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UCHD Geographical Thought Model Paper :
OCTOBER 2011 U/ID 31604/UCHD
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
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SECTION A — (40 × 1 = 40 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
Choose the correct answer :
1. The book Cosmos was published by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
2. The term ‘Cosmography’ coined by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
3. As per Ancient Indian scripts the word ‘Bhugamba’ refers to
(a) Eclipse (b) rainfall (c) Earthquake (d) Mountain
4. The Berlin Geographical society founded by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
5. Who wrote a book entitled on ‘Erkunde’?
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
6. Who stated that “As body is made for soul, so is the physical
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
7. Who advocated the concept ‘Possibilism’?
(a) Vidal de La blache (b) Dudley Stamp (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
8. The monumental work of Human Geography published by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Vidal de La blache (c) Alexander Von Humboldt (d) Semple
9. The principle of ‘Terrestrial Unity’ and the concept of man and environment advocated by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Vidal de Lablache (c) Alexander Von (d) Semple
10. “Everything is either growing or diminishing” and nothing is “stable and static” who stated that?
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Vidal de Lablache (c) Jean Brunhes (d) Semple
11. In the Ancient Indian scripts the term ‘Dwipas’ refers to
(a) Thunder (b) Eclipses (c) Mountains (d) Continents
12. The term ‘Bhogol’ in Indian Geographical literature was used to
(a) Continents (b) Astrology (c) Geography (d) space
13. The term ‘Jothishakra’ in Indian Geographical literature was
(a) Space (b) Astrology (c) Geography (d) Mountains
14. The word ‘prithvi’ used in ancient Indian literature refers to
(a) Earthquake (b) rivers (c) Weapon (d) Earth
15. As per Indian literature, the universe has been divided into
16. In ancient Indian scripts the Indian Ocean has been mentioned
a) Mahasagra (b) Grisma (c) Varsa (d) Hemanta
17. Who are considered as founder of Mathematical Geography?
(a) Herodotus and Hecataeus (b) Thales and Anaximander
(c) Alexander and Eratosthenes (d) Strabo and Ptolemy
18. Who stated that planetary motions were elliptical rather than circular
(a) Issac Newton (b) Megallan (c) Nicholus Copernicus (d) Kepler
19. Who is known as founder of ‘Human Geography’.
(a) Phillippe Buache (b) Carl Rifler (c) Vidal de Lablache (d) Jean Brunhes
20. The term ‘Geomorphology’ was coined by
(a) Albert Penck (b) Sahler (c) Savindra singh (d) Thornbury
21. The founder of the ‘New Determinism’
(a) Ellen Churchill Semple (b) Friedrick Ratzel (c) Halford
22. When did the Geographers started to use quantitative data to study the subject Geography?
(a) 1930’s (b) 1940’s (c) 1950’s (d) 1960’s
23. What is the second name of the Mediterranean race
(a) White race (b) Alpine race (c) Negroid race (d) None of these
24. Herodotus is known as
(a) Father of Geography (b) Father of History (c) Father of Economics (d) Father of Maths
25. Hecatus is known as
(a) Father of Geography (b) Father of History (c) Father of Economics (d) Father of Maths
26. Who prepared the world climatic atlas
(a) Romans (b) Greeks (c) Arabs (d) Ancient Indians
27. Who wrote the book ‘Political Geography’?
(a) Friedrick Ratzel (b) Ferdinand von Richthofen (c) Penck (d) Roxby
28. Which of the following one is correct?
(a) Vascodagama – India (b) Captain cook-West Indies (c) Megallan-America (d) Christopher Columbus-Cape of Good hope
29. Peru current was discovered by
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Al-Masudi (c) Semple (d) Alexander Von Humboldt
30. When did the city Constantinople was captured by Turks?
(a) 1453 (b) 1483 (c) 1553 (d) 1583
31. When did the quantitative technique introduced in Geographical research?
(a) 1840 (b) 1960 (c) 1970 (d) 1980
32. The polar regions of the world have few people due to
(a) Low temperature (b) Heavy rainfall (c) Dense forest (d)None of these
33. Who is called as “Father of Modern Geography”?
(a) Carl Ritter (b) Von Humboldt (c) Vidal de La Blache (d) Dudley Stamp
34. Who prepared the Land Use Maps of Britain?
(a) Petter Hagget (b) L.D Stamp (c) James (d) Semple
35. Bhaskara was a well-reputed ——————.
(a) Geologist (b) Sociologist (c) Astronome (d) None of the above