Geography As A Discipline
Class 11th Fundamental Of Physical Geography CBSE Solution
- Which one of the following scholars coined the term ‘Geography’? Multiple choice question.…
- Which one of the following features can be termed as ‘physical feature’? Multiple choice…
- Make correct pairs from the following two columns and mark the correct option. Multiple…
- Which one of the following questions is related to cause-effect relationship? Multiple…
- Which one of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis? Multiple choice…
- Answer the following questions in about 30 words.(i) What important cultural features do…
- Answer the following questions in about 150 words.(i) You observe every day in your…
Exercises
Question 1.Multiple choice question.
Which one of the following scholars coined the term ‘Geography’?
A. Herodotus
B. Erathosthenese
C. Galileo
D. Aristotle
Answer:
The term ‘Geography’ was first coined by Erathosthenese.
Question 2.
Multiple choice question.
Which one of the following features can be termed as ‘physical feature’?
A. Port
B. Road
C. Plain
D. Water park
Answer:
Plain is a flat surface that doesn’t have any elevation. It occur as lowlands along the bottom of the valleys.
Question 3.
Multiple choice question.
Make correct pairs from the following two columns and mark the correct option.
A. 1B,2C,3A,4D
B. 1A,2D,3B,4C
C. 1D,2B,3C,4A
D. 1C,2A,3D,4B
Answer:
The study of Climate is known as meteorology. The study of human population is known as Demography. The study of social geography is known as Sociology and the study of soil is known as Pedology.
Question 4.
Multiple choice question.
Which one of the following questions is related to cause-effect relationship?
A. Why
B. Where
C. What
D. When
Answer:
Geography is a discipline related to space. It takes note of spatial characters and attributes.
Question 5.
Multiple choice question.
Which one of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis?
A. Sociology
B. Geography
C. Anthropology
D. History
Answer:
History attempts temporal synthesis. Its approach is holistic in nature.
Question 6.
Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) What important cultural features do you observe while going to school?
Are they similar or dissimilar? Should they be included in the study of geography or not? If yes, why?
(ii) You have seen a tennis ball, a cricket ball, an orange and a pumpkin.
Which one amongst these resembles the shape of the earth? Why have you chosen this particular item to describe the shape of the earth?
(iii) Do you celebrate Van Mahotsava in your school? Why do we plant so many trees? How do the trees maintain ecological balance?
(iv) You have seen elephants, deer, earthworms, trees and grasses. Where do
they live or grow? What is the name given to this sphere? Can you describe some of the important features of this sphere?
(v) How much time do you take to reach your school from your house? Had the school been located across the road from your house, how much time would you have taken to reach school? What is the effect of the distance between your residence and the school on the time taken in commuting?
Can you convert time into space and vice versa?
Answer:
(i) The features that I observe while going to school are roads, buildings, vehicles, shops, temples, hospitals etc.
They are dissimilar and they should be included in the study of geography as these things are part and parcel of man’s living or related to human geography.
(ii) The Earth is flat at the poles and has a bulge at the equator. The correct shaope of the Earth is Geoid.
An Orange closes resembles with that of the Earth while cricket ball is too round and pumpkin is a little long and more flat.
(iii) Yes, our school celebrate Van Mahotsava in the first week of July where every student plant a tree.
Trees are the lungs of the Earth which filter the air and also help to form rain. Without trees no-one could survive on the Earth. It takes in carbon dioxide and gives out oxygen which we breathe and thereby maintains the ecological balance.
(iv) The animals like elephant, deer, earthworm; trees and grasses grow on the surface of this Earth. This sphere is known as Biosphere.
Features of Biosphere:-
• It is the layer of water, air and land which forms the ecosystem for the survival of living organism
• Transfer of energy i.e. food chain take place.
(v) It takes approximately 40 minutes to each my school from my house.
It would have taken 1 minute if my school was located across the road from my house and it would have saved a lot of time which takes for travelling.
The lesser time it takes for travel, the more time I can invest in studies and other activities. Travelling for longer distance not only kills time but also energy of the body.
Yes it can be shown that space can be converted into time and vice versa.
Question 7.
Answer the following questions in about 150 words.
(i) You observe every day in your surroundings that there is variation in natural as well as cultural phenomena. All the trees are not of the same variety. All the birds and animals you see, are different. All these different elements are found on the earth. Can you now argue that geography is the study of “areal differentiation”?
(ii) You have already studied geography, history, civics and economics as parts of social studies. Attempt an integration of these disciplines highlighting their interface.
Answer:
(i) It is noted that there is vast variations over the surface of the Earth in its physical as well as cultural environment. It will be fair to term Geography is the study of areal differentiation. Although it is not limited to areal differentiation, it also focuses on the association with other factors that causes variation. It studies the patterns of distribution, location and concentration of phenomena over space and interprets those providing explanations for these patterns. It also takes note of the associations and inter-relationships between the phenomena resulting dynamic interaction between human beings and their physical environment. It studies the spatial organisation and spatial integration.
(ii)
• Geography and history – Geography attains spatial synthesis and history attempts temporal synthesis. Geography influences historical events. Spatial distance has been a potent factor to alter the course of the history of the world. Spatial depth provided defence to many countries in the last century. The geographical changes are temporary. Geography helps in understanding the reality in totality in its spatial respective.
• Geography and Civics- The concern of political science is territory, people and sovereignty. Political geography is also interested in the study of the state as a spatial unit and people and their behaviour.
• Geography and Economics- Economy deals with the basic attributes like production, distribution, exchange and consumption. Each of these attributes has spatial aspects and the role of economic geography is to study the spatial aspects of production.
Project Work
Question 1.Select forest as a natural resource.
(i) Prepare a map of India showing the distribution of different types of forests.
(ii) Write about the economic importance of forests for the country.
Answer:
(i)
(ii) Forests play an important role in the economic development of the country. They provide several goods which serve as raw materials for many industries. Wood is grown in forests serves as a source of energy for rural households. Most of the world’s paper is made from wood and one rather reliable index to the degree of economic development of a country is its capita consumption of paper. As an economy develops economically, paper is used as packing material, in communications and in scores of other uses. Wood is also used for lumbering and making of various furniture which are exported to different countries thereby giving a boost of income for the country.