Multiple Choice Questions

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Who was the first Geographer to ascertain the length of the equator ?

  • Eratosthenes

  • Herodotus

  • Anaximander

  • Thales


A.

Eratosthenes


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Among the following South-Asian countries which one is the most urbanized ?

  • Nepal 

  • Bangladesh

  • Maldives

  • Sri Lanka


The savanna biome is usually associated with

  • Tropical wet-dry climate

  • Equatorial wet climate

  • Tropical dry climate 

  • Monsoon climate


'Principle of Least Effort' related to human migration is propounded by

  • Stouffer

  • Revenstein

  • Weber

  • Jiff


LIST I LIST II
(a) Isochrone map (i) Equal biological event
(b) Isoneph map (ii) Equal time
(c) Isotim map (iii) Equal cloudiness
(d) Isophene map (iv) Equal transport cost
  • a-ii , b-iii , c-iv , d-i

  • a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-iii

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-ii , c-iv , d-i


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Arrange the following countries in accordance with their population size :

  • Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Nepal

  • Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Nepal , Bangladesh 

  • Bangladesh , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Nepal , Pakistan


Wh is the author of the book Modern Geographical Thought ?

  • David Harvey

  • R.J. Johnston

  • Brain J.L. Berry

  • Richard Peet


 

LIST I LIST II
(a) Humboldt (i) Anthropogeographie
(b) Oscar Peschell (ii) Erdteile
(c) Richtofen (iii) Kosmos
(d) Ratzel (iv) Das Ausland
  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-ii , b-iv , c-iii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-ii , c-iv , d-i

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i


Who was the first person to plot the Bay of Bengal ?

  • Strabo

  • Ptolemy

  • Al-Masudi

  • Humboldt


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ASSERTION (A) : At present urban natural increase is not an important contributor to high rates of rural-urban migration.

REASON (R) : Because of lower mortality , natural rate of increase is higher in the modern era than in the historical past.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  • Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  • (A) is true , (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , (R) is true.