Multiple Choice QuestionsWhich one of the following statements are correct relating to Ratzel's concept of 'Lebensraum' ?
(i) It is the geographical area within which living organisms develop.
(ii) It is economic and cultural activity of people outside their enclosed settled area.
(iii) It deals with the relations between human society as a spatial organization and its physical setting.
(iv) It speaks 'geopolitik' and studies space from the view point of state.
(i) , (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(ii) and (iii) are correct.
(ii) , (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(i) and (iii) are correct.
ASSERTION (A) : Humanistic Geography rejects positivism and quantification in geography.
REASON (R) : Humanistic Geography emphasizes the role of the human agency and its creativity in the construction of place , space and landscape.
Both (A) and (R) are correct 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 , but (R) is false.
(A) is false , but (R) is true.
Which one of the following is correct chronological sequence of Arab geographers in the development of geography ?
Al-Biruni , Al-Idrisi , Ibn Batuta , Ibn Khaldun
Al-Idrisi , Ibn-Khaldun , Al-Masudi , Al-Biruni
Ibn-Khaldun , Al-Masudi , Al-Biruni , Al-Idrisi
Al-Masudi , Ibn-Batuta , Ibn-Khaldun , Al-Biruni
In India which of the following criteria applied in defining a town has varied from census to census in recent decades ?
DEnsity of population
Total population
Administrative status
Working population
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LIST I (Theory) |
LIST II (Authors) |
| (a) Theory of Spatial Integration | (i) G. Myrdal |
| (b) Theory of Innovation Diffusion | (ii) A.G. Frank |
| (c) Dependency Theory | (iii) John Friedmann |
| (d) Theory of Circular and Cumulative Causation | (iv) T. Hagerstrand |
a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv
a-i , b-ii , c-iv , d-iii
a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i
a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii
Which one of the following models is based on the study of human ecology ?
Hagerstarnd's Innovations Diffusion Model
Weber's Location Model
Zelinsky's Mobility Transition Model
Burgess and Park's Concentric Zone Model
"Time-space compression" is a spatial concept given by :
Dorreen Massey
David Hravey
Daniel Bell
Edward Soja
ASSERTION (A) : Regional disparities tend to reduce over time in a competitive free market economy.
REASON (R) : The factors of production move from one rgeion to another to maximize their rate of returns.
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 , but (R) is false.
(A) is false , but (R) is true.
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