Multiple choice

For which of the following reasons is/are geographers interested in the study of rocks?

  1. Rocks help to know the history of the earth through carbon dating method.
  2. Rocks are store houses of precious elements and minerals.
  3. Useful products like petroleum are found in rocks.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 1 and 2

  3. 1, 2 and 3

  4. Only 2 and 3
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Explanation

No doubt, rocks help to know the history of the earth through carbon dating method, but that is not a geographer’s area of study. Rather, geologists are interested and involved in exploring the history of the earth. Geographers are concerned with the study of elements and minerals that the rocks are made up of as these rocks, after disintegration and erosion, leads to formation of soils, which are important for geographers from agricultural point of view. Geographers are also concerned with the presence of various resources in association with the rocks.

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