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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 25

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Catch the geographersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the body metaphorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the approachesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the schoolsRead the answer and worked solution →Determinism or possibilismRead the answer and worked solution →Match the sister scienceRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Human geography bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A fishing boat is 10 nautical miles off Gujarat. Up to how many nautical miles from the coast does India's territorial limit extend?Read the answer and worked solution →One nautical mile equals roughly how many kilometres?Read the answer and worked solution →India's southern boundary in the Bay of Bengal extends up to which latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →India's north-south distance is 3,214 km. What is the east-west distance?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is India's east-west distance less than its north-south distance though both span about 30 degrees?Read the answer and worked solution →The southern part of India lies within the tropics. In which zone does the northern part lie?Read the answer and worked solution →The sun rises in the northeastern States about how much earlier than in Jaisalmer?Read the answer and worked solution →Which longitude is India's standard meridian?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Because of its vast east-west extent, how many time zones does the USA have?Read the answer and worked solution →India's area of 3.28 million sq km is what share of the world's land surface?Read the answer and worked solution →By area, India ranks as which largest country in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →The vast sandy expanse in western India is known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ranges bound the Indian subcontinent in the north-west?Read the answer and worked solution →Khyber, Bolan, Shipkila, Nathula and Bomdila are all examples of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian subcontinent includes India and which set of countries?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the length of India's mainland coastline?Read the answer and worked solution →Including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, India's total coastline is how long?Read the answer and worked solution →In which part of the continent of Asia is India located?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and which strait?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two island countries in the Indian Ocean are India's neighbours?Read the answer and worked solution →School Bhuvan, a map-based learning portal, is an initiative of which agency?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the geographers

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Ratzel
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Semple
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Vidal
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Griffith Taylor
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Newton
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Darwin
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Marx
Category
Human geographer
Instructions
Catch the geographers who defined human geography. Let the others fall.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._

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Pop the body metaphors

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Other terms
  1. Wheel
  2. Engine
  3. Brick
  4. Pixel
Matching terms
  1. Eye
  2. Mouth
  3. Snout
  4. Neck
  5. Face
Instructions
Pop the body parts geographers borrow to describe the earth.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._

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Run the approaches

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Exploration
    Choices
    1. Exploration
    2. Regional
    3. Areal diff.
  2. Correct
    Regional
    Choices
    1. Exploration
    2. Regional
    3. Areal diff.
  3. Correct
    Areal diff.
    Choices
    1. Exploration
    2. Regional
    3. Areal diff.
  4. Correct
    Spatial org.
    Choices
    1. Spatial org.
    2. 1970s schools
    3. Post-modern
  5. Correct
    1970s schools
    Choices
    1. Spatial org.
    2. 1970s schools
    3. Post-modern
  6. Correct
    Post-modern
    Choices
    1. Spatial org.
    2. 1970s schools
    3. Post-modern
Instructions
Pick the lane matching each period's approach.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._

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