GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 92

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 92

911) Which of the statements given below is correct?
A) Human geography covers all those aspects of Geography, which are not directly concerned with physical geography
B) Human geography is the study of inter-relationship between human being and their environment
C) Human geography deals with the description and explanation of human phenomena around the variable Earth surface
D) Human geography does not cover technical matters of cartography

Answer: Human geography deals with the description and explanation of human phenomena around the variable Earth surface
   
912) Which one of the following is not a push factor in migration?
A) Water shortage
B) Unemployment
C) Medical educational facilities
D) Epidemics

Answer: Medical educational facilities
   
913) Regarding Human Development Index, a holistic approach to capture human development, choose the correct statement
1. It was developed by Pakistani economist.
2. It was accepted as a measuring tool by UNDP.
3. It has completed its 25 years of existence.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) 2 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
914) The original home of the gypsies was
A) Egypt
B) Russia
C) India
D) Persia

Answer: India
   
915) Consider the following statements
1. Fellah : Agricultural labourers of Nile Valley in Egypt.
2. Kikuyu : Agricultural tribes of Kenya belonging to Negroid racial stock.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) None of these

Answer: Both 1 and 2

916) For which one of the following countries is Spanish not an official language?
A) Chile
B) Colombia
C) Republic of Congo
D) Cuba

Answer: Republic of Congo
   
917) According to which of the following theories, human population if unchecked grows at a geometric rate and the food supply at the best only increases at arithmetic rate?
A) Herbert Spencer
B) Malthus
C) Karl Marx
D) De Castro

Answer: Malthus
   
918) Assertion (A) : Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and the Earth's surface.
Reason (R) : It includes all those parts of Geography, which are not solely concerned either with the physical environment or cartography.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

Answer: Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   
919) A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a
A) Mulatto
B) Mestizo
C) Meiji
D) Mau Mau

Answer: Mestizo
   
920) According to the demographic transition model, which stage has declining fertility and mortality rates?
A) High stationary
B) Early expanding
C) Late expanding
D) Low stationary

Answer: Late expanding