Q1. Which scholar wrote the texts 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey', which contain ancient geographical information?
- AHicataeus
- BEratosthenes
- CExaminer
- DHomer
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Answer: D) Homer
Geographical Books and their Authors
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Q2. Who is the author of 'Anthropogeography' or 'Human Geography'?
- Asample
- BRatzel
- CHuntington
- Dblush
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Answer: B) Ratzel
Q3. Who is the author of the famous geographical treatise 'Cosmos'?
- AKant
- BRitter
- CHumboldt
- DVarenius
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Answer: C) Humboldt
Q4. Who is the author of the geographical book 'Civilization and Climate'?
- AMiss Ellen Churchill Semple
- BAyesha Bowman
- CEllsworth Huntington
- DKarl Ritter
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Answer: C) Ellsworth Huntington
Q5. 'Geography of Life and Death' is the work of which of the following British geographers?
- AHarrison Church
- BO. H. K. Spate
- Csir dudley stamp
- DC.B. Fawcett
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Answer: C) sir dudley stamp
Q6. Who is the author of 'Perspective on the Nature of Geography'?
- AWoolridge and East
- BHartshorne
- CRoger Minshull
- DAlbert Demangeon
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Answer: B) Hartshorne
Q7. 'Erdkunde' is the work of which of the following scholars?
- AKarl Ritter
- Bblush
- CRatzel
- DRichthoppen
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Answer: A) Karl Ritter
Q8. Who wrote the book Metrologia?
- AAristotle
- BPlato
- CEratosthenes
- DAggregator
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Answer: A) Aristotle
Q9. Who is the author of the famous geographical treatise "Kitab-ul-Hind"?
- AAlberuni
- BAlmasoodi
- CAl Idrisi
- DAl Yacoubi
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Answer: A) Alberuni