Important MCQ-Based Questions for class 11 Geography chapter-Geography as a discipline
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Important MCQ-based questions Geography class 11 chapter-Geography as a discipline Set-A
Geography - Geography as a discipline
Class XI
Q.1. Which one of the following scholars coined the term ‘Geography’? (1)
a) Herodotus
c) Galileo
b) Erathosthenese
d) Aristotle
Answer:
(b) Erathosthenese
Q.2. Which one of the following features can termed as ‘physical feature’? (1)
a) Port
c) Plain
b) Road
d) Water park
Answer:
(c) Plain
Q.3. Which one of the following questions is related to cause-effect relation ship? (1)
a) Why
c) What
b) Where
d) When
Answer:
(a) Why
Q.4. Which one of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis? (1)
a) Sociology
c) Anthropology
b) Geography
d) History
Answer:
(d) History
Q.5. Geography means: (1)
a) Study of the Earth
b) Our Earth
c) Earth and Solar system
d) None
Answer:
(a) Study of the Earth
Q.6. Geology deals with: (1)
a) Soils
b) Population
c) Rocks
d) Settlements
Answer:
(c) Rocks
Q.7. Pedology is a science of: (1)
a) Soils
b) Settlements
c) Industries
d) Economy
Answer:
(a) Soils
Q.8. The concern of geography is (1)
a) To find out the causal relation between the phenomena
b) To study the phenomena
c) To study the universe
d) All of above
Answer:
(c) To find out the causal relation between the phenomena
Q.9. Geographical phenomena are: (1)
a) Static
b) Static and dynamic
c) Highly dynamic
d) None
Answer:
(c) highly dynamic
Explanation: - They change over time
Q.10. Questions related to the identification of the patterns of natural and cultural features. These questions about: (1)
a) What
b) Where
c) Why
d) How
Answer:
(a) What
Q.11. Geography attempts: (1)
a) Temporal synthesis
b) Spatial synthesis
c) Spacio - Temporal synthesis
d) None
Answer:
(b) Spatial synthesis
Q.12. Which one of the following is not an approach in geography. (1)
a) Systematic
b) Regional
c) Aerial differentiation
d) None
Answer:
(c) Aerial differentiation
Q.13. The systematic approach in geography was introduced by: (1)
a) A.Von. Humboldt
b) Karl Ritter
c) Ellen Sample
d) Vidal De La Blache
Answer:
(a) A.Von. Humboldt
Q.14.Who introduced the regional approach in geography: (1)
a) Vidal De La Blache
b) Huntington
c) Karl Ritter
d) Ratzel
Answer:
(c) Karl Ritter
Q.15.Physical geography do not deals with: (1)
a) Study of landforms
b) Study of atmosphere
c) Study of soils
d) Study of humans
Answer:
(d) Study of humans
Q.16. Ecology deals with: (1)
a) Scientific study of the habitats of species
b) Environment
c) Study of the living beings
d) None
Answer:
(a) Scientific study of the habitats of species.
Q.17. Soils are formed by the process of (1)
a) Soil synthesis
b) Pedogenesis
c) Photosynthesis
d) Radio genesis
Answer:
(b) Pedogenesis
Q.18.The study of geography is: (1)
a) Emerging as a discipline of evaluating and managing natural resources
b) Emerging as an important branch of knowledge
c) The study of physical environment
d) All
Answer:
(a) Emerging as a discipline of evaluating and managing natural resources.
Q.19. Cartography is an art of : (1)
a) Map making
b) Drawing lines
c) Making pictures
d) None
Answer:
(a) Map making
Q.20.GIS stands for: (1)
a) Geographical studies
b) Geographic studies
c) Geographic information systems.
d) None
Answer:
(b) Geographic Information system.
Q.21.Which one of the following is the major issue for environmental geography? (1)
a) Land gradation
b) Pollution
c) Conservation of environment
d) All the above.
Answer:
(d) All the above.
Q.22.Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, etc. are the part of : (1)
a) Environmental geography
b) Regional development
c) Physical geography
d) Geo-Informatics.
Answer:
(b) Geo-Informatics.
Q.23.Country and rural planning are the part of (1)
a) Regional development
b) Regional Studies
c) Regional planning
d) All the above
Answer:
(c) Regional planning.
Q.24. Which one of the following feature can be termed as a physical feature?
a) Port
b) Road
c) Plain
d) Water park
Answer:
(c) Plain
Q.25. Which one of the following question is related to the cause-effect relationship?
a) Why
b) Where
c) What
d) When
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Important MCQ-based questions Geography class 11 chapter-Geography as a discipline Set-B
Q.1 We use ------------- to sustain life: (1)
(a) Technology
(b) Shelter
(c) Resources
(d) None
Answer:
(c) Resources
Exp. Every thing which we use is a Resource.
Q.2 Who said that “the description of the earth as the abode of human beings”: (1)
(a) Ritter
(b) V. Humboldt
(c) L.D. Stamp
(d) Ratzel
Answer:
(c) L.D. Stamp
Exp. He was a great regional geographer.
Q.3 Geographer is the study of Aerial Differentiation “according to which of the following geographer” (1)
(a) Freeman
(b) Richard Hartshone
(c) Hettner
(d) Wegner
Answer:
(b) Richard Hartshone
Q.4 Geographical phenomena are highly (1)
(a) Static
(b) Dynamic
(c) both a and (b)
(d) None
Answer:
(b)Dynamic
Q.5 The primary aim of natural and social sciences is to understand the (1)
(a) Subject
(b) Reality
(c) Earth
(d) None
Answer:
(b) Reality
Q.6 In systematic geography: (1)
(a) We study a part of the world with its totality
(b) We select one geographical element and study its distribution over the space.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) We select one geographical element and study its distribution over the space.
Exp. For example Distribution of rainfall over the earth surface.
Q.7 Regional geography help is in identifying the: (1)
(a) Realms
(b) Regions
(c) Distributions
(d) Problems
Answer:
(b) Regions
Exp. Such as industrial regions, agricultural regions ect.
Q.8 Which of the following is an advantage of regional geography: (1)
(a) It examines the man environment relations. Cause and effect relationship becomes clear.
(b) We come to know the disparities among the regions.
(c) The study is intense because area is limited
(d) All the above.
Answer:
(d) All the above.
Exp. It helps geographers to study a problem in all its prospective.
Q.9 Which present the facts. (1)
(a) Regional Geography
(b) Systematic Geography
(c) Both a & b
(d) None
Answer:
(b) Systematic Geography
Q.10 Environment geography is a part of (1)
(a) Physical geography
(b) Bio-Geography
(c) Human Geography
(d) None
Answer:
(b) Bio-Geography
Exp. Because it deals with the organisms which are effected by the environment.
Q.11 Which are the following aspects common to every discipline: (1)
(a) Geographical thought
(b) Philosophy
(c) Methods and techniques
(d) All the above
Answer:
(d) All the above
Q.12 Which one of the following features can be termed as ‘physical feature’? (1)
(a) Port
(b) Road
(c) Plain
(d) Water park
Answer:
(c) Plain
Exp. It is made by natural forces.
Q.13 Which one of the following is not a branch of physical geography: (1)
(a) Geomorphology
(b) Hydrology
(c) Climatology
(d) Anthropology
Answer:
(d) Anthropology
Exp. Anthropology is apart of population geography.
Q.14 Which one of the following is associated with biogeography? (1)
(a) Geology
(b) Sociology
(c) Zoology
(d) Climatology
Answer:
(c) Zoology
Exp. Zoology deals with animal life.
Q.15 Which of the following pairs of disciplines attempt spatial and temporal synthesis? (1)
(a) History and Geography
(b) Geography and Sociology
(c) Geography and Anthropology
(d) Geography and Philosophy
Answer:
(c) History and Geography
Exp. History deals with time and geography with space.
Q.16 Which of the following is not concerned with Geo-informatics? (1)
(a) Remote Sensing
(b) Global Positioning System
(c) Geographic and Information System
(d) Quantitative Techniques
Answer:
(d) Quantitative Techniques
Exp. It is art of data collection and representation by man.
Q.17 Who introduced systemic geography? (1)
(a) Alexander Von Humboldt
(b) Hettner
(c) Karl Ritter
(d) Hartshorne
Answer:
(a) Alexander Von Humboldt