Which of the following statements describe geography?
A. An integrative discipline
B. Study of the interaction between human and environment
C. Subjected to dualism
D. Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B, C only
The core concern of geography is to understand the earth as the home of human beings. So it studies both nature and human beings.
A. An integrative discipline — Correct. As a field of study, geography is integrative, empirical and practical. It brings the physical and the human worlds together.
B. Study of the interaction between human and environment — Correct. Human geography studies the inter-relationship between the physical environment and the sociocultural environment that human beings create through mutual interaction.
C. Subjected to dualism — Correct. Geography got subjected to dualism. Debates started on whether it should make laws or only describe, and whether its approach should be regional or systematic.
D. Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology — Incorrect. Geography studies the earth as the home of human beings and all the elements that sustain them.
NCERT (2026-27): “You have already studied ‘Geography as a Discipline’ in Chapter I of the book, Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT, 2006). … As you know geography as a field of study is integrative, empirical, and practical.” “You are already aware of the fact that the core concern of geography as a discipline is to understand the earth as home of human beings and to study all those elements which have sustained them. Thus, emphasis is on study of nature and human beings. You will realise that geography got subjected to dualism and the wide-ranging debates started whether geography as a discipline should be a law making/theorising (nomothetic) or descriptive (idiographic).” “NATURE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Human geography studies the inter-relationship between the physical environment and sociocultural environment created by human beings through mutual interaction with each other.” |