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1.

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

  • Ritter

  • Peschel

  • Humboldt

  • Varenius


2.

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

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Sebastian Munster

  • Bernhard Varenius 

  • Peter Apian


 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


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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


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8.

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

  • Friedrich Ratzel

  • Vidal-de-la-Blache

  • Richard Hartshorne

  • Jean Brunhes


B.

Vidal-de-la-Blache


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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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