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61.

Which one of the following philosophers did propagate the principle of Unity in Diversity ?

  • Carl Ritter

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Alexander Von Humboldt

  • O.H.K. Spate


62.

To which school of Geography does E.C. Semple belong ?

  • American school of Geography

  • Russian school of Geography

  • British school of Geography

  • French school of Geography


63.

Consider the following statements regarding Kants view on the origin of the earth :

(a) Kant introduced the Newtonian law of gravitation in his theory.

(b) Kant developed his theory accepting the principle of conservation of angular momentum.

(c) Though Laplace put forward the nebular hypothesis of origin of the earth. Kant is regarded by many as the real propounder of the nebular hypothesis.

Which of the following statements are correct ?

  • a and b

  • b and c

  • a and c 

  • a , b and c


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64.

To which school does Eratosthenes , the father of geography belongs to :

  • Roman

  • Arab

  • Greek

  • German


C.

Greek


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65.

Which Indian geographer has written the book 'Geography of Purans' ?

  • S.M. Ali

  • P.P. Karan

  • M. Shafi

  • B. Dubey


66.

Who among the following scholars related wih behavourial geography ?

  • W.K. Kink

  • Peter Gould

  • Yi Fu Twan

  • Gilbert Wilson


67.

"The Principles of Human Geography" authored by 

  • E. Huntington

  • H.H. Borrow 

  • F. Ratzel

  • E.C. Semple


68.

The term 'Cosmography' was coined by :

  • Mackinder Halford J.

  • Humboldt

  • Kant Emmanuel

  • Ptolemy


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69.

The philosophical view advocating that man is responsible for making his own nature is :

  • Positivism

  • Functionalism

  • Existentialism

  • Pragmatism


70.

The 'Erdkunde' was published in the year 1817. Which one of the following authored the book ?

  • O.Peschel

  • Carl Ritter

  • W.M. Davis

  • G.Taylor


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