nature & scope section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who advocated the opposite theory of determinism?

a) Ptolemy

b) Vidal de la Blache

c) Huntington

d) None of these

Question : 2

General geography was written by

a) Blanche

b) Bernhardus Varenius

c) Ptolemy

d) None of these

Question : 3

Assertion (A):
In contemporary geography, there is an increasing awareness of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the regional problems.
Reason (R):
Groups of scholars with diverse backgrounds and skills focus on specific sets of regional problems more comprehensively and scientifically.

a) A is true but R is false

b) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

c) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

d) A is false but R is true

Question : 4

Oceanography is the branch of

a) Hydrology

b) Geomorphology

c) Geology

d) Pedology

Question : 5

Who invented the Isotherms?

a) Aristotle

b) Pythagoras

c) Homboldt

d) Herodotus

Question : 6

Huntington is noted for describing

a) the effects of climate on human life

b) man as a product of the earth’s surface

c) the evolution of landforms

d) the historical-ecological study of the cultural landscape