Previous Year Question
Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I | List-II |
A. Planting Hearth | 1. Hungary |
B. Cryophyte Steppe | 2. Adolf Engler |
C. World Floral Regions | 3. C.O. Sauer |
D. Puszta Grassland | 4. Arctic Tundra |
Codes:
A-4, B-3, B-2, C-1
A-3, B-4, B-2, C-1
A-3, B-4, B-1, C-2
A-1, B-2, B-3, C-4
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
A. Planting Hearth — C.O. Sauer: American geographer Carl O. Sauer gave importance to the concept of early agricultural/planting hearths in his study of the origin and dispersal of agriculture.
B. Cryophyte Steppe — Arctic Tundra: Cryophytes are plants adapted to extremely cold environments. Cryophyte steppe is associated with the cold Arctic Tundra environment.
C. World Floral Regions — Adolf Engler: German botanist Adolf Engler made an important contribution to the classification of World Floral Regions on the basis of the geographical distribution of plants.
D. Puszta Grassland — Hungary: Puszta is associated with the vast plain and grassland landscape of Hungary. In particular, the Hortobágy Puszta is a famous part of the Great Hungarian Plain.