1. Who used the method of ranking coefficient for the first time in India in order to calculate agricultural productivity?
A. Prof. Mohammed Shafi
B. Prof. Jasbir Singh
C. Prof. M.G. Kendall
D. Prof. Dudley Stamp
Ans-C
2. Which of the following pairs is correct?
A. Alfred Wegener - Plate Tectonics
B. Archdeacon Pratt - Continental Drift Theory
C. William Moris Davis - Geographical Cycle of Erosion
D. Walter penck - Theory of Isostasy
Ans-C
3. Which one of the following pairs is correct?
A. Concentric zone Theory - E.W. Burgess
B. Sector Theory - Alfred Weber
C. Multi-Nuclei Theory - Homer Hoyt
D. Fused Growth Theory - Griffith Taylor
Ans-A
4. The concept of Gnomon was given by:-
A. Greeks
B. Homes
C. Anaximander
D. Thales
Ans-C
5. The modified conical projection for the first time was used by:-
A. Ptolemy
B. Kant
C. Aristotle
D. None of the above
Ans-A
6. Who is know as "Father of geography"?
A. Thales
B. Hipparchus
C. Hecataeus
D. Herodotus
Ans-C
7. Geography was written by:-
A. Hipparchus
B. Eratosthenes
C. Polybius
D. Posidonius
Ans-B
8. Ges-Periodos are the work of:-
A. Hipparchus
B. Hecataeus
C. Herodotus
D. Ptolemy
Ans-B
9. The world geography was used for the first time by:-
A. Eratosthenes
B. Kant
C. Aristotle
D. Thucydides
Ans-A
10. The first systematic description of world is found in:-
A. Ges-periodos
B. Climata
C. Outline of Geography
D. None of the above
Ans-A
11. Thales and Anaximander are generally recognized as:-
A. The founders of cultural geography
B. The founders of regional geography
C. The founders of mathematical geography
D. The founders of historical geography
Ans-C
12. For the first time the world landmass was divided into three continents i.e., Europe, Asia, and Libya by:-
A. Hecataeus
B. Herodotus
C. Eratosthenes
D. Thales
Ans-B
13. On the basis of latitudes who divided the world into 'climate' (belt of latitudes)?
A. Eratosthenes
B. Strabo
C. Hipparchus
D. Ptolemy
Ans-C
14. Who was the first geographer to divide the circles into 360°, based on Assyrian arithmetic?
A. Herodotus
B. Anaxi mander
C. Hipparchus
D. Hecataeus
Ans-C
15. The "Astrolabe" turned out to be an important instrument, which made possible the measurement of latitude at sea by observing the angle of the polar star, was invented by:-
A. Hipparchus
B. Hecataeus
C. Anaximander
D. Herodotus
Ans-A
16. Which among the following is not a Greek geographer?
A. Anaxi mander
B. Strabo
C. Thales
D. Hecataeus
Ans-B
17. Which of the following is a Roman geographer?
A. Hipparchus
B. Thales
C. Ptolemy
D. Hecataeus
Ans-C
18. The credit of conversion of a three-dimensional sphere into two-dimensional plane goes to:-
A. Hipparchus
B. Ptolemy
C. Strabo
D. None of these
Ans-
19. The author of the Alamagast is:-
A. Strabo
B. Hipparchus
C. Ptolemy
D. None of these
Ans-C
20. The 'Almagest' of Ptolemy mainly deals with:-
A. Regional geography
B. Complicated problems of latitudes and longitudes
C. History
D. Complicated problems of mathematical geography and astronomy.
Ans-D
21. The “Outline of geography” is a contribution of:-
A. Ptolemy
B. Strabo
C. Kant
D. Verenius
Ans-A
22. The Greek geographer who contributed to the development of mathematical Geography was:-
A. Anaximander
B. Thales
C. Eratosthenes
D. Unknown
Ans-B
23. According to Thales, a Greek philosopher, the shape of the earth was:-
A. oval
B. spherical
C. flat
D. circular
Ans-C
24. The favourite branch of Greek geographers was:-
A. Astronomy and political
B. Astronomy and physical
C. Astronomy and cultural
D. Physical and political
Ans-B
25. One of the earliest to prove that the earth is spherical were:-
A. Romans
B. Arabs
C. Greeks
D. Indians
Ans-C
26. The most important physical geographers among the Greek geographers were:-
A. Possidonius
B. Polybius
C. Aristotle
D. Anaximander
Ans-A
27. The pupil of Aristotle ____ studies the relationship between the plants and climate.
A. Thales
B. Theophrastus
C. Herodotus
D. Anaximander
Ans-B
28. The book which was authored by Strabo was:-
A. Geographia generalis
B. Phytogeography
C. Historia Naturalis
D. Geographia
Ans-D
29. The area of interest of Strabo was:-
A. Human geography
B. Historical geography
C. Mathematical geography
D. Cartography
Ans-A
30. Who is said to have laid the foundation of regional geography?
A. Hecataeus of Miletus
B. Polybius
C. Eratosthenes
D. Strabo
Ans-A
31. Match the following:-
(a) De chorographia 1. Pomponius Mela
(b) Geographia 2. Ptolemy Syntaxis
(c) Father of Oceanography 3. Pliny
4. Possidonius
Codes:-
(a) (b) (c)
A. 3 4 2
B. 1 2 4
C. 1 2 3
D. 1 3 4
Ans-B
32. The content of Geographic syntaxis is:-
A. Study of the cosmological and physical environment
B. Tables of latitudes, longitudes and projections.
C. Interrelations of the physical environment
D. Mathematical calculation of planet earth
Ans-B
33. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Humboldt founded the Berlin geographical society.
B. Humboldt and Ritter differed mainly on the concept of ‘whole’.
C. Humboldt and Ritter had an identical view on the concept of the whole
D. Both used the inductive method.
Ans-B
34. Humboldt’s monumental book “Cosmos” was published in:-
A. 1840
B. 1845
C. 1835
D. 1850
Ans-B
35. The world ‘climatology’ was first used in the:-
A. 4th International geographical congress in 1889
B. 5th International geographical congress in 1904
C. 6th International geographical congress in 1919
D. None of these
Ans-A
36. Humboldt is considered as the founder of:-
A. Modern geography
B. Plant geography
C. Climatology
D. All of these
Ans-D
37. In cosmos:-
A. A comparative study of similar forms and regions on the surface of the earth was done.
B. Humboldt had laid the foundation of a systematic regional description.
C. A and B
D. None of these
Ans-C
38. Proceeding from the central city von Thunen’s theory of agricultural location visualises production of fuelwood in:-
A. First ring
B. Second ring
C. Third ring
D. Fourth ring
Ans-B
39. Which of the following statement is true about “Humboldt and his concept of whole”?
A. He was seeking to understand the fact about the elements making up the whole.
B. Humboldt was philosopher brooding over the whole.
C. He and Ritter had an identical view over the whole.
D. None of the above
Ans-A
40. Who among the following is not a German Geographer?
A. Roxby
B. Alfred Hettner
C. Richthofen
D. Albrencht Penk
Ans-A
41. Who among the following is not a German geographer?
A. Ratzel
B. Humboldt
C. Oscar Paschel
D. Herbertson
Ans-D
42. Who said “sapce is not a thing or event. It is a kind of framework for things and events: something like a system of pigeon holes or a filing system for observation”.
A. Humboldt
B. Ritter
C. Immanuel Kant
D. Verenius
Ans-C
43. The founder of the concept of “Dualism” in geography was:-
A. Verenius
B. Kant
C. Ritter
D. Hettner
Ans-A
44. The first map that shows America as a seperate continent was drawn by:-
A. Martin Waldseemuller in 1567
B. Martin Waldseemullar in 1507
C. Nicholus Copernicus in 1507
D. Nicholus Copernicus in 1567
Ans-B
45. The “Heliocentric concept” of the universe was established by:-
A. Nicholus Copernicus
B. Kant
C. Verenius
D. Humboldt
Ans-A
46. The “Heliocentric concept” of the universe means:-
A. Sun revolves around the earth.
B. Universe is geocentric
C. All the planets rotate around the sun.
D. None of the above
Ans-A
47. The founder of “space-time concept” was:-
A. Verenius
B. Nicholus Copernicus
C. Immanuel Kant
D. None of these
Ans-C
48. The first “Globe” of the world was made in the:-
A. 14th century
B. 15th century
C. 16th century
D. 17th century
Ans-C
49. New projections like Mercator was invented in:
A. 1669
B. 1620
C. 1469
D. 1569
Ans-D
50. The first institute of geography at Sargres near Cape St. Vincent was established by:-
A. Marco polo
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Prince Henry
D. B and C
Ans-C