Arrange the following broad stages and thrusts of human geography chronologically.
(A) The focus was on identifying the uniqueness of any region.
(B) Laws of physics were often applied to map and analyse human phenomena.
(C) Imperial and trade interests prompted the discovery and exploration of new areas.
(D) Elaborate description of all aspects of a region were undertaken.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D), (A), (B)
(C) Imperial and trade interests prompted the discovery and exploration of new areas. — the early colonial period, the stage of exploration and description.
(D) Elaborate description of all aspects of a region were undertaken. — the later colonial period, the stage of regional analysis, when every region was studied as a part of the whole earth.
(A) The focus was on identifying the uniqueness of any region. — the 1930s through the inter-War period, the stage of areal differentiation, which asked how and why a region differed from others.
(B) Laws of physics were often applied to map and analyse human phenomena. — the late 1950s to the late 1960s, the stage of spatial organisation, also called the quantitative revolution, when computers and statistical tools came into use.
NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope, Table 1.1: Broad Stages and Thrust of Human Geography (2025-26)
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