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Oceanography is the branch of(a) Geomorphology (b) Geology (c) Hydrology (d) Pedology |
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Answer» (c) Hydrology |
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Who wrote the five-volume book ‘Kosmos’?(a) Pythagoras (b) Humboldt (c) Carl Ritter (d) Aristotle |
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Answer» (b) Humboldt |
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Chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas are called(a) Global city (b) Megalopolis (c) Metropolis (d) None of these |
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Answer» (b) Megalopolis |
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Which one of the following scholars was the first to divide the world landmass into three continents : Europe,Asia and Libya (Africa) ? :(a) Anaximander (b) Hecataeus (c) Herodotus (d) Eratosthenes |
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Answer» (c) Herodotus |
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Huntington is noted for describing(a) man as a product of the earth’s surface(b) the evolution of landforms(c) the effects of climate on human life(d) the historical-ecological study of the cultural landscap |
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Answer» (c) the effects of climate on human life |
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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 background and skills focus on specific sets of regional problems more comprehensively and scientifically.(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A(c) A is true but R is false(d) A is false but R is true |
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Answer» (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A |
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Which one of the following is a key concept in humanistic geography?(a) Development and quality of life(b) Spatial location(c) Spatial concentration(d) Geographical distribution |
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Answer» (a) Development and quality of life |
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Human geography is also known as(a) Economic geography(b) Demography(c) Urban geography(d) Cultural geography |
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Answer» (d) Cultural geography |
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General geography was written by(a) Bernhardus Varenius (b) Ptolemy(c) Blanche (d) None of these |
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Answer» (a) Bernhardus Varenius |
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The approach of ‘Determinism’ is related with(a) Huntington (b) Aristotle (c) Herodotus (d) Hipparchus |
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Answer» (a) Huntington |
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An early statement of Geography as Chorology was provided by(a) Kant (b) Humboldt (c) Ritter (d) Varenius |
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The study of physical geography in the past geological ages is called(a) Biogeography (b) Paleography (c) Climatology (d) Geology |
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Answer» (b) Paleography |
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The science and art of drawing maps and charts on selected scale is called(a) Hydrology (b) Geology (c) Pedology (d) Cartography |
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Answer» (d) Cartography |
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The study of soil science is called(a) Climatology (b) Geology (c) Pedology (d) Biogeography |
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Answer» (c) Pedology |
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The study of earthquakes and their bearings on the internal structure of the Earth is called(a) Glaciology (b) Seismology (c) Geology (d) None of these |
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Answer» (b) Seismology |
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The study of earth’s structure and the rocks that makeup the earth is called(a) Geology (b) Glaciology (c) Hydrology (d) Geomorphology |
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Answer» (d) Geomorphology |
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The study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather process and forcasting is called(a) Biogeography (b) Glaciology(c) Meteorology (d) Hydrology |
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Answer» (c) Meteorology |
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