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Question 11. Ratzel’s work was based on the concept
  1.    Physical environment controlled human activities
  2.    There is a dichotomy between physical and cultural aspects of geography
  3.    Geography is a scientific discipline
  4.    Geography is necessarily descriptive
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Physical environment controlled human activities
Answer: (a)
Question 12. Huntington is noted for describing
  1.    the effects of climate on human life
  2.    man as a product of the earth’s surface
  3.    the evolution of landforms
  4.    the historical-ecological study of the cultural landscape
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> the effects of climate on human life
Answer: (a)
Question 13. The study of earth’s structure and the rocks that make up the earth is called
  1.    Hydrology
  2.    Geology
  3.    Glaciology
  4.    Geomorphology
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Geomorphology
Answer: (d)
Question 14. Oceanography is the branch of
  1.    Hydrology
  2.    Geomorphology
  3.    Geology
  4.    Pedology
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Hydrology
Answer: (a)
Question 15. Who invented the Isotherms?
  1.    Aristotle
  2.    Pythagoras
  3.    Homboldt
  4.    Herodotus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Homboldt
Answer: (c)
Question 16. Human geography is also known as
  1.    Urban geography
  2.    Economic geography
  3.    Demography
  4.    Cultural geography
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Cultural geography
Answer: (d)
Question 17. The behavioural environment is meant by
  1.    man’s behaviour as a function of the environment
  2.    reality as it exists in nature
  3.    the decisions based on reasoned thought
  4.    reality as is perceived by individuals]
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> reality as it exists in nature
Answer: (b)
Question 18. Who wrote the book ‘Geography’?
  1.    Ptolemy
  2.    Carl Ritter
  3.    Blanche
  4.    Humboldt
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Ptolemy
Answer: (a)
Question 19. With reference to 'Changpa community of India', consider the following statements :
  1. They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
  2. They rear the
  3. Pashmina goats that yield a fine wool.
  4. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    3 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 and 3 only
Answer: (c)The Changpa are a semi-nomadic Tibetan ethnic group found mainly in the Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir.They rear the Pashmina goats that yield fine wool. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.
Question 20. An early statement of Geography as Chorology was provided by
  1.    Ritter
  2.    Kant
  3.    Humboldt
  4.    Varenius
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Humboldt
Answer: (c)

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