CBSE Class 12 Geography Answer Key 2025 (Available): Set-wise Unofficial Key PDF, Exam Analysis

CBSE Class 12 Geography Answer Key 2025: The CBSE Class 12 Geography exam was conducted on February 24, 2025, in offline mode. The exam was conducted for a total of 3 hours duration. The total marks for the theory exam was 70. The Geography paper for CBSE class 12 Exam 2025 was divided into 5 sections: A, B, C, D, and E. Section A consisted of MCQ questions, section B consisted of source based answer questions, section C consisted of short answer questions, section D consisted of long answer questions, and section E consisted of map based questions. The marking scheme differs depending on the type of questions.

The candidates can check below the set-wise CBSE Class 12 Geography Answer Key 2025 along with the question paper and exam analysis.

Class 12 CBSE Answer Key 2025 (Available): Subject-wise PDF Download

CBSE Class 12 Geography Exam 2025 Difficulty Level: Student Reaction

We have updated the students' reaction to CBSE Class 12 Geography exam below:

• The overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate.
• The MCQs were easy and direct. They were not time-consuming.
• Section B was also of easy to moderate difficulty level.
• The short answer questions were easy too. Most of the students said that the questions were not time-consuming.
• Section D was of moderate difficulty level. Some of the questions were tricky and lengthy. 
• Some of the students found map-based questions difficult. Students said the maps were a bit time-consuming.

CBSE Class 12 Geography Exam Analysis 2025

The below table overviews the complete CBSE Class 12 Geography Answer Key 2025 exam analysis:

Particulars	Analysis
Overall Difficulty Level	Easy to moderate
Difficulty Level of Section A	Easy
Difficulty Level of Section B	Easy to moderate
Difficulty Level of Section C	Easy to moderate
Difficulty Level of Section D	Moderate
Difficulty Level of Section E	Moderate to tough
Topics with Highest Weightage in Exam	Map-based Questions
Expected Number of Good Attempts	60+

CBSE Class 12 Geography Answer Key 2025 PDF

We have updated the unofficial answer key for CBSE Class 12 Geography exam below. The candidates can also download the CBSE Class 12 Geography answer key in PDF form by clicking on the link below:

Q.1

Ans: Option A [Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)]

Q.2

Ans: Option A (I, II and IV are correct)

Q.3 Choose the correct statement related to ‘retail trading’.

(A) It takes place in urban centers only.

(B) Retail traders are the collection and distribution centers.

(C) It is concerned with the sales of goods directly to the consumers.

(D) Retail traders primarily direct goods to be manufactured to their specifications.

Ans: Option C (It is concerned with the sales of goods directly to the consumers.)

Q.4 Which of the following waterways uses the ‘Panama Canal’?

(A) Between Yokohama and Vancouver

(B) Between Auckland and Honolulu

(C) Between San Francisco and New York

(D) Between London and Aden

Ans: Option C (Between San Francisco and New York)

Q.5 The ports specialised in bulk cargo are called:

(A) Inland Ports

(B) Industrial Ports

(C) Out Ports

(D) Comprehensive Ports

Ans: Option D (Comprehensive Ports)

Q.6 Which one of the following is the main polluter of Yamuna water in Delhi?

(A) Flood water spreading

(B) Dumping of domestic waste

(C) Use of pesticides

(D) Use of fertilizers

Ans: Option D (Use of fertilizers)

Q.7 Identify the correct set of water-borne diseases.

(A) Asthma, Headache, and Diarrhoea

(B) Hepatitis, Asthma and Blood Pressure

(C) Intestinal worms, Headache, and Blood Pressure

(D) Hepatitis, Diarrhoea, and Intestinal worms

Ans: Option D (Hepatitis, Diarrhoea, and Intestinal worms)

Q.8

Ans: Option D (Only I, III and IV are correct.)

Q.9 Human geography is the synthetic study of relationships between human societies and the Earth's surface" This definition of human geography is given by _______.

(A) Vidal-de-la-Blache

(B) Richard Hartshorne

(C) Ritter

(D) Ratzel

Ans: Option D (Ratzel)

Q. 10

Ans: Option C

Q.11 The concept of ‘Neodeterminism’ was introduced by _________.

(A) Ehrlich

(B) C. Semple

(C) Griffith Taylor

(D) Humboldt

Ans: Option C (Griffith Taylor)

Q.12

Ans: Option B (Only i. iii, and iv are correct.)

Q.13

Ans: Option A [Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)]

Q. 14 The act of opening up economies for trading is known as __________.

Ans: Free Trade

Q.15

Ans: Option B (iii, i, iv, ii)

Q.16

Ans: Option C (Only i, ii, and iv are correct.)

Q.17 Local names like Panna, Para, Palli, Nagla, Dhani, etc. are examples of which of the following types of rural settlements in India?

(A) Clustered Settlements

(B) Semi-Clustered Settlements

(C) Hamleted Settlements

(D) Dispersed Settlements

Ans: Option C (Hamleted Settlements)

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CBSE Class 12 Geography Question Paper 2025 PDF

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