List of top Geography Questions on Primary Activities asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Read the following statements about 'agribusiness' carefully and choose the correct option: I. It is a commercial farming on an industrial scale.
II. Its raw materials are received from forests.
III. It is highly structured, mechanised and large in size.
IV. Its example is tea plantation.

Which one of the following is the least labour intensive cultivation method?

``The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance.'' Examine the statement with reference to hunting and gathering.

``Commercial livestock rearing is well organised and capital intensive.'' Examine the statement with comparison to nomadic herding.

Which one of the following types of farming is most labour intensive?

Analyse the main features of nomadic herding in the world.

Analyse the main features of plantation agriculture in the world.

Read the following characteristics of tertiary activities carefully and choose the correct option.
I. It is involved in processing of physical raw materials.
II. It is an output of services.
III. Many of the services are highly specialised.
IV. Electrician, doctor, lawyer, driver are some of its examples.

Read the following statements related to intensive subsistence farming and choose the correct option.
I. Land holdings are very small under it.
II. Use of machinery is limited under it.
III. It is practised largely in Central Asia.
IV. The yield per unit area is high, but per labour productivity is low.

Read the following statements related to ‘gathering’ carefully and choose the correct option.

I. Generally gathering is practised in the regions with harsh climatic conditions.
II. In modern times, some gathering is market-oriented.
III. Denmark is a classical example of gathering activities.
IV. Gathering is practised mostly by primitive societies.

Name a major shipping canal.