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Q.1. The term geography was coined by –

(A) Hipparchus

(B) Herodotus

(C) Eratosthenes

(D) Posidonius

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.2. Iliad and Odyssey were written by

(A) Aristotle

(B) Homer

(C) Thales

(D) Anaximander

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.3. Named the first geographer prepared a world map to scale

(A) Thales

(B) Herodotus

(C) Ptolemy

(D) Anaximander

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.4. The Babylonian instrument Gnomon was first time used by

(A) Anaximander

(B) Herodotus

(C) Thales

(D) Homer

Answer: A

Explanation:

 

Q.5. Who is known as Father of Geography?

(A) Anaximander

(B) Hippurcus

(C) Herodotus

(D) Eratosthenes

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.6. The Golden Period of Greek was between

(A) 4th Century BC and 1st Century BC

(B) 4th Century BC and 2nd Century BC

(C) 5th Century BC and 1st Century BC

(D) 5th Century BC and 2nd Century BC

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.7. Who was the first geographer to divide the circle into 360 degrees?

(A) Eratosthenes

(B) Herodotus

(C) Hipparchus

(D) Ptolemy

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.8. The orthographic and stenographic projections were designed by

(A) Anaximander

(B) Ptolemy

(C) Posidonius

(D) Hipparchus

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.9. Who was the strong supporter of the idea that all history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically

(A) Hipparchus

(B) Herodotus

(C) Thales

(D) Homer

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.10. Who out of the following was the first teleologist (believe in God Creation)

(A) Plato

(B) Aristotle

(C) Anaximander

(D) Herodotus

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.11. Who was the first geographer draw a standard Meridian Map?

(A) Eratosthenes Herodotus

(B) Hecateous

(C) Herodotus

(D) Homer

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.12. Who are recognized as the founder of mathematical geography?

(A) Hecateaus and Herototous

(B) Homer and Aristotle

(C) Hecateous and Eratosthenes

(D) Thales and Anaximander

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.13. Named the first scholar who divided the world landmass into three continents

(A) Herodotus

(B) Aristotle

(C) Eratosthenes

(D) Anaximander

Answer: A

Explanation:

 

Q.14. The circumference of the Earth was measured accurately by

(A) Herodotus

(B) Eratosthenes

(C) Ptolemy

(D) Strabo

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.15. Who is considered as Father of Regional Geography?

(A) Herodotus

(B) Ptolemy

(C) Strabo

(D) Homer

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.16. Who was the first to declare geography as a chorological science?

(A) Strabo

(B) Herodotus

(C) Ptolemy

(D) Homer

Answer: A

Explanation:

 

Q.17. Who out of the following said geography is an empirical science?

(A) Humboldt

(B) Kant

(C) Strabo

(D) Carl Ritter

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.18. All people of the world are brothers and should be treated as brothers. This statement was made by

(A) Homer

(B) Alexander

(C) Aristotle

(D) Plato

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.19. Who gave the concept of Terra Incognita (Unknown World)?

(A) Herodotus

(B) Homer

(C) Strabo

(D) Ptolemy

Answer: D

Explanation:

 

Q.20. Who believed, the earth is a flat disc and Jerusalem is at centre of the earth

(A) Greek Geographers

(B) Roman Geographers

 

(C) Christian Geographers

(D) Chinese Geographers

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.21. Which is the correct sequence of chronological order of Greeks scholar during the ancient period

(A) Aristotle – Eratosthenes – Anaximander – Ptolemy

(B) Eratosthenes – Anaximander – Ptolemy – Aristotle

(C) Anaximander – Aristotle – Eratosthenes – Ptolemy

(D) Ptolemy – Anaximander – Aristotle – Eratosthenes

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.22. Arrange the following scholars in the correct chronological order.

(A) Eratosthenes – Plato – Aristotle – Strabo

(B) Plato- Aristotle Eratosthenes Strabo

(C) Strabo – Plato – Aristotle – Eratosthenes

(D) Aristotle – Plato – Strabo Eratosthenes

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List-1

(Book)

1. Ges-Periodos
2. Meteorologica
3. Geographica
4. Almagast

List-II

(Author)

1. Strabo
2. Ptolemy
3. Hecataeus
4. Aristotle

 

Codes:

	A	B	C	D
A.	1	2	3	4
B.	3	4	2	1
C.	3	4	1	2
D.	2	1	4	3

 

Answer: C

Explanation:

 

Q.24. The instrument Astrolabe was invented by

(A) Anaximander

(B) Hipparchus

(C) Ptolemy

(D) Eratosthenes

Answer: B

Explanation:

 

Q.25. The Dark Age (Period of Turmoil) in Europe was spread cover

(A) 200 AD-500 AD

(B) 200 AD-600 AD

(C) 200 AD – 700 AD

(D) 200 AD-800 AD

Answer: C

Explanation:

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