MCQ Question for Class 11 Geography Chapter 1 Geography as a Discipline with Answers
Question 1.
Regional geography helps in identifying the
(a) realms
(b) regions
(c) distributions
(d) problems
Answer:(b) regions
Question 2.
Which of the following is not studied under population geography?
(a) Sex ratio
(b) Migration
(c) Pollution
(d) Population
Answer:(c) Pollution
Question 3.
Which one of the following features can be termed as physical features?
(a) Port
(b) Road
(c) Plain
(d) Waterpark
Answer:(c) Plain
Question 4.
Who developed systematic geography?
(a) Hambolt
(b) Karl Ritter
(c) Kumari Sample
(d) Alfred Hartner
Answer:(a) Hambolt
Question 5.
Who among the following said that ‘geography is a concern with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth’s surface
(a) Herodotus
(b) Eratosthenes
(c) Richard Hartshorne
(d) Galileo
Answer:(c) Richard Hartshorne
Question 6.
The regional approach was developed by
(a) Alexander Von Humboldt.
(b) Karl Ritter
(c) Ptolemy
(d) Ibn-e-Batuta
Answer:(b) Karl Ritter
MCQ Question for Class 11 Geography Chapter 1
Question 7.
Soils are formed by the process of
(a) Soil synthesis
(b) Pedogenesis
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Radio genesis
Answer:(b) Pedogenesis
Question 8.
What do we study under physical geography?
(a) Weather
(b) Soil
(c) Atmosphere
(d) All of the above
Answer:(d) All of the above
Question 9.
Physical geography deals with the
(a) study of settlements
(b) study of culture
(c) study of soils
(d) study of humans
Answer:(c) study of soils.
Question 10.
Which one of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis?
(a) Sociology
(b) Geography
(c) Anthropology
(d) History
Answer:(a) Sociology
Question 11.
Which one of the following is the concern of geography?
(a) To find the relationship between two country
(b) To find the relationship between two parties
(c) To find the relationship between any two phenomena
(d) None of these
Answer:(c) To find the relationship between any two phenomena
Question 12.
Which of the following is not a sub-branch of biogeography
(a) Zoogeography
(b) Plant geography
(c) Environmental geography
(d) Climate geography
Answer:(d) Climate geography
Question 13.
To sustain our life, we use
(a) technology
(b) shelter
(c) resources
(d) environment
Answer:(c) resources
Question 14.
Geo-informatics comprising techniques such as
(a) remote sensing, GIS, GPS
(b) computer cartography
(c) qualitative techniques
(d) quantitative techniques
Answer:(a) remote sensing, GIS, GPS
Question 15.
The major issue for environmental geography is
(a) scientific study of the habitats.
(b) pollution, land degradation, and conservation of the environment.
(c) geographic characteristics of animals and their habitats.
(d) population explosion.
Answer:(b) pollution, land degradation, and conservation of environment.
Question 16.
Which one of the following is associated with biogeography?
(a) Geology
(b) Sociology
(c) Zoology
(d) Climatology
Answer:(c) Zoology
