CBSE Class 12 Geography Fundamental of Human Geography Assignment Set 01

Question. The subject matter of population geography is taken from which of the following areas?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Economics
(c) Demography
(d) Welfare economics

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following laid emphasis on the perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race and religion?
(a) Humanistic school of thought
(b) Radical school of thought
(c) Behavioural school of thought
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. Health resorts on high lands, ports on the coasts, and satellites in the space, are termed as which type of interaction?
(a) Possibilism
(b) Neo-determinism
(c) Environmental Determinism
(d) Naturalisation of Humans

Answer : A

Question. ‘‘Humans are restricted by the constraints of the natural environment.’’ This idea can be described as
(a) environmental determinism
(b) neo-liberalism
(c) possibilism
(d) spatial analysis

Answer : A

Question. ‘‘Nature provides opportunities and human beings use these opportunities. Slowly nature gets humanised.’’ The statement above describes which of the following idea?
(a) Possibilism
(b) Environmental Determinism
(c) Spatial Analysis
(d) Areal Differentiation

Answer : A

Question. Griffith Taylor popularised which of the following ideas/concepts?
(a) Possibilism
(b) Determinism
(c) Neo-determinism
(d) Areal differentiation

Answer : C

Question. ‘‘Human Geography is the systematic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface.’’ This definition was given by
(a) Ratzel
(b) Ellen C Semple
(c) Vidal de la Blache
(d) None of these

Answer : A 

Question. The early colonial period was characterised by which of the following approaches to Human Geography?
(a) Regional analysis
(b) Areal differentiation
(c) Exploration and description
(d) Spatial organisation

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following periods marked the emergence of spatial organisation approach in Human geography?
(a) Late 1960s to early 1970s
(b) Late 1950s to late 1960s
(c) 1970s
(d) 1990s

Answer : B

Question. Which concept was defined on the basis of traffic signal lights?
(a) Environmental Determinism
(b) Possibilism
(c) Neo - Determinism
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. The approach of spatial organisation emerged in Geography during which period?
(a) Late 1960s to early 1970s
(b) Late 1950s to late 1960s
(c) 1970s
(d) 1990s

Answer : B

Question. ‘The Radical School of Geography’ was inf luenced by which of the following?
(a) Marxian Theory
(b) Kant’s Theory
(c) Gandhian Philosophy
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Which branch of Geography deals with the relation between physical and socio-cultural environment?
(a) Physical Geography
(b) Human Geography
(c) Environmental Geography
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. ‘The Radical School of Geography’ was inf luenced by which of the following?
(a) Gandhian Philosophy
(b) Kant’s Theory
(c) Marxian Theory
(d) None of the above

Answer : C 

Question. Which of the following is the sub-field of Social geography?
(a) Geography of Leisure
(b) Geography of Resources
(c) Geography of Tourism
(d) Geography of Agriculture

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following best signifies the nature of Human Geography?
(a) It covers all the elements created by men only.
(b) It covers all the elements created by nature only.
(c) It covers all the elements created by both men and nature.
(d) None of the above

Answer : C 

Question. Eskimos living in Igloos is an example of
(a) possibilism
(b) neo-determinism
(c) environmental determinism
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. The subject matter of population geography is taken from .......... .
(a) anthropology
(b) demography
(c) economics
(d) welfare economics

Answer : B 

Question. Naturalisation of humans and humanisation of nature can be studied in?
(a) Social geography
(b) Economic geography
(c) Human geography
(d) Physical geography

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Social Geography – Sociology
(b) Political Geography – Psephology
(c) Population Geography – Resource Economics
(d) Economic Geography – International Trade

Answer : C

Question. What does areal differentiation implies?
(a) Elaborate description of region
(b) Exploration of new areas
(c) Identification of any uniqueness of any region
(d) Use of computers

Answer : C

Question. Arrange the following approaches of Human Geography as per their period of origin.
1. Possibilism
2. Neo-determinism
3. Environmental determinism
4. Post-modernism
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 3, 1, 2, 4
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1

Answer : C

Question. Arrange the following features of Human Geography as per their period of origin?
1. Emergence of three new schools of thought.
2. Use of sophisticated statistical tools.
3. Universal theories to explain the human conditions were questioned.
4. Elaborate description of all aspects of a region were undertaken.
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 3, 4, 1
(c) 4, 2, 1, 3
(d) 1, 4, 2, 3

Answer : C

Question. Match the following.
Column I                                                               Column II
(Approaches of Human Geography)            (Period of Origin)
A. Areal Differentiation                                   1. Early colonial period
B. Exploration and                                         2. 1990sdescription
C. Post-modernism                                        3. Late 1950s to late 1960s
D. Spatial organisation                                  4. 1930s through the
    inter-war
E. Emergence of Radical                              5. 1970s
     school
F. Regional Analysis                                      6. Later Colonial Period
Codes
     A B C D E F
(a) 4 1 2 3 5 6
(b) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(c) 6 5 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 5 2 1 6

Answer : A

Question. Match the following
       Column I                                 Column II
A. Regional Analysis                  1. Elaborate description of region
B. Exploration and                     2. Exploration of new areas
    description 
C. Areal differentiation               3. Identification of uniqueness
    of any region
D. Spatial origin                        4. Use of computers
Codes
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 4 3 2 1

Answer : A

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