Assertion Reason for Class 12 Geography Book 1 - Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature and Scope
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) Based MCQs
Question.1. Consider the following statements, try to establish cause and effect relationship between these two and choose the correct option for the same.
I. It is technology that has allowed the people of Trondheim and others to overcome the constraints imposed by nature.
II. A geographer, Griffith Taylor introduced another concept which reflects a middle path (Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism. He termed it as Neo determinism or stop and go determinism.
Options:
(A) Only statement I is true.
(B) Only statement II is true
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
(D) Both I and II statements are correct but not related to each other.
Answer
(D) Both I and II statements are correct but not related to each other.
Question.2. Consider the following statements, try to establish cause and effect relationship between these two and choose the correct options for the same.
I. Geography as a field of study is integrative, empirical, and practical.
II. The reach of geography is extensive and each and every event or phenomenon which varies over space and time can be studied geographically.
Options:
(A) Only statement I is true.
(B) Only statement II is true
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
(D) Both I and II statements are irrelevant.
Answer
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
Question.3. Consider the following statements, try to establish cause and effect relationship between these two and choose the correct option for the same.
I. Geography got subjected to dualism and the wide-ranging debates started whether geography As a discipline should be a law making/theorising (nomothetic) or descriptive (idiographic).
II. Whether its subject matter should be organised and approach of the study should be regional or systematic? Whether geographical phenomena be interpreted theoretically or through historic -institutional approach?
Options:
(A) Only statement I is true.
(B) Only statement II is true
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
(D) Both I and II statements are correct but not related to each other.
Answer
(D) Both I and II statements are correct but not related to each other.
Question.4. Consider the following statements, try to establish cause and effect relationship between these two and choose the correct option for the same.
I. Houses, villages, cities, road-rail networks, industries, farms, ports, items of our daily use and all other elements of material culture have been created by human beings using the resources provided by the physical environment.
II. While physical environment has been greatly modified by human beings, it has also, in turn, impacted human lives.
Options:
(A) Only statement I is true.
(B) Only statement II is true
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
(D) Both I and II statements are irrelevant.
Answer
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
Question.5. Consider the following statements, try to establish cause and effect relationship between these two and choose the correct option for the same.
I. Technology indicates the level of cultural development of society. Human beings were able to develop technology after they developed better understanding of natural laws.
II. The understanding of concepts of friction and heat helped us discover fire. Similarly, understanding of the secrets of DNA and genetics enabled us to conquer many diseases. We use the laws of aerodynamics to develop faster planes.
Options:
(A) Only statement I is true.
(B) Only statement II is true
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
(D) Both I and II statements are irrelevant.
Answer
(C) Both I and II statements are correct and the statement II correctly explains the statement I.
Question.6.
Assertion (A): Understanding of friction and heat helped the humans in discovering the fire.
Reason(R): Technology enables the humans to overcome the limitations imposed by nature.
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are True and R Is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A Is True but R is False
(D) A Is False but R Is True
Answer
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
Question.7.
Assertion (A): Geography as a field of study is integrative, empirical, and practical.
Reason (R): The reach of geography is extensive and each and every event or phenomenon which varies over space and time can be studied geographically
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are True and R Is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A Is True but R is False
(D) A Is False but R Is True
Answer
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
Question.8.
Assertion (A): Griffith Taylor introduced another concept which reflects a middle path (Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism.
Reason (R): he termed it as neo determinism or stop and go determinism.
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are True and R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is True but R is False
(D) A is False but R Is True
Answer
(B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
Question.9.
Assertion (A): Man is an active geographical agent according to determinism.
Reason (R): Man occupies the central position in human geography.
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are True and R Is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A Is True but R is False
(D) A Is False but R Is True
Answer
(D) A is false but R is true
Question.10.
Assertion (A): Geography doesn’t just determine whether humans can live in a certain area or not, it also determines people’s lifestyles, as they adapt to the available food and climate patterns.
Reason (R): radical school of thought employed Marxian theory to explain the basic cause of poverty, deprivation and social inequality.
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are True and R Is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A Is True but R is False
(D) A Is False but R Is True
Answer
(B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
Question.11.
Assertion (A): Human geography assumes a highly inter-disciplinary nature.
Reason(R): Because it studies the relationship between all elements of human life and the environment.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Question.12.
Assertion (A): Our earliest society was highly influenced by nature.
Reason(R): because the level of technology was very low and the stage of human social development was also primitive.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Question.13.
Assertion (A): The concept of Neo-Determinism indicates that neither is there a situation of absolute necessity (environmental determinism) nor is there a condition of absolute freedom (possibilism).
Reason (R): because nature has infinite resources.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
Question.14.
Assertion (A): Welfare school of thought includes aspects such as housing, health education etc.
Reason (R): its study is not important at the school level.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
