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FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY NATURE AND SCOPE

Q 1 Define human geography. OR
          How did the Ratzel and Ellen C. Semple define human geography?
Q 2 Explain the important approaches that emerged during 1970 have to study Human geography.                                                                    OR
          Explain the welfare /humanistic, redical and behavioural approaches in     human geography.
Q 3 What is the aim of human geography? 
Q 4 Name any four sub-fields of Human geography. 
Q 5 Expalin the important approach that emerged during 1930’s to study Human geography. OR
          Areal differentiation approach in human geography.
Q 6 What was the main focus of Areal differentiation during 1930’s? 
Q 7 Explain the important approach that emerged during 1990’s to study Human geography. OR
          What was the main feature of Post Modernism in Geography?                   
Q 8 What is the main objective of studying Human geography as a discipline of           Geography? 
Q 9What do you mean by “Stop and Go determinism “or “Neo determinism”? 
Q 10 What is the major difference between study of Physical geography and      Human geography? 
Q 11 What is environmental determinism? Or Explain Naturalisation of   Humans           with three examples.
Q 12 Explain the concept of possibilism.  Or Explain Humanisation of Nature   with           three examples
Q 13 Explain how Human geography emerged as an integrated and inter-  related discipline during early 20thCentury? 
Q 14 Explain how Human geography is interrelated with Physical geography? 
Q 15 Explain the approach was used to study Human geography during late      1950’s? What were its features?         Or
          Explain the spatial organization approach in human geography.                 
Q 16 Name any three sub-fields each of Social geography and Economic geography.          
Q 17 What is the nature and scope of Human geography? 

FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
THE WORLD POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY AND GROWTH

Q 1 What are different patterns of migration?                   
Q 2 Define migration. Distinguish between immigration and emigration.       
Q 3 Explain the demographic cycle.
Q 4 Write down the components of population change. Define the significance/           impacts of population growth. 
Q 5 Why do people migrate? Explain the Push and Pull factor. 
Q 6 What was the total world’s population in the beginning of the twenty first           century? Write down the current growth ratio of population of the world. 
Q 7 What is density of population? How its different from Agricultural density          of population and Physiological density?
Q 8 Define the following terms: i) Growth Rate of Population.         
          ii) Natural Growth of Population.       iii) Actual Population Growth.
          iv)  Positive Growth of Population.     v) Negative Growth of Population.
Q 9 Explain the factors influencing the distribution of population. 
Q 10 Explain the pattern of population distribution in the world? 
Q 11 How science and technology helped population growth? 
Q 12 Define different types of migrations.              
Q 13 With the help of diagram explain the three stages of Demographic    Transition           Theory? 
Q 14 What do you mean by doubling time of countries population and ageing           population of a country? 
Q 15 Describe in brief the different trends of population growth in the world. 
Q 16 Explain the various measures to control population growth.




FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION COMPOSITION

Q 1 Define literacy rate? How does literacy indicate socio-economic development      of a country?      
OR
          Define the factors which are responsible for the variations in the literacy   level of the World.   
Q 2 Explain the term Ageing Population.   
Q 3 Describe the rural-urban composition of population. Why it differs from
          developed countries to developing countries? 
OR
          On the basis of place of residence classify the population of the world in two           groups . Explain three main characteristics of each group of population.
OR
          Divide the population of the world into two groups on the basis of residence.           How do they differ from each other? Explain three points of each group.

Q 4 How is the sex ratio measured? Why it’s unfavourable to women in India? 
OR
          What is sex ratio? Why is sex ratio imbalanced in the world? 
Q 5 What do you understand by population composition? Explain its components?
Q 6 Define age- sex pyramid. Explain with suitable examples three types of       pyramid.
OR
          The shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the           population. How?
OR
          Write three types of populations associated with three kinds of shapes of age           pyramid. 
Q 7 Explain various groups of age structure with their important characteristics.                                                                   OR
          What is the significance of age structure?
Q 8 Explain the inter link between population and development.      
Q 9 What do you mean by occupational structure of population? 

FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                                      
Q 1 Differentiate between growth and development.
Q 2 Which are the three important indicators used by the UNDP to measure human  development? 
Q 3 What does the Human Development Index and Human Poverty Index           measure? 
Q 4 Distinguish between attainments and shortfalls.
Q 5 How are the countries classified on the basis of human development index? OR
          Explain the international comparisons of human development. 
Q 6 Explain the four approaches to study human development. 
Q 7 What do you mean by crude birth rate and crude death rate? 
Q 8 What do you mean by human resource development? 
Q 9 Explain in detail sustainability?        
Q 10 Define human development .Explain the four pillars of human development    with suitable examples.  
OR

          How do equity and sustainability refer to within the concept of human           development?
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