ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ASSERTION AND REASONING-BASED QUESTION-ANSWER

 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ASSERTION AND REASONING-BASED QUESTION-ANSWER

Instructions: For each question, consider the Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) and select the correct option: (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.

 

1. Assertion (A): Economic geography is a branch of human geography.

Reason (R): It studies human activities associated with the production, distribution, consumption, and exchange of resources.

Correct Answer: (a)

2. Assertion (A): The man-made environment is the same across all parts of the earth.

Reason (R): The natural environment differs due to geological and physiographic structures. Correct

Answer: (d)

3. Assertion (A): Areas with fertile soil generally have developed agriculture.

Reason (R): Economic activities are influenced by the prevalence of differences in the natural environment.

Correct Answer: (a)

4. Assertion (A): Coastal areas are often developed for fishing and the transport trade.

Reason (R): Human life and economic activities depend on the variations in natural and man-made environments.

Correct Answer: (a)

5. Assertion (A): Modern economic geography is based on five basic questions.

Reason (R): George Chisholm is considered the father of modern economic geography.

Correct Answer: (b)

6. Assertion (A): The location of economic activity is a primary concern of traditional economic geography.

Reason (R): Modern economic geography attempts to answer why an activity is located in a specific place and if it would be better elsewhere.

Correct Answer: (b)

7. Assertion (A): George Chisholm stated that the main objective of economic geography is to determine the economic development trend of a place.

Reason (R): Chisholm’s work laid the foundation for modern economic geography.

Correct Answer: (a)

8. Assertion (A): C.F. Jones and G.G. Darkenwald emphasise the study of productive occupations.

Reason (R): They explore why certain regions are outstanding in production and export.

Correct Answer: (a)

9. Assertion (A): Economic geography studies the relationship between man’s productive activities and environmental conditions.

Reason (R): The discipline uses approaches like regional, topical, and behavioural.

Correct Answer: (b)

10. Assertion (A): Applied economic geography often uses a problem-solving approach.

Reason (R): Quantitative techniques and Geographical Information System (GIS) are contemporary tools used in the field.

Correct Answer: (a)

11. Assertion (A): Agricultural geography is a specialised branch of economic geography.

Reason (R): It studies factors associated with crop production, marketing, and the import-export of products.

Correct Answer: (a)

12. Assertion (A): Industrial geography focuses on theories associated with the location of industries.

Reason (R): Transport geography studies the role of transport in human movement and economic activities.

Correct Answer: (b)

13. Assertion (A): Geography of Resources explains the distribution and conservation of resources.

Reason (R): Economic development is greatly dependent on the quality and availability of resources.

Correct Answer: (a)

14. Assertion (A): Marketing geography studies the types and distribution of markets.

Reason (R): It is a branch that evolved to explain the need for establishing markets.

Correct Answer: (a)

15. Assertion (A): Geography of Planning and Development focuses only on industrial development.

Reason (R): It explores sustainable development and regional development processes.

Correct Answer: (d)

16. Assertion (A): Geography of tourism studies factors associated with the growth of tourism.

Reason (R): Tourism is considered a human activity that varies by place and time.

Correct Answer: (a)

17. Assertion (A): Sustainable development is a key emphasis in modern economic geography.

Reason (R): Every economic activity is very closely related to the environment.

Correct Answer: (a)

18. Assertion (A): Different places on Earth maintain an interrelationship.

Reason (R): Places are dependent on one another for resources and economic activities.

Correct Answer: (a)

19. Assertion (A): The topical approach is synonymous with the commodity approach in economic geography.

Reason (R): These approaches are used to study the discipline's subject matter.

Correct Answer: (b)

20. Assertion (A): Economic geography is entirely independent of physical geography.

Reason (R): Economic activities are influenced by physiographic structures and climate.

Correct Answer: (d)

21. Assertion (A): Fishing and mining are classified as primary occupations.

Reason (R): Primary occupations involve collecting resources directly from nature.

Correct Answer: (a)

22. Assertion (A): Manufacturing is a secondary occupation.

Reason (R): It involves transforming raw materials collected from nature into usable forms using technology.

Correct Answer: (a)

23. Assertion (A): Transport and communication are examples of tertiary occupations.

Reason (R): These activities ensure that commodities reach the consumers.

Correct Answer: (a)

24. Assertion (A): Quaternary occupations include banking and financial institutions.

Reason (R): These activities make secondary and tertiary activities easier and more productive.

Correct Answer: (a)