nature & scope section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who evolved the science of map making?

a) Herodotus

b) Ptolemy

c) Hipparchus

d) Huntington

Question : 2

Chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas are called

a) Metropolis

b) Global city

c) Megalopolis

d) None of these

Question : 3

Which one of the following is a key concept in humanistic geography?

a) Spatial concentration

b) Development and quality of life

c) Spatial location

d) Geographical distribution

Question : 4

An early statement of Geography as Chorology was provided by

a) Ritter

b) Kant

c) Humboldt

d) Varenius

Question : 5

The behavioural environment is meant by

a) man’s behaviour as a function of the environment

b) reality as it exists in nature

c) the decisions based on reasoned thought

d) reality as is perceived by individuals]

Question : 6

Who wrote the book ‘Geography’?

a) Ptolemy

b) Carl Ritter

c) Blanche

d) Humboldt