Discussion
Which of the following are geographical sources ?
(i) Gazetteers
(ii) Atlases
(iii) Encyclopaedias
(iv) Year Books
Answer: A
The geographical sources are gazetteers and atlases, so the answer is (i) and (ii) are correct.
Reference books are grouped by the questions they answer. Geographical sources answer questions about places: a gazetteer is a geographical dictionary describing places, their location, population and history, and an atlas is a collection of maps. Travel guides belong to the same group.
Encyclopaedias are general background sources covering every subject, and year books are ready-reference sources of current facts and statistics for a year. Neither is a geographical source in this classification, so every option that includes (iii) or (iv) is wrong.
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