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Key Facts: Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE) Exam

100 marks

Subject total commonly via 80 theory + 20 practical/project

MSBSHSE HSC Geography assessment pattern reporting

3 hours

Typical Geography theory duration

MSBSHSE HSC timetable logistics

35%

Common pass mark with separate theory/practical floors as notified

Maharashtra HSC passing marks reporting

Code 39

Official HSC general subject code for Geography

MSBSHSE HSC subject codes

Mixed + practical

Official format is mixed written theory plus practical/project, not pure MCQ

MSBSHSE HSC Geography assessment pattern

English MCQ adaptation

This free local bank is not the official mixed paper format

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MSBSHSE

Administrator: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Government of Maharashtra school board system

Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE code 39) totals 100 marks commonly via 80 theory + 20 practical/project; theory is about 3 hours. Pass is commonly ~35% with separate theory/practical floors as notified. Fees are paid through schools. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation — not an official paper simulation.

Sample Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE) Practice Questions

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1Arithmetic population density is best defined as:
A.Population divided by total land area
B.Population divided by arable land area only
C.Births minus deaths per 1,000 people
D.Urban population divided by rural population
Explanation: Arithmetic density is total population divided by total land area. It is a simple average density and does not distinguish cultivated land from deserts or mountains.
2Which physical factor most strongly limits dense permanent settlement in deserts?
A.High soil fertility and year-round rainfall
B.Scarcity of fresh water and harsh climate
C.Dense natural forests and cool humidity
D.Flat plains with navigable rivers
Explanation: Deserts typically have extreme temperatures and scarce fresh water, which restrict agriculture, industry, and dense permanent habitation except where irrigation or oases exist.
3Physiological density is calculated as:
A.Total population ÷ total land area
B.Total population ÷ arable land area
C.Agricultural population ÷ total land area
D.Urban population ÷ built-up area
Explanation: Physiological density relates people to the cultivated (arable) land that can feed them. A high physiological density means more pressure on farmland than arithmetic density alone suggests.
4In demographic terms, natural increase of population equals:
A.Immigrants minus emigrants
B.Births minus deaths (natural change)
C.Total population minus rural population
D.Literacy rate minus death rate
Explanation: Natural increase (or natural change) is the difference between births and deaths. Migration is a separate component of total population change.
5Which human factor commonly encourages population concentration?
A.Political instability and conflict
B.Availability of jobs, services, and transport networks
C.Complete absence of roads and markets
D.Legal bans on urban residence
Explanation: Employment opportunities, education and health services, and transport links attract people and help explain dense settlement in industrial and metropolitan regions.
6A region with very high arithmetic density but much lower physiological density most likely has:
A.Almost no arable land relative to population
B.A large share of its total area under cultivation
C.Zero population and infinite density
D.Only desert land with no agriculture
Explanation: If arithmetic density is high but physiological density is lower, a relatively large fraction of total land must be arable, spreading people across more cultivable area in the physiological measure.
7World population is unevenly distributed mainly because:
A.Every place has identical climate and resources
B.Physical environments and human opportunities vary over space
C.Population maps must always be drawn at one scale only
D.Migration is legally forbidden worldwide
Explanation: Relief, climate, soils, water, minerals, and human factors such as technology, economy, and history create highly uneven settlement patterns across the Earth.
8Which Indian region is generally associated with relatively high population density for physical and economic reasons?
A.The Great Indian Desert interior with minimal irrigation
B.The Northern Plains with fertile alluvium and intensive agriculture
C.High Himalayan snowfields above permanent settlement limits
D.Uninhabited coral reefs with no freshwater
Explanation: The Northern Plains offer fertile alluvial soils, water availability, and long-standing agricultural and transport advantages that support dense rural and urban populations.
9If a country’s crude birth rate is 22 per 1,000 and crude death rate is 7 per 1,000, the rate of natural increase is approximately:
A.15 per 1,000 (1.5%)
B.29 per 1,000 (2.9%)
C.7 per 1,000 (0.7%)
D.154 per 1,000 (15.4%)
Explanation: Natural increase rate ≈ CBR − CDR = 22 − 7 = 15 per 1,000, which is about 1.5% per year (ignoring migration).
10Agricultural density relates:
A.Total population to total land area
B.Farmers (agricultural population) to arable land
C.Urban workers to industrial floor space
D.Livestock only to forest area
Explanation: Agricultural density measures the number of people engaged in agriculture relative to arable land and helps compare farming pressure and technology levels across regions.

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