2017
(May)
GEOGRAPHY
(Major)
Course: 607
(Geographic Thoughts and Quantitative Methods)
Full marks: 48
Pass Marks: 19/14
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the
margin indicate full marks for the questions
a)
Who is considered to be the father of geography?
b)
Who declared geography to be ‘Erdkunde’ or an
earth science?
c)
The value of standard deviation is greater than
the value of mean deviation for a same series of data. (Write True or False)
d) Calculation
of harmonic mean is a kind of measure of dispersion. (Write True or False)
2.
Answer the following questions within 150 words each: 4x2=8
a)
Write the contribution of Carl Ritter towards
the development of geography.
b) Write
a note on the necessity of quantitative technique in geographical studies.
Each question of Unit
– I and Unit – II to be answered within 300 words
UNIT – I
(Geographic Thoughts)
3.
Describe the effect of exploration and discovery on the conceptual development
of geographical studies during the medieval period. 9
Or
Write
an essay on the contribution of Arab Philosophers towards the development of
geography.
4.
Give an account of the contribution of French School of Geography with special
reference to the works of Vidal de la Blache. 9
UNIT – II
(Quantitative
Methods)
5.
What is measure of central tendency? What are its necessities in geographical
studies? What are the different types of measure of central tendency? The land
holding of a village is given in the following table. Calculate the median and
land holding of the village: 1+2+1+5=9
Table: Land Holding
in a Village
Area of land (in
acre):
|
10-20
|
20-30
|
30-40
|
40-50
|
50-60
|
60-70
|
No. of families:
|
24
|
30
|
20
|
45
|
18
|
13
|
Or
What
is measure of dispersion? What are its objectives? What are the different types
of measure of dispersion? Calculate the standard deviation from the following
data: 1+2+1+5=9
Table: Marks obtained
by the students in an examination
Marks:
|
30-40
|
40-50
|
50-60
|
60-70
|
70-80
|
80-90
|
No. of Students
|
4
|
12
|
8
|
14
|
10
|
2
|
6.
What is correlation? What are its utilities in geographical studies? The
following table gives the quantities of use of manure and production of certain
crop in an agricultural field. Calculate the correlation coefficient and
interpret the result: 1+2+5+1=9
Manure used per acre
(in kg)
|
30
|
40
|
50
|
60
|
70
|
80
|
90
|
100
|
Production of crop
per acre (in quintal)
|
20
|
30
|
42
|
46
|
50
|
52
|
54
|
55
|
Or
Write
short notes on any two of the following: 4
½ x 2=9
a)Use
of sampling techniques in geographical studies.
b)
Regression analysis.
c) Coefficient
of variation.
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