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51.

LIST I

(Geographers)

LIST II

(Concepts)

(a) Semple (1) Systematic Geography
(b) Brunhes (2) Concentric Zone Theory
(c) Davis  (3) Determinism
(d) Burgess (4) Possibilism
  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i


52.

Vidal de la Blache was associated with which of the following schools of thought ?

  • Possibilism

  • Determinism

  • Stop and Go Determinism

  • Modern Determinism


53.

Who was the first person to divide the circle into 360 degree ?

  • Ptolemy 

  • Herodotus

  • Eratosthenes

  • Hipparchus


54.

"There is a strong relationship between environment , image and decision making." This statement pertains to :

  • Humanism

  • Behavourialism

  • Radicalism

  • Welfare approach


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55.

Who are considered as the founders of Mathematical Geography ?

  • Plato and Aristotle

  • Thales and Anaximender

  • Hecataeus and Herodotus

  • Ptolemy


56.

Who wrote the book Meteorologica ?

  • Aristotle

  • Posidonius

  • Plato

  • Thales


57.

Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought ?

  • Humboldt and Ritter

  • Kant and Varenius

  • Hettner and Richtofen

  • Humboldt and Davis


58.

Read the following statements :

(a) Ratzel dominated German geography in the second half of the 19th century.

(b) Ratzel coined the term Anthropographic.

(c) Ratzel was highly influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution of species.

  •  a , b and c

  • a and c

  • b and c

  • Only c


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59.

Which is the correct sequence in chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed vastly to the evolution of geographical thought during the ancient period ? 

  • Aristotle , Eratosthenes , Anaximender , Ptolemy

  • Eratosthenes , Anaximender , Ptolemy , Aristotle 

  • Anaximender , Arustotle , Eratosthenes , Ptolemy 

  • Ptolemy , Anaximender , Aristotle , Eratosthenes


60.

LIST I

(Approaches)

LIST II

(Contributors)

(a) Neo-Determinism (i) D.M. Smith
(b) Welfare (ii) Guman Olsson
(c) Behavourial (iii) Griffith Taylor
(d) Modern Humanist (iv) William Kirk
  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iii , b-i , c-iv , d-ii

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

  • a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-iii


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