Human Geography: Nature and Scope Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Which one of the following statements does not describe Geography?
(a) an integrative discipline
(b) study of the interrelationship between humans and environment
(c) subjected to dualism
(d) not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology
Answer
Answer: (d) not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology
Question 2.
The two main branches of geography are
(a) Economic and Social
(b) Physical and Urban
(c) Political and Historical
(d) Physical and Human
Answer
Answer: (d) Physical and Human
Question 3.
Which of these scholars defined Human Geography as ‘the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface’?
(a) Paul Vidal de la Blache
(b) Ellen C. Semple
(c) Ratzel
(d) Karl Marx
Answer
Answer: (c) Ratzel
Question 4.
Name the school of thought of Human Geography that employed the Marxian theory.
(a) Deterministic school of thought
(b) Behavioural school of thought
(c) Radical school of thought
(d) Humanistic school of thought
Answer
Answer: (c) Radical school of thought
Question 5.
Main feature of Early Colonial period is:
(a) the discovery and exploration of new areas
(b) identifying the uniqueness of any region
(c) phase of the quantitative revolution
(d) grand generalisations and the applicability of universal theories
Answer
Answer: (a) the discovery and exploration of new areas
Question 6.
Which of these is not a characteristic of the study of Geography?
(a) Integrative
(b) Practical
(c) Idealistic
(d) Empirical
Answer
Answer: (c) Idealistic
Question 7.
Who coined determinism?
(a) Ratzel
(b) Griffith Taylor
(c) Ellen C. Semple
(d) Paul Vidal de la Blache
Answer
Answer: (b) Griffith Taylor
Question 8.
Who said, “Human geography is the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface.”?
(a) Ratzel
(b) Griffith Taylor
(c) Ellen C. Semple
(d) Paul Vidal de la Blache
Answer
Answer: (a) Ratzel
Question 9.
Who first used the term Geography?
(a) Hipparchus
(b) Hecataeus
(c) Herodotus
(d) Eratosthenes
Answer
Answer: (d) Eratosthenes
Question 10.
Welfare or humanistic school of thought in human geography was mainly concerned with:
(a) the different aspects of social well-being of the people
(b) the basic cause of poverty,deprivation and social inequality
(c) the perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race, religion, etc.
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) the different aspects of social well-being of the people
Question 11.
Which of these factors is the most important consideration for the relationship between humans and environment?
(a) People’s perception
(b) Technology
(c) Human intelligence
(d) Human brotherhood
Answer
Answer: (b) Technology
Question 12.
One of these choices is not an approach to Human Geography:
(a) Quantitative Revolution
(b) Areal Differentiation
(c) Regional Analysis
(d) Spatial Organisation
Answer
Answer: (a) Quantitative Revolution
Question 13.
Which of the following is not a subfield of Social Geography?
(a) Medical Geography
(b) Historical Geography
(c) Military Geography
(d) Cultural Geography
Answer- c
