GEOG/VI/09 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
GEOGRAPHY
NINTH PAPER
Introduction to Geographical Thought
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
Answer all questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. Who wrote Almagest
Ptolemy
Anaximander
Strabo
Eratosthenes
2. Kant was mainly interested in
Human Geography
Regional Geography
Physical Geography
Political Geography
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3. Ritter's famous work is entitled
Kosmos
Erkunde
Politische Geographie
Anthropogeographie
4. Who suggested system analysis and general system theory as the basic
tools for geographic understanding?
Hettner
W. M. Davis
Mackinder
Chorley
5. Statistical methods were first introduced into Geography in the early
1980s
1950s
1970s
1940s
6. Radical Geography was developed mainly as a reaction to
quantitative revolution
areal differentiation
environmentalism
feminism
7. Carl O. Sauer was heavily influenced by Kulturlandschaft authored by
Ritter
Humboldt
Hettner
Schluter
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8. Who set forth conceptual framework of possibilism?
O.H.K. Spate
G. Taylor
Vidal de la Blache
Richthofen
9. Who were the first to put forward the idea of periodic nature of monsoons?
Greeks
Indians
Arabs
Romans
10. The issues of dichotomy in Geography were first raised by Varenius in
which of the following books?
Geographia Generalis
Erkunde
La Terre
Critique of Judgement
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Scope of Geography
2. Contribution of Christopher Columbus
3. Dichotomy in Geography
4. Cultural Landscape
5. Merits of Quantitative Methods in Geography
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
Answer five questions, selecting one from each Unit
UNIT—I
1. Define Geography. Write a note on the changing nature of Geography.
2+8=10
2. Give a brief account of the contribution of either Greeks or Indian
geographers towards the development of geographical thought in the
ancient period. 10
UNIT—II
3. Discuss the significance of the contribution of Varenius to the development
of Geography. 10
4. Write a note on the contribution of Alexander von Humboldt to the
development of Modern Geography. 10
UNIT—III
5. Discuss the concept of determinism in the study of man-environment
relationship. 10
6. Discuss the influence of Darwinism in the contribution of either Friedrich
Ratzel or Halford J. Mackinder. 10
UNIT—IV
7. Examine the concept of chorology in the light of the contribution of Alfred
Hettner. 10
8. Give an account of the Schaffer-Hartshone debate. 10
UNIT—V
9. Discuss the explanation in Geography as put forward by David Harvey. 10
10. Write a note on either Humanistic Geography or Post-modernism. 10