Nature & Scope Section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11

Consider the following rivers :

1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri

Which of the above flows/flow through Arunachal Pradesh?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

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Question : 12

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

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Question : 13

Who was the first man to discuss about geography?

a) Aristotle

b) Pythagoras

c) Eratosthenes

d) None of these

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Question : 14

Which of these was great astronomer?

a) Ptolemy

b) Hipparchus

c) Herodotus

d) Carl Ritter

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Question : 15

The study of earthquakes and their bearings on the internal structure of the Earth is called

a) Geology

b) Glaciology

c) Seismology

d) None of these

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