Arrange the following approaches of human geography from earlier colonial times to 1990s.
(A) Spatial Organization
(B) Post-Modernism in geography
(C) Areal Differentiation
(D) Emergence of humanistic, radical and behavioral schools
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (A), (D), (B)
The table of the broad stages of human geography begins with the early colonial period (exploration and description) and the later colonial period (regional analysis). The four approaches asked come after these:
(C) Areal Differentiation — 1930s through the inter-war period: finding the uniqueness of each region.
(A) Spatial Organization — late 1950s to late 1960s: computers and statistical tools, the quantitative revolution.
(D) Emergence of humanistic, radical and behavioral schools — 1970s: a reaction against the dehumanised quantitative approach.
(B) Post-Modernism in geography — 1990s: grand generalisations questioned, each local context given importance.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 23-05-2026 (Slot 2).
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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