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 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

1.

The term 'Cosmography' was coined and divided into 'Uranography' and 'Geography' by :

  • Ritter

  • Peschel

  • Humboldt

  • Varenius


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2.

Who among the followingscholars laid down the foundations of dichotomy of general versus species Geography ?

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Sebastian Munster

  • Bernhard Varenius 

  • Peter Apian


C.

Bernhard Varenius 

Varenius made significant contribution to the development of grography. He divided geography into 'general' and 'special' sections which led to the dvelopment of 'systematic' and 'regional' geography. Thus he was the first scholar who laid to the foundation of this dichotomy.


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 Multiple Choice QuestionsTrue Or False

3.

Which of the following pairs does not match ?

A.

Al-Masudi - Router and Realms

B.

Al-Balaki - Kitabul Ashkal

C.

Al-Biruni - Kitab-al-Hind

D.

Ibn-Khaldun - Muqaddimah


 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

4.

Who among thr following scholars emphasized on the behavourial approach in geography ?

  • Johnston

  • Kirk

  • Burton

  • Gregory


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5.

Which one of the following in the correct sequence of German geographers contributing to the development of grographical thought ?

  • Ratzel-Troll-Hettner-Peschell

  • Peschel-Hettner-Ratzel-Troll

  • Peschel-Ratzel-Hettner-Troll

  • Troll-Hettner-Peschel-Ratzel


6.

"The same environment carries different meanings to people with different ways of living and culture." This statement is related to which one of the following concepts?

  • Probabilism

  • Determinism

  • Possibilism

  • Stop and Go determisim


7.

Which school of thought first developed the idea of possibilism ?

  • Russian school

  • German school

  • British school

  • French school


8.

"The dominant idea of all geographical progress is that of terrestrial unity."

  • Friedrich Ratzel

  • Vidal-de-la-Blache

  • Richard Hartshorne

  • Jean Brunhes


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9.

Which one of the following perspectives was responsible for redicap transformation in the spirit and purpose of geography ? 

  • Structuralism

  • Post-Modernism

  • Humanism

  • Quantification


10.

The concept of paradigm was propounded by :

  • Richard Peet

  • Kuhn

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Peter Haggett


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