Q 1 – Which one of the following statements does not describe Geography?
(A) An integrative discipline.
(B) Study of the inter-relationship between humans and environment.
(C) Subjected to dualism.
(D) Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.
Ans. (D) Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.
Q 2 – Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information?
(A) traveller’s accounts
(B) old maps
(C) samples of rock materials from the moon
(D) ancient epics.
Ans. (D) Ancient epics.
Q 3 – Which one of the following is the most important factor in the interaction between people and the environment?
(A) human intelligence
(B) people’s perception
(C) technology
(D) human brotherhood.
Ans. (D) Human Brotherhood.
Q 4 – To which country does Ellen C. Semple belong?
(A) U.S.A
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England.
Ans. (A) U.S.A
Q 5 – Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography?
(A) Areal differentiation
(B) Spatial organisation
(C) Quantitative revolution
(D) Exploration and description.
Ans. (D) Exploration and description.
Q 6 – Which branch of geography does not belong to Human Geography?
(A) Population Geography
(B) Economic Geography
(C) Physical Geography
(D) Social Geography
Ans. (C) Physical Geography
Q 7 – Which geographer out of the following belongs to France?
(A) Huntigton
(B) Vidal de la Blache
(C) Semple
(D) Trewartha
Ans. (B) Vidal de la Blache
Q 8 – Who proposed the concept of Neodeterminism?
(A) Griffith Taylor
(B) Blache
(C) Huntington
(D) Ritter
Ans. (A) Griffith Taylor
Q 9 – Which element is not a part of the physical environment?
(A) Climate
(B) Relief
(C) Agriculture
(D) Water
Ans. (C) Agriculture
Q 10 – Which approach was supported by Vidal de la Blache?
(A) Determinism
(B) Possibilism
(C) Humanism
(D) Welfare approach.
Ans. (B) Possibilism
Q 11 – Which element is not a part of the cultural environment?
(A) Villages
(B) Towns
(C) Ports
(D) Climate
Ans. (D) Climate
Q 12 – Which element is called ‘Mother Nature’ ?
(A) Physical Environment
(B) Cultural Environment
(C) Political Environment
(D) Industrial Environment
Ans. (A) Physical Environment
Q 13 – Which concept helped to discover fire?
(A) Gravity
(B) Friction
(C) DNA
(D) Dynamics
Ans. (B) Friction
Q 14 – Which subject is called mother discipline?
(A) Geography
(B) Economics
(C) History
(D) Political Science.
Ans. (A) Geography
Q 15 – Main feature of Early Colonial period is:
(i) the discovery and exploration of new areas
(ii) identifying the uniqueness of any region
(iii) phase of the quantitative revolution
(iv) grand generalisations and the applicability of universal theories
Ans. (i) the discovery and exploration of new areas
Q 16 – Which of these factors is the most important consideration for the relationship between humans and environment?
(i) People’s perception
(ii) Technology
(iii) Human intelligence
(iv) Human brotherhood
Ans. (ii) Technology
Q 17 – Who first used the term Geography?
(i) Hipparchus
(ii) Hecataeus
(iii) Herodotus
(iv) Eratosthenes
Ans. (iv) Eratosthenes
Q 18 – Who was the founder of neo-determinism?
(i) Blache
(ii) Mackinder
(iii) Both
(iv) None of these
Ans. (iv) None of these
Q 19 – Who coined determinism?
(i) Ratzel
(ii) Griffith Taylor
(iii) Ellen C. Semple
(iv) Paul Vidal de la Blache
Ans. (ii) Griffith Taylor
Q 20 – Who was the Father of modern human geography?
(i) Humboldt
(ii) Ritter
(iii) Ratzel
(iv) None of these
Ans. (iii) Ratzel
Q 21 – Which of these is not a characteristic of the study of Geography?
(i) Integrative
(ii) Practical
(iii) Idealistic
(iv) Empirical
Ans. (iii) Idealistic