Remote Sensing and GIS (3150617) MCQs

MCQs of Geographic Information System

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1.

__________________ is the study of the earth’s surface, encompassing the description and distribution of the various physical, biological and cultural features of earth and interaction between them.

 

(a)

Geography 

(b)

Topography

(c)

Both (A) and (B)

(d)

None of the above

Answer:

Option (a)

2.

GIS maps were first used to control _________________ in 1854.

(a)

French Flu

(b)

Londone Cholera epidemic

(c)

Bird Flu 

(d)

All of the above 

Answer:

Option (b)

3.

Detailed history of large scale digital mapping was adopted in 1960s by ___________________.

(a)

Census Bureau of USA

(b)

Census survey of Canada

(c)

National Sample Survey Organization 

(d)

None of the above 

Answer:

Option (a)

4.

TIGER stands for ______________________ Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing.

(a)

Triangulated

(b)

Triple 

(c)

Topologically 

(d)

None of the above 

Answer:

Option (c)

5.

The term GIS was offficially coined by _______________________ in 1968.

(a)

C. Dana Tomlinson 

(b)

Dr. Roger Tomlinson 

(c)

Dr. Kang tsung Chang 

(d)

None of the above 

Answer:

Option (b)

6.

World's first operational GIS was ____________________.

(a)

QGIS

(b)

CGIS

(c)

ArcGIS

(d)

All of above 

Answer:

Option (b)

7.

Primary work of CGIS was to develop _________________.

(a)

Disaster management 

(b)

Nationwide Land Inventory 

(c)

Intelligence 

(d)

None of the above 

Answer:

Option (b)

8.

In 1964, LCGSA (Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis) was developed in __________________.

(a)

Harvard University

(b)

Moscow University

(c)

Chicago University 

(d)

Ontario University

Answer:

Option (a)

9.

What was/were developement of LCGSA through out its operational life ?

(a)

SYMAP

(b)

GRID 

(c)

ODYSSEY

(d)

All of above 

Answer:

Option (d)

10.

ESRI was founded in _________.

(a)

1960

(b)

1969

(c)

1972

(d)

1982

Answer:

Option (b)

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