Book I - Fundamentals of Human Geography CBSE CBSE Class 12 Geography Class 12 Multiple Choice Questions Facebook Twitter Telegram WhatsApp MCQs of Geography Class 12 Book 1 Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature and Scope MCQs of Geography Book 1 Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature and Scope MCQs of Geography Book 1 Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature and Scope Class 12 1 / 58 1. Welfare or humanistic school of thought in human geography was mainly concerned with: the different aspects of social well-being of the people the basic cause of poverty,deprivation and social inequality the perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race, religion, etc. All of these 2 / 58 2. Main feature of Early Colonial period is: the discovery and exploration of new areas identifying the uniqueness of any region phase of the quantitative revolution grand generalisations and the applicability of universal theories 3 / 58 3. Post modernism approach in geography came in which period? 1970’s 1950’s 1930’s 1990’s 4 / 58 4. Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography? Areal differentiation Spatial organisation Quantitative revolution Exploration and description 5 / 58 5. Human beings interact with their physical environment with the help of : Animals Technology Arts birds 6 / 58 6. ‘Nomothetic’ refers Law making Theorising Both a and b None of these 7 / 58 7. Which of the following best signifies the nature of Human Geography? It covers all the elements created by men only It covers all the elements created by nature only It covers all the elements created by both men and nature None of the above 8 / 58 8. The interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature is termed as: environmental determinism neo- determinism bio- determinism anti-determinism 9 / 58 9. Psephology is sister disciplines of which sub fields of human geography Military geography Electoral geography Agriculture geography industries geography 10 / 58 10. Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information? traveller’s accounts old maps samples of rock materials from the moon ancient epics 11 / 58 11. Which geographer out of the following belongs to France? Huntigton Vidal de la Blache Semple Trewartha 12 / 58 12. Neo-determinism was introduced by: Marx Griffith Taylor Newton Mahatma Gandhi 13 / 58 13. In which period quantitative thought became popular in geographical studies? 1850 1920 1900 Late 1950s 14 / 58 14. Neo- determinism was introduced by: Marx Griffith Taylor Newton Mahatma Gandhi 15 / 58 15. Which of the following is not a sub field of social geography? Medical geography Historical geography Cultural geography Military geography 16 / 58 16. Which one of the following is the most crucial factor which help human beings to interact with their physical environment? Animals Natural phenomena Technology All of the above 17 / 58 17. Which of these is not a characteristic of the study of Geography? Integrative Practical Idealistic Empirical 18 / 58 18. Who is not a French geographer out of the following? Blache Bruches Demanzia Ritter 19 / 58 19. The two main branches of geography are Economic and Social Physical and Urban Political and Historical Physical and Human 20 / 58 20. Which one of the following is not a suitable example of ‘organism’? Mouth of the river Nose of volcano Profile of soil Snout(nose) of glacier. 21 / 58 21. Which sub-field of geography is called Demography? Population Geography Gender Geography Rural Geography Urban Geography 22 / 58 22. Which subject is called Mother Discipline? Geography Economics History Political Science 23 / 58 23. To which country does Ellen C. Semple belong? U.S.A. France Germany England 24 / 58 24. Radical School of Thought employed: Gandhian Theory Humanistic Theory Marxian Theory All of these 25 / 58 25. Stop and go determinism is also known as Possibilism Determinism Neo determinism None of the above 26 / 58 26. Which element is called ‘Mother Nature’ ? Physical Environment Cultural Environment Political Environment Industrial Environment 27 / 58 27. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Social Geography – Psychology Political Geography – Psephology Population Geography – Resource Economics Economic Geography – International Trade 28 / 58 28. Who was the founder of neo-determinism? Blache Mackinder Both None of these 29 / 58 29. Behavioural School of Thought laid emphasis on: past experience live experience present experience None of the above 30 / 58 30. Which one of the following statements does not describe geography? an integrative discipline study of the inter-relationship between humans and environment subjected to dualism not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology 31 / 58 31. Which school of thought is mainly concerned with social well being of people Radical Behavioral Welfare Possibilism 32 / 58 32. ‘Idiographic’ denotes Law making Theorising Description All of these 33 / 58 33. Which of the following is the sub-field of Social geography? Geography of Leisure Geography of Resources Geography of Tourism Geography of Agriculture 34 / 58 34. Naturalisation of humans means Low level of technological development high level of technological development moderate level of technological development None of these 35 / 58 35. Which one of the following is the most important factor in the interaction between people and the environment? human intelligence people’s perception technology human brotherhood 36 / 58 36. Who was the founder of neo-determinism? Griffith Taylor Blache Mackinder Herbertson 37 / 58 37. The idea that all the regions were a part of whole i.e., the earth is under which approaches Spatial organization Emergency of humanistic Areal differentiation Regional analysis 38 / 58 38. Which one of the following is not source of geographical information? traveller’s accounts old maps samples of rock materials from the moon ancient epics 39 / 58 39. Which element is called ‘Mother-Nature ? Physical Environment Political Environment Cultural Environment Industrial Environment 40 / 58 40. Which approach was supported by Vidal de la Blache? Determinism Possibilism Humanism Welfare approach 41 / 58 41. Which country does Ellen C. Semple belong? U.S.A. France Germany England 42 / 58 42. Which concept helped to discover fire? Gravity Friction DNA Dynamics 43 / 58 43. One of these choices is not an approach to Human Geography: Quantitative Revolution Areal Differentiation Regional Analysis Spatial Organisation 44 / 58 44. Which approach of Human Geography was followed in colonial period? Areal differentiation Spatial organization Behavioural Regional 45 / 58 45. Which element is not a part of the cultural environment? Villages Towns Ports Climate 46 / 58 46. The interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature is termed as: environmental determinism neo- determinism bio- determinism anti-determinism 47 / 58 47. Who has defined Human Geography as the study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface? Ratzel Ellen C. Semple Blasche Al Idrisi 48 / 58 48. Main feature of Early Colonial period is: the discovery and exploration of new areas identifying the uniqueness of any region phase of the quantitative revolution grand generalisations and the applicability of universal theories 49 / 58 49. Who is considered the father of human geography? Eratosthenes Ratzel E.C. Semple Vidal de la Blache 50 / 58 50. Who gave the concept of ‘stop and go determinism’? Griffith Taylor Ratzel E.C Semple Vidal de la Blache 51 / 58 51. Which of the following periods marked the emergence of spatial organization approach in Human geography? Late 1960s to early 1970s Late 1950s to late 1960s 1970s 1990s 52 / 58 52. The subject matter of population geography is taken from which of the following areas? Anthropology Economics Demography Welfare economics 53 / 58 53. Which sub-field of geography is called Demography? Population Geography Gender Geography Rural Geography Urban Geography 54 / 58 54. Which element is not a part of the physical environment? Climate Relief Agriculture Water 55 / 58 55. Which one of the following is the most important factor in the interaction between people and the environment? human intelligence people’s perception technology human brotherhood 56 / 58 56. Which of these is not a characteristic of the study of Geography? Integrative Practical Idealistic Empirical 57 / 58 57. Historical Geography to which field of human geography Political Geography Social Geography Settlement Geography Economic 58 / 58 58. Which branch of geography does not belong to Human Geography? Population Geography Economic Geography Physical Geography Social Geography Your score isThe average score is 66% 0% Restart quiz
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