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Class 11 Geography as a Discipline worksheet
CBSE Social Science. What geography studies, the systematic and regional approaches, branches of geography and modern techniques like GIS and GPS. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The term “geography” was first used by the Greek scholar:
- Aristotle
- Galileo
- Herodotus
- Eratosthenes
Answer
(d) Eratosthenes
- 2.
What does soil geography study?
- soil formation, soil types, fertility and distribution
- environmental problems such as land degradation and pollution
- animals and their habitats over space
- how historical processes organise space
Answer
(a) soil formation, soil types, fertility and distribution
- 3.
Which branch of geography is most closely linked to sociology?
- plant geography
- historical geography
- climatology
- social geography
Answer
(d) social geography
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What does the word geography literally mean?
Answer
Description of the earth (Greek geo = earth, graphos = description).
- 5.
What does each branch study? (a) climatology (b) economic geography
Answer
(a) the structure of the atmosphere, weather and climatic types (b) agriculture, industry, trade, transport and services
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain why geography is called an integrating discipline.
Answer
It draws data from many natural and social sciences and synthesises them over space, studying how phenomena are associated and interrelated in different places.
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