nature & scope section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The study of soil science is called

a) Pedology

b) Climatology

c) Geology

d) Biogeography

Question : 2

Consider the following rivers :

1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 3

Which one of the following scholars was the first to divide the world landmass into three continents : Europe, Asia and Libya (Africa) ? :

a) Herodotus

b) Anaximander

c) Hecataeus

d) Eratosthenes

Question : 4

General geography was written by

a) Blanche

b) Bernhardus Varenius

c) Ptolemy

d) None of these

Question : 5

Who advocated the opposite theory of determinism?

a) Ptolemy

b) Vidal de la Blache

c) Huntington

d) None of these

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

1. Human Geography covers all those aspects of Geography which are not directly concerned with Physical Geography.
2. Human Geography is the study of interrelationship between human beings and their environment.
3. Human Geography deals with the description and explanation of human phenomena around the variable earth surface.
4. Human Geography does not cover technical matters of Cartography.

a) Only 3

b) 1 and 2

c) Only 2

d) 1, 2, 3 & 4