Geography Questions and Answers - Set 16 | Geography Solved Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs)

1 Which one of the following Geographic approaches is correct to study crop diversification ?

1 Commodity

2 Systematic

3 Regional

4 Behavioural

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Answer: Regional

2 Which of the following Gulf or Sea flanks in the North of the United Arab Emirates ?

1 Gulf of Oman

2 Persian Gulf

3 Arabian Sea

4 Red Sea

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Answer: Persian Gulf

3 The term ‘Dendrochronology’ is used for which of the following ?

1 To study the density of trees in a forest

2 To study the growth of rings of trees annually

3 To study the dendretic drainage system

4 To study the antecedent drainage system

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Answer:To study the growth of rings of trees annually

4 Which one of the following elements of landscape is not a factor for variation in transport costs ? (1) (2) (3) (4)

1 Distance

2 Type of Terrain

3 Type of Commodity

4 Farm Size

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Answer:Farm Size

5 Which one of the following theories / indices is used to evaluate the accessibility of the nodes in the network by measuring the degree to which they are connected with each other in two ways ?

1 Game Theory

2 Graph Theory

3 Composite Index

4

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Answer:Graph Theory

6 Who proposed the theory of Heartland in Political Geography ?

1 Spykman

2 Mackinder

3 Smith

4 Raiz

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Answer: Mackinder

7 Which of the following Indian languages belongs to Sino-Tibetan family ?

1 Santhali

2 Manipuri

3 Tamil

4 Ho

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Answer: Manipuri

8 Quasi-Federal Form of Government is in

1 UK

2 USA

3 India

4 Russia

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Answer:India

9 Which one of the following is the largest in areal extent ?

1 Cultural Point

2 Cultural Landscape

3 Cultural Realm

4 Cultural Region

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Answer:Cultural Realm

10 Which one of the following languages belongs to the Semito-Hematic family of languages ?

1 Hebrew

2 Chinese

3 French

4 Russian

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Answer: Hebrew

11 The employment multiplier concept was given by

1 J.C. Stabler

2 Kahn

3 R.D. Dean

4 D.L. McKee

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Answer:Kahn

12 Who among the following wrote the book titled ‘The Economics of Location’ ?

1 F. Perroux

2 T. Harmensen

3 A. Kuklinski

4 A. Losch

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Answer: A. Losch

13 Which one of the following methods is most suitable for delineation of hinterland of central places ?

1 Thiesen’s polygon

2 Reiley’s breaking point

3 Nearest neighbour

4 People’s choice

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Answer: People’s choice

14 Which one of the following methods is most appropriate for raising centrality of central places ?

1 Raising Agricultural Productivity

2 Establishing Small Scale Industries

3 Strengthening Central Function

4 Promoting export-based activities

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Answer: Strengthening Central Function

15 Which one of the following authors quoted “Development is spontaneous and discontinuous change in the channels of the circular flow, disturbance of equilibrium, which forever alters and displaces the equilibrium state previously existing” ?

1 E. Domer

2 W.W. Rostow

3 G. Myrdal

4 A. Schumpeter

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