CBSE 12th Geography Question Paper 2025 (Set 1)

Foot loose industries are industries that are not tied to any specific raw material source and can be set up in many locations. So Assertion (A) is true. Their location is often chosen for good transport accessibility, skilled labour, power, and market access, so Reason (R) is also true. Because easy transport access helps such industries choose from many possible sites, (R) correctly explains (A).

Statements I, III and IV are correct. I is correct because wheat is mainly grown in the western parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains in India. III is correct because millets are mainly grown in the dry regions of western and southern India. IV is correct because wheat, soyabean and similar crops are grown in northern China. II is incorrect because wheat is not grown only in monsoonal areas; it is also grown in temperate and winter rainfall regions. Hence, the correct option is C.

Transport services are concerned with the physical movement or mobility of people and goods from one place to another. Therefore, option B is correct. Option A is wrong because transport belongs to the tertiary sector, not the quaternary sector. Option C refers to communication services. Option D includes communication examples like television and internet, which are not transport.

Before the opening of the Suez Canal, ships travelling from Europe to India had to go around the Cape of Good Hope. The sequence from Europe to India was London, Cape Town, Mombasa, and then Mumbai. Therefore, the correct option is D: III, I, II, IV.

Ports of call are intermediate ports where ships stop during a voyage for refuelling, loading, unloading, or other needs. Piraeus is a correct example of a port of call. Duisburg is an inland port, Tripoli is not an oil port example in this context, and Kolkata is not a naval port. Hence, option B is correct.