MCQs LESSON-1 NATURE & SCOPE

1. Identify the incorrect statement
A. Geography is the mother discipline of human geography
B. As a field of study geography is empirical, practical, & integrative
C. Dichotomy between physical & human geography is very valid
D. Both physical& human phenomena are described in metaphors using symbols from human anatomy

Ans:  C

Its not valid because nature & humans are inseparable elements , should be seen holistically

2. Synthesis is the keyword in definition of which geographer
A. Semple
B. Ratzel
C. Paul Vidal de la blache
D. Griffith Taylor

Ans: B

“Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”.

3. Who defined human geography as study of changing relationship between the unresting man & unstable earth?
A. Paul Vidal de la Blache
B. Ratzel
C. Ellen C. Semple
D. Griffith Taylor

Ans: C

Dynamism is the keyword in Semple’s definition

4. According to which geographer Human geography offers a new conception of interrelationship between the earth & human beings
A. Ratzel
B. Semple
C. Ptolemy
D. Paul Vidal de la Blache

Ans: D

5. Which of the following indicate level of cultural development of society?
A. Intelligence
B. Brotherhood
C. Technology
D. Equality

Ans:  C

Technology was developed only after humans developed better understanding of natural laws

6. Interaction between primitive human society & strong forces of nature can be termed as-
A. Possibilism
B. Environmental Determinism
C. Neo-Determinism
D. Stop & Go determinism

Ans: B

*At this stage human was afraid of nature & worshipped it

*In environmental determinism Humans are naturalised

7. ______ loosens the shackles of environment on human beings
A. Growth
B. Development
C. Technology
D. Population

Ans: C

*Technology is the most important factor in the interaction between people & environment

8. Which of the following describe possibilism?
A. Movement of human from a state of necessity to freedom
B. Imprints of human activities are everywhere
C. Humanisation of nature
D. All of the above

Ans: D

*In possibilism nature gets humanised

9.The middle path between two ideas of environmental determinism & possibilism is termed as-
A. Taylor’s path
B. Neo-determinism
C. Stop & Go determinism
D. Both B & C

Ans: D

*Sows that neither is there a situation of absolute necessity nor of absolute freedom

*Introduced by Griffith Taylor

10. The free run attempted to take by developed economies resulted in?
A. Afforestation
B. Global warming
C. Green house effect
D. B & C both

Ans: D

11. 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: C

12. The introduction of social well being school of thought in human geography is known as-
A. Behavioural school of thought
B. Welfare school of thought
C. Socialist school of thought
D. Radical school of thought

Ans: B

Also known as humanistic school of thought

13. Which school of thought laid emphasis on lived experiences ,perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race and religion?
A. Behavioural school of thought
B. Humanistic school of thought
C. Welfare school of thought
D. Radical school of thought

Ans: A

14. Which period provided impetus to further explorations?
A. Colonial period
B. 1970s
C. 1990s
D. 1930s through inter war period.

Ans: A

15. Arrange the following approaches in a sequential order according to their development.
Choose the correct option.
1. Spatial organization
2. Regional approach
3. Areal differentiation
4. Humanistic approach
Options –
A. 1 4 2 3
B. 4 1 3 2
C. 2 3 1 4
D. 3 2 4 1

Ans: C

16. This approach was marked by discovery & exploration of new areas , encyclopaedic description of an area was an important aspect
A. Regional Analysis
B. Post modernism
C. Spatial organisation
D. Exploration & description

Ans: D

*Early Colonial Period

17. Which school of thought employed Marxian theory?
A. Behavioural
B. Humanistic
C. Radical
D. Both A & C

Ans: C

To explain basic cause of poverty ,deprivation & social inequality

18. Identify the correct statement about human geography
I. Human geography attempts to explain relationship between all elements of human life & space they occur over
II. Human geography assumes highly inter-disciplinary natur
III. It develops close interface with other sister disciplines
IV. Sub-fields of human geography often overlap
A. I only
B. II & III only
C. III & II only
D. I,II,III,IV

Ans: D

19. This age was marked by use of computers and sophisticated statistical tools. Laws of physics were often applied to map and analyze. Select the correct option.
A. Regional analysis
B. Quantitative revolution
C. Areal Differentiation
D. Spatial organization

Ans: D

*Late 1950s – 1960s

20. Focus on uniqueness of any region is a feature of which of the following approach-
A. Post modernism
B. Areal differentiation
C. Regional analysis
D. Emergence of humanistic thought

Ans: B

* 1930s- inter war period

21. In which period of the broad stages of human geography elaborate description of all aspects of region were undertaken
A. 1990s
B. Early Colonial Period
C. Later Colonial Period
D. 1970s

Ans: C

*The approach was regional analysis

22. Emergence of three new schools of thought made human geography more relevant to socio-political reality in the period-
A. 1970s
B. 1980s
C. 1930s through inter war period
D. 1990s

Ans: A

*There was discontentment with quantitative revolution & its dehumanized manner

23. The grand generalisations & applicability of universal theories to explain human conditions were questioned in which of the following approach?
A. Regional analysis
B. Post modernism
C. Areal differentiation
D. Spatial organisation

Ans: B

*In the 1990s

24. Match the following –

Ans:  1. A, 2. D, 3. B, 4. C

25. In sub-fields of human geography what do we study in Gender geography?
A. Sociology
B. Anthropology
C. Women’s studies
D. All of the above

Ans: D

26. Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography?
A. Areal differentiation
B. Quantitative revolution
C. Spatial organization
D. Exploration and description

Ans: B

27. Electoral and military geography are subfields of:-
A. Urban geography
B. Economic geography
C. Political geography
D. Social geography

Ans: C

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