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Geographical thought - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    Which ancient Indian scholar described “Gangadwipa”, “Sindhudwipa” and “Angadwipa” but not “Brahmadwipa”?
    1. Patanjali
    2. Varahamihira
    3. Kalidasa
    4. Aryabhata
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  2. Question 2

    Who is known as the “Father of Human Geography” in Germany?
    1. Carl Ritter
    2. Friedrich Ratzel
    3. Alexander von Humboldt
    4. None
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  3. Question 3

    The French concept of “Genre de vie” was introduced by:
    1. Emmanuel de Martonne
    2. Jean Brunhes
    3. Paul Vidal de la Blache
    4. Pierre George
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  4. Question 4

    Who among the following introduced the idea of “Systematic Geography”?
    1. Carl Ritter
    2. Alexander von Humboldt
    3. Ratzel
    4. Paul Vidal
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  5. Question 5

    Which geographer first used the term “Possibilism”?
    1. Friedrich Ratzel
    2. Paul Vidal de la Blache
    3. Richard Hartshorne
    4. Jean Brunhes
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  6. Question 6

    Which ancient Indian work mentions the seven “Dwipas”?
    1. Arthashastra
    2. Ramayana
    3. Vishnu Purana
    4. Manusmriti
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  7. Question 7

    “Man-Land” relationship is the central theme of which school?
    1. American School
    2. French School
    3. German School
    4. Greek School
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  8. Question 8

    Which French geographer was a student of Vidal de la Blache and refined regional geography?
    1. Pierre George
    2. Jean Brunhes
    3. Jules Sion
    4. Emmanuel de Martonne
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  9. Question 9

    The term “chorology” was introduced by:
    1. Ratzel
    2. Hettner
    3. Humboldt
    4. Sauer
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  10. Question 10

    Which medieval Islamic scholar is known for his extensive geographical writings and travels in India?
    1. Al-Biruni
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Al-Idrisi
    4. Al-Khwarizmi
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  11. Question 11

    Carl Ritter is associated with which of the following approaches?
    1. Regional
    2. Quantitative
    3. Positivist
    4. Radical
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  12. Question 12

    Who introduced the concept of “Areal Differentiation”?
    1. Richard Hartshorne
    2. Paul Vidal de la Blache
    3. Carl Sauer
    4. Friedrich Ratzel
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  13. Question 13

    Which of the following is not associated with French geographical thought?
    1. Possibilism
    2. Genre de vie
    3. Areal differentiation
    4. Environmental determinism
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  14. Question 14

    Who said, “Geography is the science of places and not laws”?
    1. Carl Ritter
    2. Richard Hartshorne
    3. Vidal de la Blache
    4. Humboldt
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  15. Question 15

    Who among the following proposed the Heartland Theory?
    1. Karl Haushofer
    2. Peter Taylor
    3. Halford Mackinder
    4. Isaiah Bowman
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  16. Question 16

    Al-Idrisi prepared maps based on which projection?
    1. Polar
    2. Cylindrical
    3. Conic
    4. Ptolemaic system
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  17. Question 17

    George G. Chisholm is associated with which of the following geographical fields?
    1. Political Geography
    2. Regional Planning
    3. Economic Geography
    4. Population Geography
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  18. Question 18

    Which term is associated with Ratzel’s political geography?
    1. Isotherms
    2. Lebensraum
    3. Heartland
    4. Time-Space convergence
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  19. Question 19

    Which American geographer is considered the founder of the Berkeley School of Geography?
    1. Richard Hartshorne
    2. Ellen Churchill Semple
    3. Carl Sauer
    4. Derwent Whittlesey
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  20. Question 20

    Which British geographer is best known for his regional synthesis in the “Survey of India”?
    1. Halford Mackinder
    2. George G. Chisholm
    3. James Rennell
    4. Peter Haggett
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