MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography Chapter 1 Geography as a Discipline with Answers

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.


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

Answer

Answer: (a) dynamic.


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

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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

Answer

Answer: (d) all of them.


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

Answer

Answer: (c) Geoid.


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

Answer

Answer: (c) both.


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.


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

Answer

Answer: (a) Karl Ritter.


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

Answer

Answer: (b) 1769- 1859.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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

Answer

Answer: (b) pedogenesis.


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

Answer

Answer: (c) both.


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


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

Answer

Answer: areal differentiation


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


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

Answer

Answer: Human, human


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

Answer

Answer: spatial organisation, spatial integration


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

Answer

Answer: what, where, why


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

Answer

Answer: Geoid, map


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

Answer

Answer: Population geography


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

Answer

Answer: Alexander Von Humboldt


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

Answer

Answer: Geomorphology


 


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