Geography Important 2 Marks Questions With Answers

In this post CBSE 12th Term Geography Important 2 Marks Questions with Solutions are given. CBSE will conduct Term 2 Geography Board Exam for class 12th on 18th May 2022. Check here for additional 2 marks questions given below to solve before going for your CBSE Class 12th Term 2 exam.

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1. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?

Answer: The first public railway line was opened in 1825 between Stockton and Darlington in Northern England.

2. Which region of Russia exhibits a very dense network of roadways? Industrialized part of west Russia

Answer: In Russia, a dense highway network is developed in the industrialized region west of the Urals with Moscow as the hub.

3. What is Stuart highway?

Answer: The Trans-Continental Stuart highway connects Darwin (north coast) and Melbourne via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs in Australia.

4. What is orient Express?

Answer: This line runs from Paris to Istanbul passing through Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade. The journey time from London to Istanbul by this Express is now reduced to 96 hours as against 10 days by the sea-route.

5. Write two inland waterways of North America?

Answer: Mississippi, Potomac.

6. Which two cities are connected by channel tunnel?

Answer: Paris - London

7. Name the famous petroleum pipeline which connects the oil wells of the Gulf of Mexico to the North-Eastern states of the USA? 

Answer: Big Inch.

8. Which are the two regions of the world having a very dense network of airways and railways? 

Answer: Airways : Eastern U.S.A., Western Europe

Railways : East Central U.S.A. and Southern Canada

9. What is satellite Communication? 

Answer: Communication through satellites which emerged as a new area in communication technology is called satellite communication.

10. Which two factors contribute to the growth of Railways? 

Answer: Geographical factor and Economic factor

11. Why is Road transport better than rail transport? 

Answer: Road transport is considered better than rail transport because:

(i) Construction and maintenance is cheaper than railways.
(ii) Road transport provides door to door services.
(iii) Roads can be constructed over undulating terrain.

12. What are the disadvantages of Air Transport?

Answer: Disadvantages -

1. Costly, not within reach of poor people.
2. It is also expensive to maintain aircraft as well as the airports.
3. It’s operation dependent on the weather conditions.
4. Construction of airports is limited by certain physical constrains.

13. List the factors which affect inland water transport?

Answer: The development of inland waterways is dependent on the following factors:
(i) Navigability, width and depth of the channel
(ii) Continuity in the water flow
(iii) Transport technology in use

14. Suggest measures to overcome the urban transport problem? 

Answer: 

• Mass rapid transit (MRT)
• Improved public bus service
• Expressways
• Car pool