NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 27 of 118)
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- Which of the following are three important approaches to humanistic geography?
- Idealistic
- Phenomenal
- Naturalistic
- Existential
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- The central idea of various cosmogenic theories of Vedic and post-Vedic period is the creation of a cosmic nucleus, called
- Vishwakarma
- Prajapati
- Brahrnand
- Surya
- From among the following Greek scholars, who was the first to conceptualize the earth as spherical?
- Pythagoras
- Plato
- Eratosthenes
- Aristotle
- Consider the following statements: Arab geographers contributed to the development of geography by
- translating and absorbing of learning from Greek, Persian and Sanskrit sources.
- preserving important writings.
- expanding geographical knowledge in Europe and Asia.
- their original contributions to
- Mathematics.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- Almagest of Ptolemy is a standard reference of
- The precise location of known places
- Tables of latitudes and longitudes
- Map projections and world maps
- To movement of celestial bodies
- Which of the following methods were employed by Humboldt in his universal science-Cosmos?
- Empirical and inductive
- Deductive procedure of science
- Comparative regional geography
- Graphical representation
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Ellen Semple
- Match Item 2: Stop-and-Go-Determinism
- Match Item 1: Friedrich Ratzel
- Match Item 2: Pulsation Hypothesis
- Match Item 1: Vidal de la Blache
- Match Item 2: Genre de vie
- Match Item 1: Griffith Taylor
- Match Item 2: Lebensraum
- Physical environment offers opportunities for a range of possible directions of development and it depends on human initiatives in particular directions of progress. This basic premise in geography is known as
- Determinism
- Neo-determinism
- Possibilism
- Probabilisrn
- Who advocates climate as the main determinant of history, culture, lifestyle and occupations?
- G Taylor
- F Ratzel
- E Semple
- E Huntington
- Who amongst the following founded the French School of Regional Geography?
- Paul Vidal de la Blache
- Philippe Pinchemel
- Elisee Reclus
- Lucien Gallois
- Which of the following techniques is useful for pre-dieting the wheat yield?
- Regression
- Chi-square
- Simulation
- Correlation
- Marxist geography found its most detailed and lucid expression in the writings of
- Richard Peet
- M Quani
- E W Soja
- David Harvey
- Who among the following is regarded as the founder of humanistic approach in geography?
- Richard Peet
- Wiiiiam Bunge
- Brian J L Berry
- Yi-Fu-Tuan
- Which state amongst the following has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste population of the State՚s population?
- Jharkhand
- Madhya Pradesh
- Punjab
- Uttar Pradesh
- Large part of the non-ecumene has remained sparsely populated because of
- Its natural environment being inhospitable
- Its restriction on large scale inmigration
- Its limited and unknown resources
- Its limited development vis-vis infrastructure