Geography of Leisure sub-field of Geography has interface with which one of the following sister disciplines?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sociology
Option (1) Urban Studies — Incorrect. Urban Studies and Planning is the sister discipline of Urban Geography.
Option (2) Economics — Incorrect. Economics is linked with Economic Geography and its sub-fields.
Option (3) Sociology — Correct. Geography of Leisure is a sub-field of Social Geography, and its interface is with Sociology.
Option (4) Political Science — Incorrect. Political Science is the sister discipline of Political Geography.
NCERT (2026-27): “Fields and Sub-fields of Human Geography … Human geography, as you have seen, attempts to explain the relationship between all elements of human life and the space they occur over. Thus, human geography assumes a highly inter-disciplinary nature. It develops close interface with other sister disciplines in social sciences in order to understand and explain human elements on the surface of the earth.”
Table 1.2: Human Geography and Sister Disciplines of Social Sciences |
