Earth and Its Domain: MCQ Test
18 questions · pick one option for each · submit when you finish to see your score and the correct answers.
Question 1 of 18
Geography has been defined on the basis of the literal meaning of geography -
- AGeography is the science that studies the Earth's surface.
- BGeography is the science that studies the relationship between the Earth and humans.
- CGeography is the science that studies human and natural differences.
- Dnone of these
Question 2 of 18
Who is the scholar who defined geography as 'human ecology'?
- AVidal-de-la-Bloche
- BJean Brunhes
- CHeitner
- DH.H. Barrows
Question 3 of 18
Which scholar said, 'The present is the key to the past'?
- ADutton
- BJames Hutton
- CDavis
- DWalter Penck
Question 4 of 18
Whose statement is this, 'Since man lives on the earth, he is dependent on the earth'?
- AFabre
- Bblush
- Csample
- DJean Brunhes
Question 5 of 18
Which of the following geographers is called the father of regional geography?
- AKarl Ritter
- BH.J. Herbertson
- CFriedrich Ratzel
- DHumboldt
Question 6 of 18
'Geography is the study of the earth's surface' - who said this?
- APtolemy
- BKant
- CVarenium
- DHumboldt
Question 7 of 18
Who is called the father of geography?,
- AHerodotus
- BAnaximander
- CEratosthenes
- DHicataeus
Question 8 of 18
Who is considered the 'father of geomorphology'?
- ADavis
- BPatchel
- CPank
- DHutton
Question 9 of 18
Who among the following is called the 'founder of human geography'?
- Ablush
- BHumboldt
- CKarl Ritter
- DJean Brunhes
Question 10 of 18
Human geography is the study of the changing relationships between the unstable earth and the fickle human being.' Whose statement is this?
- Ablush
- BHuntington
- CMiss Sempull
- DHumboldt
Question 11 of 18
Who first used the word 'Geographica' for geography?
- AHicataeus
- BHerodotus
- CEratosthenes
- DAnaximander
Question 12 of 18
Who is the proponent of the ideology of 'Stop and Go Determinism'?
- AA. J. Herbertson
- BGeorge Tatham
- CHartshorne
- DGriffith Taylor
Question 13 of 18
If history presents the scientific study of 'when', then geography is the scientific and logical study of 'where' - this statement is of which of the following scholars?
- ACarl Sawer
- BNJ spyman
- CH.J. Mackinder
- DD.H. Whittlesey
Question 14 of 18
Whose statement is this, 'Spatial form is the result of structure, process and condition'?
- AWalter Penck
- BW.M. Davis
- CL.C. King
- DPeltier
Question 15 of 18
Who among the following is the founder of mathematical geography?
- AThales
- BPtolemy
- CStrabo
- DTheophrastus
Question 16 of 18
Which of the following scholars is credited with establishing geography as a separate discipline?
- AEratosthenes
- BHipparks
- CHicataeus
- DHerodotus
Question 17 of 18
Who said, 'Geography is the science that studies the Earth as its centre'?
- APtolemy
- BKant
- CVarenium
- DTailor
Question 18 of 18
Who is the originator of the ideology of 'Neodeterminism' in geographical ideologies?
- AFriedrich Ratzel
- BGriffith Taylor
- CFabre
- DVidal-de-la-Bloche