Which of the following is related to the study of Human Geography?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Distribution of Iron and Steel Industries of the world
Physical geography studies the physical environment, and human geography studies the relationship between the natural and the human worlds and the spatial distribution of human phenomena.
Option (1) Distribution of Iron and Steel Industries of the world — Correct. An iron and steel plant is set up by people, and where it is located depends on raw materials, power, labour and markets. Its distribution over the world is a human phenomenon, so it belongs to human geography.
Option (2) Characteristics of Tropical cyclone — Incorrect. A tropical cyclone, a violent storm over warm seas, is a natural event of physical geography.
Option (3) Formation of Sea arches — Incorrect. A sea arch, an opening cut through a headland by waves, is a landform made by the sea.
Option (4) Formation of Deltas — Incorrect. A delta, the low land a river builds at its mouth, is a landform made by a river.
Note: The concepts in Options (2), (3) and (4), ‘tropical cyclone’, ‘sea arches’ and ‘formation of deltas’, are not in NCERT (2025-26); explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT (2025-26): “Human Geography … How do you see the earth’s surface? Do you realise that the earth comprises two major components: nature (physical environment) and life forms including human beings? Make a list of physical and human components of your surroundings. Physical geography studies physical environment and human geography studies ‘the relationship between the physical/natural and the human worlds, the spatial distributions of human phenomena and how they come about, the social and economic differences between different parts of the world…” |