Geographic Thought 0% 0 votes, 0 avg 30 Created by Nabarun Academy Geographic Thought 1 / 20 20.Who out of the following was the first teleologist (believe in God Creation) (A) Plato (B) Aristotle (C) Anaximander (D) Herodotus 2 / 20 19. Who was the strong supporter of the idea that all history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically (A) Hipparchus (B) Herodotus (C) Thales (D) Homer 3 / 20 18. The orthographic and stenographic projections were designed by (A) Anaximander (B) Ptolemy (C) Posidonius (D) Hipparchus 4 / 20 17. Who was the first geographer to divide the circle into 360 degrees? (A) Eratosthenes (B) Herodotus (C) Hipparchus (D) Ptolemy 5 / 20 16. The Golden Period of Greek was between (A) 4th Century BC and 1st Century BC (B) 4th Century BC and 2nd Century BC (C) 5th Century BC and 1st Century BC (D) 5th Century BC and 2nd Century BC 6 / 20 15. Who is known as Father of Geography? (A) Anaximander (B) Hippurcus (C) Herodotus (D) Eratosthenes 7 / 20 14. The Babylonian instrument Gnomon was first time used by (A) Anaximander (B) Herodotus (C) Thales (D) Homer 8 / 20 13. Named the first geographer prepared a world map to scale (A) Thales (B) Herodotus (C) Ptolemy (D) Anaximander 9 / 20 12. The term geography was coined by – A) Hipparchus (B) Herodotus (C) Eratosthenes (D) Posidonius 10 / 20 11. Who among the following developed the cognitive map? (A) W. Zelinsky (B) Downs (C) Carl O. Sauer (D) Friedmann 11 / 20 10. Who believed, the earth is a flat disc and Jerusalem is at centre of the earth (A) Greek Geographers (B) Roman Geographers (C) Christian Geographers (D) Chinese Geographers 12 / 20 9. Who gave the concept of Terra Incognita (Unknown World)? (A) Herodotus (B) Homer (C) Strabo (D) Ptolemy 13 / 20 8. All people of the world are brothers and should be treated as brothers. This statement was made by (A) Homer (B) Alexander (C) Aristotle (D) Plato 14 / 20 7. Who out of the following said geography is an empirical science? (A) Humboldt (B) Kant (C) Strabo (D) Carl Ritter 15 / 20 6.Who was the first to declare geography as a chorological science? (A) Strabo (B) Herodotus (C) Ptolemy (D) Homer 16 / 20 5.Who is considered as Father of Regional Geography? (A) Herodotus (B) Ptolemy (C) Strabo (D) Homer 17 / 20 4.The circumference of the Earth was measured accurately by (A) Herodotus (B) Eratosthenes (C) Ptolemy (D) Strabo 18 / 20 3.Named the first scholar who divided the world landmass into three continents (A) Herodotus (B) Aristotle (C) Eratosthenes (D) Anaximander 19 / 20 2.Who are recognized as the founder of mathematical geography? (A) Hecateaus and Herototous (B) Homer and Aristotle (C) Hecateous and Eratosthenes (D) Thales and Anaximander 20 / 20 1. Who was the first geographer draw a standard Meridian Map? (A) Eratosthenes Herodotus (B) Hecateous (C) Herodotus (D) Homer Your score is The average score is 45% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz 0% 0 votes, 0 avg 32 Created by Nabarun Academy Thought Mock Test 1 / 100 1) The statistical methods for the study of distribution and pattern of settlement is known as Settlement Quantitative method Nearest ncighbour analysis None of these 2 / 100 2) Spatial organization was studied in human geography during the 1970s 1960s 1950s 1980s 3 / 100 3) For the study of a big and scattered village which method is useful Random Regular Clustered None of these 4 / 100 4) Spatial pattern includes Location Regions Interaction All of these 5 / 100 5) When was the concept of 'aerial differential ' proposed? 1865 1898 1901 1916 6 / 100 6) Who proposed the theory of aerial differentiation? Humboldt Ritter Heltncr Richthopcn 7 / 100 7) For the socio- economic study of small village which method is useful? Regular Random Clustered None of these 8 / 100 8) ' Nature does not drive man along a particular road, but it offers a number of opportunities from among which man is free to select '. This statement is related with : Neodeterminism Probabilism Possibilism None of these 9 / 100 9) 'The easiest of the possibilities in the most probablc'. This statement is related with : Possibilism Probabilism Neodeterminism Environmental determinism 10 / 100 10) 'There are not necessities, but every where possibilities is not judge of their use '. Who said this statement? La Blache Ratzel Febre Brunches 11 / 100 11) The concept of possibilism is the best example for urban areas while the rural environment follows the concept of environmental determinism. False Ture 12 / 100 12) "Man has advanced one more stage in this adjustment to the limits laid down by nature ". Who said this? Grifith Taylor Febre Tatham Wooldridge 13 / 100 13) Who among the following is not a supporter of environmental determinism? Mackinder Carl saver F. C. Scmple Huntinglon 14 / 100 14) 'Reaction of man and land are mutual. This is evidenly ture'. Who wrote this statement? Febre Grifith Taylor Tatham Wooldridge 15 / 100 15) Who laid the foundation of the school of possibilism? Ratzel Demanagea Vidal de la blache Jaan brunches 16 / 100 16) The concept of probabilism was suggested by : OHK spate Grifith Taylor Lablache None of these 17 / 100 17) Stop and go determinism was postulated by : Humboldt Grifith Taylor Jean Brunhes None of these 18 / 100 18) Who were credited to say that the earth is a flat dise and jerusalem is not the ccntrc of the earth? Chinese geographers Muslim geographers Christian geographers Roman geographers 19 / 100 19) "Man is born free but everywhere he is in chain ". Who said this? Lenin Stalin Karl Marx Rousseau 20 / 100 20) Geography as the field of advance study first appeared in Germany in 1874. False Ture 21 / 100 21) Which of the following is not the work of mark Jefferson? Primate city Central please Civilizing rails None of these 22 / 100 22) Griffith Taylor got strong opposition in Australia for his work : Racial geography Australia, physiography and economy Our evoluing civilization None of these 23 / 100 23) Who started the study of urban geography in America? Adam Smith Socrates Grifith Taylor Carl sovcrc 24 / 100 24) 'A hundred years of geography ' was written by freeman. False Ture 25 / 100 25) Who gave the regional development concept? Ptolemy Strabo Varenius All of these 26 / 100 26) Development of population geography in India took place in which of the following universities? Punjab university, chandigarh Banaras hindu university, varanasi Punjab university, patiala None of these 27 / 100 27) Who is considered as the founder of plant geography? Ratzel Humboldt Ritter Blache 28 / 100 28) Who were the two prominent grograohers who died at the time of postulation of darwin's theory of origin and evolution of species '. Kant and verenius Blache and brunche Ilumboldt and Ritter Ritter and ratzel 29 / 100 29) They were the contemporary of each other and died together. One was the advocate of systematic geography and the other was credited laying down the foundation of regional geography. The statement was given to Blache and brunche Ritter and ratzel Humboldt and Ritter Kant and verenius 30 / 100 30) Who laid the foundation of modern geographic thought? Huntington and davis Humboldt and Ritter Kant and verenius Hettner and ritchthopen 31 / 100 31) Who laid the foundation of modern classical period in geography? Verenius and kant Hettener and ritchthopen Humboldt and Ritter None of these 32 / 100 32) Which of the following in the work of griffith Taylor? Racial geography Our evolving civilization Environment, race, and migration All of these 33 / 100 33) Who wrote the famous essay ' scope and aim of human geography' ? L. D. Stamp Herbertson Roxdy None of these 34 / 100 34) The famous book ' new world wars ' is written by Semple Isaih Bowman Davis Huntington 35 / 100 35) Which of the following statement is true? Dr. S. P. Chatterji was the founder of geography department of calcutta university Dr. I. R. Klean was the founder of geography department of aliagrh muslim university Dr H. T. Chibberwas was the founder of geography department of uanaras llindu university All of these 36 / 100 36) 'Crowded earth ' was written by : R. L. Singh Jagdish singh Pravnav gupte None of these 37 / 100 37) Who stated the land use study and proposed land use maps of Britain? Geddes L. D. Stamp Mackinder None of these 38 / 100 38) 'Influences of geographical environment ' was written by : Penck Ratzel E. C. Semple Davis 39 / 100 39) Patrick Geddes was the founder of british regional studies, especially regional survey, regionalizatiol and applied geography. True Flase 40 / 100 40) 'Principle of human geography ' was written by E. C. Semple Isaik Bowman Ellsworth Huntington None of these 41 / 100 41) M. V. Lomonosov was the world's first geomorphologist. True False 42 / 100 42) Use of models in geography was started by : Stamp Richard chorley Guyot None of these 43 / 100 43) Who was the first geographer that first ever divided the world into 14 natural regions? Herbertson Roxby L. D. stamp None of these 44 / 100 44) ' Agricultural location theory ' was proposed by : Christellar Brunch Pincky None of these 45 / 100 45) Who was the first professor of geography in Germany? Ritter Ratzel Oscar paschal Humboldt 46 / 100 46) Carl Ritter propounded the fundamental principle of unity in diversity. True False 47 / 100 47) Who laid the foundation of the dichotomy of systematic and regional geography? Humboldt Verenius Hettner Kant 48 / 100 48) The idea of topographical map was put forward by : King Davis Penck None of these 49 / 100 49) The controversy of dichotomy of the physical vs human geography was started during : Ratzel reign Penck reign Carl Ritter reign None of these 50 / 100 50) Who is known as the founder of british school of geography? Patrick geddes J. Mackinder PM. Rowdy None of these 51 / 100 51) Which of the following are the main principle given by Jean brunches? The principle of terrestrial unity The principle of activity The principle of interaction All of these 52 / 100 52) 'Theory of location of industries, was postulated by : Carl troll Weber Carl troll Walter christellar 53 / 100 53) Uranography is the descriptive astronomy which deals with celestial bodies. Falsc Truc 54 / 100 54) Who said that ' geography is a chorological science ' ? Ritter Huntington Ritchthopen Heltner 55 / 100 55) 'Ratzel is considered the father of human geography ". Ture Flase 56 / 100 56) 'He studied fiord of Norway and laid the foundation of modern physical geography '. This statement is given to : Ritter Oscar paschal Ratzel None of these 57 / 100 57) The book ' problem of human geography' was written by Mortonne Brunches Demangeon None of these 58 / 100 58) Who among the following was not the disciple of viland de la blache? Reclus De mortonne Albert bemangeon Jean Brunches 59 / 100 59) The idea of human geography was due to ratzel bul it's real development was due to vilad de la blache. False True 60 / 100 60) Central please theory was propounded by Carl troll Weber Walter christellar Vow thumen 61 / 100 61) Wladimir koppen studied the world climate on the lines advocated by Kant Penck Davis Verenius 62 / 100 62) Who propounded the ' principle of landforms ' ? Penck Davis King None of these 63 / 100 63) The founder of political geography was : Blache Brunch Ratzel None of these 64 / 100 64) Who first ever used the term 'chorology' for regional study? Water christaller Ritchthopen Hettener None of these 65 / 100 65) 'Space is not a thing or event. It is a kind of framework for things and events, for observation '. Who said this? Kant Ritter Humboldt Varenius 66 / 100 66) 'Muquddimali' was written by Muhammad - hin - 'l' ughlaq Ibn batuta Ibn Khaldun Al idrisi 67 / 100 67) The major part of working of Christian geographer was : The discovery of the world To translate the works of Greek and roman geographers To collect knowledge about geography All of these 68 / 100 68) Almagast delas with : Study of longitudes and latitudes Study of landscape feature of the earth surface Complicated problems of mathe-matical geography and astronomy 69 / 100 69) The lind and the odesy were written by : Aristotle Homer Thalcs Alied roy 70 / 100 70) 'Historia naturalys ' was written by : Plini Strabo Promponius mela None of these 71 / 100 71) 'The earth is in the centre and all the heavenly bodies round around it '. Who postulated this hypothesis? Ptolemy Strabo Hippparchus Homer 72 / 100 72) Who propounded the theory of zone of climate? Ponticus Enxdoxus Posidonius All of these 73 / 100 73) Who was the strong supporter of the idea that all history must be treated historically? Hippparchus Thales Homer Herodotus 74 / 100 74) Who believed the earth to be a place of circular from surrounded on all sides by the oceans? Horner Adam Smith Thales None of these 75 / 100 75) Who was believed to be the first cartographer of the world? Hipparchus Aneximander Herodotus None of these 76 / 100 76) Kitab - Al - hind was written by : Al Balkhi Ibn batuta Al baruni None of these 77 / 100 77) Who first ever established the rotntion of the earth on its axis? Enxdoxus Ponticus Posiclonius Herodotus 78 / 100 78) Who wrote the book ' kitab - akbhar - al- zaman? Al baruni Al - masudi Ibn batuta Al- balkhi 79 / 100 79) Which of the following muslim geography centres may be compared with the Greek intellectual centre muleris? Baghdad Tehran Macca Islamabad 80 / 100 80) Who was the first traveller that travelled china via Asia minor? Ibn batuta Iltutamish Marcopolo None of these 81 / 100 81) Which book is recognised as the first systematic description of the world? Ges-periodos Geographia Almagast None of these 82 / 100 82) The muslim geography enriched between : 1000 A. D. and 1400 A. D. 800 A. D. and 1400 A. D. 400 A. D. and 800 A. D. None of these 83 / 100 83) Orthographic and stereographic projections are designed by : Ponticus Posidonius Hipparcus None of these 84 / 100 84) Ges - periods is a work of : Adam Smith Eratosthenes Herodotus None of these 85 / 100 85) Who first ever measured the circumference of the earth? Herodotus Posidonius Ponticus None of these 86 / 100 86) Who wrote ' Almagnst ' ? Strabo Pilni Ptolemy None of these 87 / 100 87) The world first climatic atlas ' kitab - Al ashkar ' was prepared by : Al Balkhi Albaruni Ibn batuta None of these 88 / 100 88) Ibn batuta travelled india during the regin of : Allauddin khilji Mohammad tughlaq Firoj shah None of these 89 / 100 89) Who are recognised as the founder of mathe-matical geography? Homer and Aristotle Hecatacm and Herodotus Thales and anaximander None of these 90 / 100 90) The ancient classical period was commenced from 400 BC to 400 AD 600 BC to 600 AD 600 BC to 300 AD None of these 91 / 100 91) The instrument gnomon was first used by : Homer Anaximander Thales None of these 92 / 100 92) The ' outline of geography ' was written by : Ptolemy Starbo Pilni None of these 93 / 100 93) Who ascertained the length of equator on sound principle? Ponticus Hipparcus Posidonius Eratosthenese 94 / 100 94) The famous book ' indica ' was written by : Al baruni Ibn batuta Megasthenese None of these 95 / 100 95) Who believed that earth to be a place of circular from surrounded on all sides by the occans? Thales Anaximander Hipocrates None of these 96 / 100 96) The lern ' geography ' was first used by : Freeman and ramp Hipparcus Eralasthonese Posidonious 97 / 100 97) Geography reveals The study of the earth surface The study of land use The study of man and environment None of these 98 / 100 98) Who was the first geographer to prepare world map to scale? Thales Herodotus Anaximander None of these 99 / 100 99) The term ' geography ' has been derived from Combination of two Spanish words Combination of two Greek words Combination of two American words Combination of two Latin words 100 / 100 100) Who is known as the father of geography? Herodotus Eratosthenes Hecatacus None of these Your score is The average score is 40% Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz