nature & scope section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

Ratzel’s work was based on the concept

a) Physical environment controlled human activities

b) There is a dichotomy between physical and cultural aspects of geography

c) Geography is a scientific discipline

d) Geography is necessarily descriptive

Question : 2

The study of earth’s structure and the rocks that make up the earth is called

a) Hydrology

b) Geology

c) Glaciology

d) Geomorphology

Question : 3

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

Question : 4

Who invented the Isotherms?

a) Aristotle

b) Pythagoras

c) Homboldt

d) Herodotus

Question : 5

Oceanography is the branch of

a) Hydrology

b) Geomorphology

c) Geology

d) Pedology