I. Choose the correct answer

Question 1.
The description of the earth is known as
(a) Zoology
(b) Geography
(c) Pedology
(d) Geology

Answer

Answer: (b) Geography.

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Question 2.
The geographical phenomenon is
(a) dynamic
(b) static
(c) both
(d) none of them

Answer

Answer: (a) dynamic.

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Question 3.
To which cropping pattern is related
(a) soils
(b) climates
(c) market
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.

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Question 4.
Who frame the phenomenon of cause and effect relationship?
(a) geographer
(b) photographer
(c) both of them
(d) none of them

Answer

Answer: (a) geographer.

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Question 5.
How human beings have come to terms with the nature?
(a) through adaptation
(b) through modification
(c) through primitive societies
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.

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Question 6.
Geography as a discipline is concerned with
(a) what
(b) where
(c) why
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.

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Question 7.
In India Himalayas have acted as a great barrier to
(a) protect
(b) to rainfall
(c) routes to migrants
(d) none of them

Answer

Answer: (a) protect.

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Question 8.
The physical geography is linked with
(a) meteorology
(b) pedology
(c) geomorphology
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.

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Question 9.
The shape of the earth is
(a) oval
(b) flat
(c) Geoid
(d) round

Answer

Answer: (c) Geoid.

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Question 10.
The major approaches to study geography have been
(a) systematic
(b) regional
(c) both
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (c) both.

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Question 11.
Who introduced the systematic approach?
(a) Alexander Von Humboldt
(b) Humboldt
(c) Karl Ritter
(d) none of them

Answer

Answer: (a) Alexander Von Humboldt.

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Question 12.
Who introduced the regional approach?
(a) Karl Ritter
(b) Humboldt
(c) German geographer
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (a) Karl Ritter.

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Question 13.
When systematic approach was introduced?
(a) 1779-1859
(b) 1769-1859
(c) 1780-1859
(d) 1769-1865

Answer

Answer: (b) 1769- 1859.

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Question 14.
What is the main characteristic of geography which got introduced from the very beginning?
(a) cultural
(b) dualism
(c) socialism
(d) naturalism

Answer

Answer: (b) dualism.

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Question 15.
The study of land forms, their evolution and relation with processes is
(a) Climatology
(b) Hydrology
(c) Geomorphology
(d) Pedology

Answer

Answer: (c) Geomorphology.

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Question 16.
The study of soil formation is devoted to the study of
(a) Soil geography
(b) Soil fertility
(c) Soil distribution
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Soil geography.

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Question 17.
Which one is the branch of geography based on systematic approach?
(a) Geomorphology
(b) Climatology
(c) Hydrology
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.

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Question 18.
The study of the society and its spatial aspects is known as
(a) Social geography
(b) Cultural geography
(c) both of them
(d) none of them

Answer

Answer: (a) Social geography.

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Question 19.
The study of population growth, distribution, density, sex ratio, migration, etc. falls under which branch of geography?
(a) Physical geography
(b) Human geography
(c) Bio-geography
(d) Philosophy

Answer

Answer: (b) Human geography.

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Question 20.
The study of plants and natural vegetation is known as
(a) Plant geography
(b) Zoo-geography
(c) Ecology
(d) Environmental geography

Answer

Answer: (a) Plant geography.

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Question 21.
The economic activities of the people are studied in
(a) Historical geography
(b) Economic geography
(c) Political geography
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Economic geography.

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Question 22.
Which tool is used to find out exact location?
(a) GIS
(b) GPS
(c) both
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) GPS.

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Question 23.
The study of oceans, seas, lakes and water realm is known as
(a) hydrosphere
(b) atmosphere
(c) biosphere
(d) lithosphere

Answer

Answer: (a) hydrosphere.

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Question 24.
How are soils formed?
(a) weathering
(b) pedogenesis
(c) none of these
(d) all of them

Answer

Answer: (b) pedogenesis.

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Question 25.
Plateaus provide
(a) minerals
(b) forests
(c) both
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (c) both.

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II. Fill up the blanks with suitable words

Question 1.
…………….. equips you to appreciate diversity and …………….. into the causes responsible to create variations.

Answer

Answer: Geography, investigate

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Question 2.
The phenomena of similarity and disimilarity is logical to perceive geography as the study of ………………….

Answer

Answer: areal differentiation

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Question 3.
The cropping patterns differ from region to region and this variation is related to variations in ………………….

Answer

Answer: soils, climates demands in market

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Question 4.
………….. is an integral part of nature and nature has the imprints of ……………

Answer

Answer: Human, human

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Question 5.
As a social science, geography studies the …………… and ……………

Answer

Answer: spatial organisation, spatial integration

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Question 6.
Geography as a discipline is concerned with the three sets of questions, i.e. ……………

Answer

Answer: what, where, why

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Question 7.
The shape of the earth is …………. but the basic tool of a geographer is a …………..

Answer

Answer: Geoid, map

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Question 8.
……………. is closely linked with the discipline of demography.

Answer

Answer: Population geography

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Question 9.
The systematic approach was introduced by ……………….

Answer

Answer: Alexander Von Humboldt

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Question 10.
…………….. is devoted to the study of landforms, their evolution and related processes.

Answer

Answer: Geomorphology

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