OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) People and Society June 2025 question paper J384/02

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What is a megacity ?

Look at Fig. 1 in the Resource Booklet.

Select the most appropriate way of displaying the data from the table.

A Histogram

B Line graph

C Located proportional symbols

D Pie chart

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Calculate the range in the population of the megacities.

You must show your working.

State two consequences of rapid urban growth in LIDC cities such as Dhaka.

What does ‘ suburbanisation ’ mean?

CASE STUDY – LIDC or EDC city

Name of city you have studied........

Explain different ways of life in the city.

What is meant by the geographical term ‘ development ’?

Look at Fig. 2 in the Resource Booklet.

Select the correct statement from the list below.

A Every country in South America is an EDC

B Most LIDCs are found in Africa

C Most LIDCs are found in Asia

D There are no LIDCs in Oceania

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Explain one physical factor which may lead to uneven development.

CASE STUDY – How has an LIDC developed so far?

Name of LIDC you have studied........

* For your LIDC, discuss the extent to which it has followed Rostow’s model of development.

Explain one reason why secondary sector employment in the UK has declined.

What is an ‘ economic hub ’?

Look at Fig. 3 in the Resource Booklet.

What is the total percentage of people who are in the 70–79 age range?

You must show your working.

Which of the following statements about the population pyramid is correct ?

A The highest percentage of people are in the 25–29 age group

B The smallest percentage of people are in the 5–9 age group

C There are more females than males in the 35–39 age group

D There are more females than males in the 80–84 age group

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Look at Fig. 4 in the Resource Booklet.

What does the cartoon suggest about older people in the UK in the 21st century?

Evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s responses to an ageing population.

Describe two ways that the mechanisation of farming has modified ecosystems.

Look at Fig. 5 in the Resource Booklet.

What is the main type of food consumed in Somalia?

Suggest one way that this data presentation could be improved.

Look at the graph, which shows the number of people in the world who are undernourished.

Year

In 2020 there were 770 million people who were undernourished.

Plot this data on the graph above.

Which one of the following statements is true about the graph?

A The biggest decrease in the number of people who are undernourished was between 2001 and 2003

B The biggest decrease in the number of people who are undernourished was between 2017 and 2020

C There were fewer people undernourished in 2017 than there were in 2005

D There was no change in the number of people who were undernourished between 2009 and 2014

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Suggest an alternative graph which could be used to show this information.

Discuss the sustainability of one bottom-up approach to food security.

For a human geography fieldwork investigation which you have completed. Justify one technique you used to present your data.

Some geography students were conducting a fieldwork investigation into the impact on the high street of an out-of-town shopping centre. They visited the high street on a Wednesday morning to collect their data.

Look at Fig. 6a in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest two ways in which they could use the photograph as part of their investigation.

Look at Fig. 6b in the Resource Booklet.

What is the total environmental quality score?

A –2

B 1

C 2

D 3

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Suggest a different fieldwork technique which could have been used by the students and explain why it would be useful.

* Evaluate the fieldwork techniques used by the students and suggest how they could be improved.

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