The story of Kari from Trondheim city is an example of________ .
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Humanisation of Nature
Option (1) Humanisation of Nature — Correct. As technology improves, people move from a state of necessity to a state of freedom and nature gets humanised, bearing the imprints of human effort. Kari lives through Trondheim’s dark, snowy winters in a heated office under a glass dome, eats tropical fruit flown in and flies to London for the day. Technology has let the people of Trondheim overcome the limits nature sets, which is the humanisation of nature.
Option (2) Environmental Determinism — Incorrect. This is the early stage when technology was very low and people adapted to the dictates of nature. Kari is not ruled by the harsh climate; she has overcome it.
Option (3) Stop and Go Determinism — Incorrect. This is Griffith Taylor’s middle path (neodeterminism): people go ahead when nature permits and stop at its ‘red signals’. Kari’s story shows nature’s limits being overcome, not a balance between going and stopping.
Option (4) Naturalization of Human — Incorrect. A naturalised human belongs to the stage of very low technology: such a person listened to nature, feared its fury and worshipped it. Kari’s life is the reverse of this.
Note: This question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 13-05-2026 (Slot 2, similar), in CUET (UG) 2025 on 14-05-2025 (Slot 2, similar), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 06-06-2023 (Slot 3, same).
NCERT (2025-26): “Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature … In the early stages of their interaction with their natural environment humans were greatly influenced by it. They adapted to the dictates of Nature. This is so because the level of technology was very low and the stage of human social development was also primitive. This type of interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature was termed as environmental determinism. At that stage of very low technological development we can imagine the presence of a naturalised human, who listened to Nature, was afraid of its fury and worshipped it.” “Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature … The people begin to understand their environment and the forces of nature with the passage of time. With social and cultural development, humans develop better and more efficient technology. They move from a state of necessity to a state of freedom. They create possibilities with the resources obtained from the environment. The human activities create cultural landscape. The imprints of human activities are created everywhere; health resorts on highlands, huge urban sprawls, fields, orchards and pastures in plains and rolling hills, ports on the coasts, oceanic routes on the oceanic surface and satellites in the space. The earlier scholars termed this as possibilism. Nature provides opportunities and human being make use of these and slowly nature gets humanised and starts bearing the imprints of human endeavour.” “Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature … Can you imagine what has made such a life style possible? It is technology that has allowed the people of Trondheim and others to overcome the constraints imposed by nature.…” |