Which of the following approaches was based on methods of quantitative revolution?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Spatial Organisation
Option (1) Spatial Organisation — Correct. This approach of the late 1950s to the late 1960s used computers and statistical tools and applied laws of physics to human phenomena. This phase was called the quantitative revolution.
Option (2) Radicalism — Incorrect. The radical school arose in the 1970s out of discontentment with the quantitative revolution; it used Marxian theory to explain poverty and inequality.
Option (3) Humanism — Incorrect. The humanistic school also grew in the 1970s as a reaction to the dehumanised manner of quantitative geography; it was concerned with social well-being.
Option (4) Behaviouralism — Incorrect. The behavioural school, the third school of the 1970s, stressed lived experience and perception of space, not quantitative methods.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 29-05-2026 (Slot 2), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 05-06-2023 (Slot 2) and 31-05-2023 (Slot 2).
NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope, Table 1.1: Broad Stages and Thrust of Human Geography (continued on the page after its title) (2025-26)
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