Practice Nature scope of geography - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) With reference to 'Changpa community of India', consider the following statements : - They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
- They rear the
- Pashmina goats that yield a fine wool.
- They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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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.
Q-2) An early statement of Geography as Chorology was provided by
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Q-3) Who advocated the opposite theory of determinism?
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Q-4) General geography was written by
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Q-5) Which of these was great astronomer?
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Q-6) The study of earthquakes and their bearings on the internal structure of the Earth is called
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Q-7) Who wrote the book ‘Geography’?
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Q-8) Consider the following statements:
- Human Geography covers all those aspects of Geography which are not directly concerned with Physical Geography.
- Human Geography is the study of interrelationship between human beings and their environment.
- Human Geography deals with the description and explanation of human phenomena around the variable earth surface.
- Human Geography does not cover technical matters of Cartography.
Which of the above statements are correct?
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Q-9) The study of soil science is called
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Q-10) The science and art of drawing maps and charts on selected scale is called
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Q-11) The study of earth’s structure and the rocks that make up the earth is called
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Q-12) Who invented the Isotherms?
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Q-13) Oceanography is the branch of
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Q-14) Which one of the following scholars was the first to divide the world landmass into three continents : Europe, Asia and Libya (Africa) ? :
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Q-15) Who was the first man to discuss about geography?
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Q-16) Who evolved the science of map making?
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Q-17) Who wrote ‘Geographia Generalis’?
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Q-18) The approach of ‘Determinism’ is related with
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Q-19) Chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas are called
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Q-20) Who was the first man to say that the Earth is spherical and revolves around the sun?
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