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Class 12 Geography Map Work List (CBSE 2026-27)

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Every item on the official CBSE 2026-27 map list for Class 12 Geography, chapter by chapter: where it is, one line to remember from the NCERT book, and the board years (2022–2026) it was asked. Practise on a blank outline map from a Government of India website, as CBSE advises.

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How it is asked. Two map questions: on the outline political world map, identify features marked A–G (for example, an area of nomadic herding, a sea port, an airport, an inland waterway); on the outline map of India, locate and label features such as the leading rice state, a refinery or a port. Asked = years the item came up in a map question, or in its text version for visually impaired candidates, in the CBSE board papers we have (2022–2026). Some map questions in our copies could not be read, so treat the years as a minimum.
  1. Primary activities (world map) (5)
  2. Trans-continental railways (terminal stations) (3)
  3. Major sea ports (world) (20)
  4. Major airports (world) (19)
  5. Inland waterways (4)
  6. Population density (India map) (2)
  7. Leading producing states of crops (7)
  8. Mines and oil refineries (19)
  9. Major sea ports (India) (10)
  10. International airports (India) (10)

Asked in CBSE board papers, 2022–2026

ItemWhereYears
Nomadic herding · Primary activities (world map)Core: Atlantic shores of North Africa east across Arabia to Mongolia and Central China. Also the Eurasian tundra, south-west Africa and Madagascar2025, 2026
Extensive commercial grain farming · Primary activities (world map)Eurasian steppes, Canadian and American Prairies, Pampas (Argentina), Velds (South Africa), Australian Downs, Canterbury Plains (New Zealand)2025, 2026
Bailadila (iron ore) · Mines and oil refineriesChhattisgarh (southern, Dantewada)2023, 2025
Mathura (oil refinery) · Mines and oil refineriesUttar Pradesh2023, 2025
Suez Canal · Inland waterwaysEgypt: Port Said (north) – Port Suez (south)2026
Panama Canal · Inland waterwaysPanama: Panama City – Colón2026
Rice · Leading producing states of cropsWest Bengal2025
Khetri (copper) · Mines and oil refineriesRajasthan2025
Koraput (bauxite) · Mines and oil refineriesOdisha (southern)2025
Kochi · Major sea ports (India)Kerala2025
Guwahati · International airports (India)Assam2025
Paradwip · Major sea ports (India)Odisha2023
Barauni (oil refinery) · Mines and oil refineriesBihar2022

Primary activities (world map)

Fundamentals of Human Geography · Primary Activities · Identify

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Subsistence gatheringHigh latitudes: northern Canada, northern Eurasia, southern Chile. Low latitudes: Amazon Basin, tropical Africa, northern fringe of Australia, interior South-east AsiaHarsh climates; low capital and technology.
2Nomadic herdingCore: Atlantic shores of North Africa east across Arabia to Mongolia and Central China. Also the Eurasian tundra, south-west Africa and MadagascarPastoral nomadism; movement with herds; transhumance in mountains.2025, 2026
3Commercial livestock rearingNew Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay, USAPermanent fenced ranches; one type of animal.
4Extensive commercial grain farmingEurasian steppes, Canadian and American Prairies, Pampas (Argentina), Velds (South Africa), Australian Downs, Canterbury Plains (New Zealand)Wheat; huge mechanised farms; low yield per acre, high per person.2025, 2026
5Mixed farmingNorth-western Europe, eastern North America, parts of Eurasia, temperate southern continentsCrops and animals together; fodder crops and crop rotation.

Trans-continental railways (terminal stations)

Fundamentals of Human Geography · Transport and Communication · Identify

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Trans-Siberian RailwaySt Petersburg (west) – Vladivostok (east), RussiaVia Moscow, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Khabarovsk; 9,332 km; Asia's most important route.
2Trans-Canadian RailwayHalifax (east) – Vancouver (west), CanadaVia Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary; 7,050 km.
3Trans-Australian RailwayPerth (west) – Sydney (east), AustraliaRuns across the continent.

2024 and 2025: a railway line was shown on the map; students named it, its terminal stations and the oceans at either end.

Major sea ports (world)

Fundamentals of Human Geography · Transport and Communication · Identify

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1North CapeNorway (Europe)Northern tip of Europe.
2LondonUnited Kingdom (Europe)On the Thames.
3HamburgGermany (Europe)On the Elbe.
4VancouverCanada (North America)Pacific coast; western end of the Trans-Canadian line.
5San FranciscoUSA (North America)Pacific coast.
6New OrleansUSA (North America)Mississippi mouth, Gulf of Mexico.
7Rio de JaneiroBrazil (South America)Atlantic coast.
8“Cologne” (see note)Probably Colón, PanamaAtlantic end of the Panama Canal.
9ValparaisoChile (South America)Pacific coast.
10SuezEgypt (Africa)Southern end of the Suez Canal.
11Cape TownSouth Africa (Africa)Near the Cape of Good Hope.
12YokohamaJapan (Asia)Pacific coast.
13ShanghaiChina (Asia)Yangtze mouth.
14Hong KongChina (Asia)South China coast.
15AdenYemen (Asia)Entrance of the Red Sea; on the Suez route.
16KarachiPakistan (Asia)Arabian Sea.
17KolkataIndia (Asia)On the Hugli.
18PerthAustraliaWest coast.
19SydneyAustraliaEast coast.
20MelbourneAustraliaSouth-east coast.

The CBSE list prints “Cologne” under South America. Cologne is an inland German city on the Rhine, so this is almost certainly Colón (Panama), which NCERT names at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. Check with your teacher.

Major airports (world)

Fundamentals of Human Geography · Transport and Communication · Identify

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1TokyoJapan (Asia)
2BeijingChina (Asia)
3MumbaiIndia (Asia)
4JeddahSaudi Arabia (Asia)Red Sea coast.
5AdenYemen (Asia)
6JohannesburgSouth Africa (Africa)
7NairobiKenya (Africa)
8MoscowRussia (Europe)
9LondonUnited Kingdom (Europe)
10ParisFrance (Europe)
11BerlinGermany (Europe)
12RomeItaly (Europe)
13ChicagoUSA (North America)Near the Great Lakes.
14New OrleansUSA (North America)
15Mexico CityMexico (North America)
16Buenos AiresArgentina (South America)
17SantiagoChile (South America)
18DarwinAustraliaNorth coast.
19WellingtonNew ZealandNorth Island.

Inland waterways

Fundamentals of Human Geography · Transport and Communication · Identify

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Suez CanalEgypt: Port Said (north) – Port Suez (south)Built 1869; links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea; shorter than the Cape of Good Hope route.2026
2Panama CanalPanama: Panama City – ColónLinks the Atlantic (east) and the Pacific (west); about 72 km.2026
3Rhine waterwayGermany and the Netherlands: Rotterdam – Basel (Switzerland)Navigable for 700 km; ocean-going ships reach Cologne; world's most heavily used waterway.
4St Lawrence SeawayCanada–USA: Great Lakes to the AtlanticSoo and Welland canals; ports Duluth and Buffalo; ships reach Montreal.

2026: one paper showed a shipping canal and asked which two seas it joins; another asked for a waterway's location, terminal points and significance.

Population density (India map)

India: People and Economy · Population · Locate and label

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Highest density state (2011)Bihar1,102 persons per sq km. (Delhi, a Union Territory, is 11,297.)
2Lowest density state (2011)Arunachal Pradesh17 persons per sq km.

Leading producing states of crops

India: People and Economy · Land Resources and Agriculture · Locate and label

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1RiceWest BengalLeading states: West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab; three rice crops a year in WB.2025
2WheatUttar PradeshThen Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan.
3CottonGujaratLeading producers: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana.
4JuteWest BengalAbout three-fourths of India's jute.
5SugarcaneUttar PradeshAbout two-fifths of India's sugarcane.
6TeaAssamMore than half of India's tea.
7CoffeeKarnatakaMore than two-thirds of India's coffee.

Mines and oil refineries

India: People and Economy · Mineral and Energy Resources · Locate and label

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Mayurbhanj (iron ore)Odisha
2Bailadila (iron ore)Chhattisgarh (southern, Dantewada)2023, 2025
3Ratnagiri (iron ore)MaharashtraKonkan coast.
4Bellary (iron ore)Karnataka
5Balaghat (manganese)Madhya PradeshBalaghat–Chhindwara–Nimar–Mandla belt.
6Shimoga (manganese)KarnatakaShivamogga.
7Hazaribagh (copper)Jharkhand
8Singhbhum (copper)Jharkhand
9Khetri (copper)RajasthanAsked as “copper mines in Rajasthan”.2025
10Katni (bauxite)Madhya PradeshKatni–Jabalpur area.
11Bilaspur (bauxite)Chhattisgarh
12Koraput (bauxite)Odisha (southern)2025
13Jharia (coal)JharkhandIndia's largest coalfield.
14Bokaro (coal)Jharkhand
15Raniganj (coal)West BengalSecond largest after Jharia.
16Neyveli (coal)Tamil NaduLignite.
17Mathura (oil refinery)Uttar PradeshAsked as “oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh”.2023, 2025
18Jamnagar (oil refinery)GujaratGulf of Kachchh coast.
19Barauni (oil refinery)BiharMarket-based refinery.2022

Major sea ports (India)

India: People and Economy · International Trade · Locate and label

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1Kandla (Deendayal Port)GujaratAt the head of the Gulf of Kuchchh.
2MumbaiMaharashtraNatural harbour; biggest port.
3MarmagaoGoaIron ore exports.
4KochiKeralaAt the head of Vembanad Kayal; “Queen of the Arabian Sea”.2025
5Mangalore (New Mangalore)KarnatakaExports iron ore and iron concentrates.
6Tuticorin (V.O. Chidambaranar)Tamil NaduDeveloped to relieve pressure on Chennai.
7ChennaiTamil NaduOne of the oldest ports on the east coast.
8VisakhapatnamAndhra PradeshLandlocked harbour joined to the sea by a channel cut through rock.
9ParadwipOdishaOn the Mahanadi delta.2023
10HaldiaWest BengalSatellite port of Kolkata.

International airports (India)

India: People and Economy · International Trade · Locate and label

#ItemWhereRememberAsked
1AhmedabadGujarat
2MumbaiMaharashtra
3BengaluruKarnataka
4ChennaiTamil Nadu
5KolkataWest Bengal
6GuwahatiAssamAsked as “international airport in Assam”.2025
7DelhiDelhi
8AmritsarPunjab
9ThiruvananthapuramKerala
10HyderabadTelangana
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