Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Eratosthenese
(C) Hacataus
(D) Herodatus
Correct Answer : Eratosthenese
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I Exam 2010
Explanation : Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, athlete, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word “geography” in Greek and he invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.
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