TOPIC 1
BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
1. Who created the first map of the world?
a) Anaximander
b) Aristotle
c) Eratosthenes
d) Ptolemy
Answer: a) Anaximander
2. Who made the first map of India?
a) Ainville
b) Ptolemy
c) Eratosthenes
d) Aristotle
Answer: a) Ainville (Alternative Answer: b) Ptolemy)
3. Who wrote the book "Anthropogeography"?
a) Friedrich Ratzel
b) Eratosthenes
c) Aristotle
d) Anaximander
Answer: a) Friedrich Ratzel
4. Who is considered the "father of Geography"?
a) Aristotle
b) Eratosthenes
c) Ptolemy
d) Anaximander
Answer: b) Eratosthenes
5. In which century did the Greek scholar Eratosthenes adopt the word "geography"?
a) 5th century BC
b) 4th century BC
c) 3rd century BC
d) 2nd century BC
Answer: d) 2nd century BC
6. What are the two main branches of Geography?
a) Earth Geography and Human Geography
b) Natural Geography and Social Geography
c) Human Geography and Physical Geography
d) Geological Geography and Cultural Geography
Answer: c) Human Geography and Physical Geography
7. What does Human Geography primarily study?
a) The physical environment of the Earth
b) Changes in the Earth's surface
c) Social sciences, people, communities, and cultures
d) The movement of water on Earth
Answer: c) Social sciences, people, communities, and cultures
8. What is the scientific study of landforms called?
a) Oceanography
b) Geomorphology
c) Climatology
d) Pedology
Answer: b) Geomorphology
9. What is the study of the movement of water on Earth and other planets called?
a) Hydrology
b) Geology
c) Oceanography
d) Meteorology
Answer: a) Hydrology
10. What is the study of climate known as?
a) Meteorology
b) Pedology
c) Climatology
d) Glaciology
Answer: c) Climatology
11. What is the study of soil called?
a) Ecology
b) Pedology
c) Geomorphology
d) Glaciology
Answer: b) Pedology
12. What is the study of glaciers and ice sheets called?
a) Oceanography
b) Glaciology
c) Climatology
d) Hydrology
Answer: b) Glaciology
13. What is the study of the relationships of organisms with their environment called?
a) Anthropology
b) Sociology
c) Bio-Geography
d) Archaeology
Answer: c) Bio-Geography
14. Who was the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth and its axis?
a) Aristotle
b) Ptolemy
c) Eratosthenes
d) Anaximander
Answer: c) Eratosthenes
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