Geography Questions and Answers - Set 20 | Geography Solved Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs)

1 In which year the paper “Major Agricultural Regions of the Earth” was written by Derwent Whittlesey ?

1 1916

2 1926

3 1936

4 1946

Answer: 1936

2 Which one of the following codes is correct to explain the ‘profit maximum output’ when ratio of marginal revenue with marginal cost ( R/ C) of a plant ? Codes :

1 equals zero

2 is less than 1.0

3 equals 1.0

4 is higher than 1.0

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Answer: equals 1.0

3 Which one of the following statements is a valid generalization about Latin America ?

1 Most of the Latin Americans live in isolated farm villages.

2 The majority of the governments are communist .

3 Most of the Latin American are descendants of immigrants from Africa.

4 Latin America is a region of racial and cultural diversity.

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Answer:Latin America is a region of racial and cultural diversity.

4 Who is author of the book “Geography and Politics in a World Divided” ?

1 John Agnew and Luca Muscerva

2 Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky

3 Geoffrey Parker

4 Saul Bernard Cohen

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Answer:Saul Bernard Cohen

5 Which of the following does not belong to the Draviation family languages ?

1 Brahmi

2 Kannada

3 Sinhali

4 Malayalam

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Answer Sinhali

6 Which among the following was responsible for the radical transformation of the Spirit and Purpose of Geography ?

1 Post modernism

2 Humanism

3 Quantification

4 Structuralism

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Answer: Quantification

7 Which one of the following codes is correctly representing the territorial water limits of India ? Codes :

1 100 miles

2 150 miles

3 200 miles

4 300 miles

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Answer: 200 miles

8 Which one of the following authors defined three phases of city development, i.e., the preindustrial phase, industrial phase and metropolitan phase ?

1 K.C. Zachariah

2 E.E. Lampard

3 H.H. Golden

4 P.M. Houser

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Answer: E.E. Lampard

9 Which one of the measures of Central tendencies do you consider appropriate for determination of threshold population of Central functions ?

1 Range

2 Mean

3 Mode

4 Median

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Answer: Median

10 Which one of the following statements refers to concept of Sustainable Development ?

1 Increasing per capita income so as people’s basic needs and requirements are reasonably fulfilled.

2 Considering reduction in proportion of conventional energy resources that contribute to environmental pollution.

3 Bettering people’s health and education opportunities, giving everyone the chances to participate in public life, helping to ensure a clean environment, promoting intergradation equity.

4 Adopting technology that does not impair the quality of environment.

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Answer: Bettering people’s health and education opportunities, giving everyone the chances to participate in public life, helping to ensure a clean environment, promoting intergradation equity.

11 Who proceeded to delineation of meso regions by giving attention to the phrase “core of economic-growth-multipurpose projects, cities, industrial centres, etc., which radiate their production impulses to their surrounding areas ?”

1 L.S. Bhat

2 V.L.S. Prakasha Rao

3 P. Sen Gupta

4 V. Nath

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