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Board Exam Questions Interpretation of Topographical Maps ICSE Class 10 Geography
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference for:
(i) The highest point in this map extract.
(ii) Surveyed tree north of Rampura Khera.
Answer:
(i) The highest point- 078065 (.365)
(ii) Surveyed tree north of Rampura Khera – 072074.
(b) On which bank of Sukli Nadi lies:
(i) Butri
(ii) Padrugarh
Answer:
(i) Butri- Left Bank
(ii) Padrugarh- Right Bank.
(c) Differentiate between the drainage pattern shown in grid square:
(i) 0704
(ii) 0705
Answer:
(i) 0704- Trellised
(ii) 0705- Radial.
(d) The region in this map extract receives seasonal rainfall. Give two reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Presence of seasonal streams, lined perennial well, cart track motorable in the dry season/ dry tanks/ dry river beds.
(e) Calculate the distance in km between settlement
Answer:
The distance between the settlement Bhatana and Makawal along the cart track on the map is 9.8 cms Scale- 2 cm = 1 km Therefore, ½ x 9.8 = 4.9 kms distance on the ground.
(f) State the compass direction of the following:
(i) Dattani from Marol.
(ii) Dhavli from Makawal.
Answer:
(i) Dattani from Marol- South West.
(ii) Dhavli from Makawal- North East.
(g) (i) Mention the social activity of people living in Marol.
(ii) What is the main occupation of the people living in this region?
Answer:
(i) Monthly fair at Marol.
(ii) Agriculture/Farming.
(h) What do you understand by:
(i) The black broken line in 0807
(ii) The vertical black line close to Easting 10
Answer:
(i) The black broken line in 0807- Disappearing drainage pattern.
(ii) The vertical black line close to Easting 10- Longitude line- 72°35’ E.
(i) What is the main source of water supply to Bhatana? Give reason.
Answer:
Presence of Lined perennial wells all around the settlement.
(j) (i) Name one natural feature in the grid square 0905.
(ii) Identify one man made feature in the grid square 1003.
Answer:
(i) 0905- Broken ground, seasonal streams.
(ii) 1003- PO, Temple, cart track, seasonal tank, Lined perennial well.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give six figure grid reference for:
(i) Surveyed tree 219 north east of Pirojpura settlement.
(ii) Triangulated height 364 in the southern part of the map extract.
Answer:
(i) Surveyed tree 219 north east of Pirojpura settlement- 979756.
(ii) Δ364 in the southern part of the map extract- 957744.
(b) What is the direction of flow of Banas river?
Give one evidence for your answer.
Answer:
Direction of flow of Banasriver is from north east to west.
Evidence is decreasing spot height from 233 in 9681 to 177 in 9380.
(c) What do you understand by:
(i) 12r in the grid square 9878 and
(ii) 180 in the grid grid square 9182.
Answer:
(i) It is the relative height of sand dune which is 12 m.
(ii) It is contour line showing 180 m. above mean sea level.
(d) Calculate the area in kilometre of the region between 93 and 99 eastings and 76 and 81 northings.
Answer:
Area of the region between 93 and 99 eastings and 76 and 81 northings is 30 km² (Area of one square is 1 km²). There are thirty squares within this region.
(e) (i) What is the compass direction of settlement Juvol from settlement Arniwada?
(ii) Give the difference in altitude between the highest point on the map to the altitude of Moti Bhatamal.
Answer:
(i) North West. [1]
(ii) 542-198=344 mt.
(f) Name the feature depicted by:
(i) Blue line in Balaram nadi
(ii) Brown patch in 9678.
Answer:
(i) It is a perennial water channel in the seasonal stream.
(ii) It is sand dune.
(g) Name the drainage pattern found in:
(i) 9782
(ii) 9478.
Answer:
(i) 9782- Radial drainage pattern.
(ii) 9478- Disappearing drainage pattern.
(h) What do you infer about the climate of the region by the information provided on the map? Give an evidence
in support of your answer.
Answer:
The region has hot and dry climate with seasonal scanty rainfall.
Evidence is presence of seasonal streams, lined perennial well, broken ground, etc.
(i) Name two man made and two natural features in 9580.
Answer:
Manmade feature- cart track, temple, lined perennial, permanent hut.
Natural feature- broken ground, seasonal river.
(j) What do the following denote:
(i) Black vertical line running along with 93 easting.
(ii) RS near Chitrasani settlement.
Answer:
(i) Black vertical line is the line of longitude. [1]
(ii) RS denotes railway station.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
a) Give a six figure grid reference of:
(i) Spot height .542
(ii) Temple at Juvol
Answer:
(i) Spot height .542-977827
(ii) Temple at Juvol- 926828
(b) (i) What is meant by the term R.F.?
(ii) What is the total area of the given map extract in kilometers?
Answer:
(i) R.F stands for Representative Fraction. It is the ratio between the distance on the map to the distance on the corresponding ground and is in fraction. The numerator denotes the length on the map and the denominator denotes the actual distance on the ground. E.g. 1:50,000.
(ii) Eastings 91 to 01 = 10 grids and Northings 73 to 83 = 10 grids
Each grid = 1 sq.km (scale given 2 cm = 1 km) 10 x 10 = 100 sq. kms.
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometers along the cart track linking Juvol in grid square 9282 to
Arniwada in grid square 9481.
Answer:
The distance between Juvol and Arniwada on the map is 5 cms Scale given 2 cm = 1 km ½ x 5= 2.5 kms distance between the Juvol and Arniwada on the ground.
(d) (i) What is the direction of the main river given in the map extract?
(ii) On which bank of the main river is the village Chekhla situated?
Answer:
(i) East to West. [1]
(ii) Right Bank.
(e) (i) What is the main form of irrigation in the South East area of the map extract?
(ii) Give a reason why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join a river.
Answer:
(i) Well irrigation is the main form of irrigation.
(ii) 1) Since this area in G.S. 9478 is a sandy region, the water is absorbed in the sand.
2) Due to high temperature the water evaporates and do not join the river.
(f) (i) Identify the land form shown by the contours in grid square 9473.
(ii) What does 4r written against the blue dot in grid square 9973 represent?
Answer:
(i) Ridge/ Col.
(ii) 4r represents the relative depth of the lined perennial well.
(g) (i) In what way the pattern of settlement in grid square 9576 is different from that in grid square 9774?
(ii) What difference do you notice in the pattern of drainage in grid square 9574 and the drainage pattern in grid square 9382?
Answer:
(i) 9576 -Nucleated or Compact. 9774 – Scattered or Dispersed.
(ii) 9574- Radial drainage pattern. 9382- Trellis drainage pattern.
(h) (i) What is the compass direction of Antroli from Sangla ?
(ii) Which is the most important settlement shown on the map extract? Give a reason to support your answer.
Answer:
(i) North East.
(ii) Chitrasani is well connected by metalled road and railway and has good public utility facilities like PO, RS.
(i) (i) Name one man made and one natural feature in grid square 9473.
(ii) Identify the feature given in black curved lines in grid square 9679.
Answer:
(i) Man made feature- Temple and Lined Perennial Well. Natural feature- Ridge/Col
(ii) Broken Ground.
(j) (i) Name any two modes of transport used in the given map extract.
(ii) What inference can be drawn about the general occupation of the people living in the South East area of the map extract?
Give a reason to support your answer.
Answer:
(i) 0905- Broken ground, seasonal streams.
(ii) 1003- PO, Temple, cart track, seasonal tank, Lined perennial well.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the four figure grid reference for a figure similar to the one given below. Identify the figure:
Answer:
1511, 1711, 1811, 1903.
Dry tank with embankment.
(b) How is the drainage pattern in grid square 1606
different from that in grid square 1608?
Answer:
1606- Radial pattern.
1608- Trellis.
(c) Identify the correct six figure grid reference for each of the following:
(i) Gautam Maharishi Mandir
200071; 071200; 201070?
(ii) .443
172059; 052179; 179052?
Answer:
(i) Gautam Maharishi Mandir- 200071.
(ii) .443- 179052.
(d) Name the most prominent settlement other than ABU. Give two reasons to support your answer.
Answer:
(d) Vajna (1503)
Two reasons: Presence of a police chowki, Metalled road
(e) (i) What is the general slope of the land in the north-west corner of the map extract?
(ii) What is the compass direction of Chandela (1803) from Hanumanji ka Mandir (2208)?
Answer:
(i) West.
(ii) South West.
(f) What do you understand by the following terms as used on the map extract?
(i) Causeway (1702)
(ii) Falls 25 m (2307).
Answer:
(i) Causeway- A raised road over a small stream but not a bridge/ A raised metalled road over a non-perennial
stream or marshy area or which serves as a temporary bridge.
(ii) Falls 25 m- It indicates a waterfall which is falling from a height of 25 metres.
(g) (i) If you were to cycle at 10 km an hour, how much time would it take to cover the north-south distance
depicted on this map extract?
(ii) Calculate the area enclosed by Eastings 19 to 22 and Northings 04 to 09.
Answer:
(i) 1 Hour. [1]
(ii) 15 sq. kms.
(h) (i) Identify one natural feature in grid square 1610.
(ii) Identify one man made feature in grid square 1903.
Answer:
(i) 1610- Seasonal stream, broken ground, dry stream.
(ii) 1903- Permanent settlement, embankment.
(i) Give two probable reasons, other than dry water features, to indicate that the region depicted on the
map extract receives seasonal rainfall.
Answer:
Presence of broken ground, causeways, motorable in dry season.
(j) Calculate, in metres, the difference in height between the highest point on the map extract and
the contour height given in grid square 2402.
Answer:
Highest point is 1409 m and contour height is 2402 is 80 m.
Difference is 1409-80= 1129 metres.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Triangulated height 217.
(ii) A lined well near Chekhla.
Answer:
(i) Δ217- 940793. [1]
(ii) Lined well near Chekhla- 925815.
(b) (i) Name the left bank tributary of the main river.
(ii) State the direction of which this left bank tributary is flowing.
Answer:
(i) BalramNadi.
(ii) Towards North West.
(d) Give the four figure grid reference of each of the following:
(i) Open scrub.
(ii) Bantawada.
Answer:
(i) 9573/9680/0076.
(ii) 9978.
(e) Name two relief features that can be seen in grid square 9782 and 9574.
Answer:
9782- Conical Hill.
9574- Ridge.
(f) Why do you find limited cultivation in the map extract? Give two reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Due to scanty rainfall cultivation is limited in the map extract.
Two reasons-
(i) The northern part of the map is a highland.
(ii) The southern part is covered with sand dunes.
(g) What is the compass direction of Antroli (9576) and Chekhla (9281) from Sangla?
Answer:
(g) Antroli from Sangla- North East.
Chekhla from Sangla- North.
(h) What type of rainfall is experienced in the region shown in the map extract? Justify your
answer giving one reason.
Answer:
Seasonal rainfall. Presence of broken grounds, open scrub, sand dunes, water channel.
(i) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart track between Chitrasani (999747) and
Pirojpura (978753).
Answer:
(i) The distance between Chitrasani and Pirojpura on the map is 4.6 cms. Scale given- 2 cm = 1 km
Therefore, ½ x 4.6= 2.3 kms on the ground
(j) (i) What is the geographical name that you would give to the general pattern of settlements in
the region shown on the map?
(ii) Name one region shown on the map which is unsuitable for the cultivation of crops.
Answer:
(i) Scattered.
(ii) Southern part of the map.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) (i) Give the four figure grid reference of the settlement of Hamirpura.
(ii) Give the six figure grid reference of the temple in the settlement of Jolpur.
Answer:
(i) Hamirpura- 0123. [1]
(ii) Temple – 078187.
(b) (i) What does the blue coloured circle in the grid square 0619 represent?
(ii) What is the compass direction of Dantrai from Jolpur?
Answer:
(i) Perennial lined well.
(ii) Towards Northwest.
(c) What is the difference between?
(i) The pattern of settlements in 0725 and the settlement of Idarla?
(ii) The drainage pattern of the streams in 0624 and those in 0824?
Answer:
Difference between:
(i) Settlements in 0725- Scattered or Dispersed. Settlement Idarla- Compact or Nucleated.
(ii) Drainage pattern in 0624- Trellised. Drainage pattern in 0824- Dendritic.
(d) What is the value of the contour line in grid square 0226? What is the contour interval in the map?
Answer:
300 m above mean sea level is the value of the contour line in grid square 0226 Contour Interval- 20 m.
(e) Mention any two factors which provide evidence that the region in the map extract is a rural region.
Answer:
(i) Occupation is agriculture.
(ii) Lined perennial well is the main source of water.
(iii) Mode of transport is cart track.
(f) (i) How does the feature, indicated by the black curves in 0721, show that rainfall in this region is seasonal?
(ii) Mention one man made feature in the map which also provides evidence that the rainfall is seasonal.
Answer:
(i) Broken ground is formed due to the result of weathering caused by alternate wet and dry periods which
means that the rainfall is seasonal.
(ii) The cart track which is motorable only during the dry season.
(g) (i) Name two natural features in 0527.
(ii) Name two manmade features in 0325.
Answer:
(i) Two natural features in 0527- Seasonal streams, knoll, barren ground.
(ii) Two manmade features in 0325- Cart track, permanent hut, cultivated land.
(h) Name two features which make Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlements
in the map extract.
Answer:
Dantrai is the most important settlement because of the presence of Post Office, police chowki, high density
of population due to large number of settlements.
(i) Calculate the area of the region which lies to the south of northing 21 in square kilometers.
Answer:
On the south of Northing 21, there 30 grids. Each grid is 1 square kilometers, therefore, total area
of the region is 30 km² or square kilometers.
(j) What are the following?
(i) The black vertical line between eastings 09 and 10.
(ii) 302 in grid square 0425.
Answer:
(i) The black vertical line is the Line of Longitude.
(ii) 302 is the spot height (.302 m) above mean sea level.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Name and give the four figure grid reference of a settlement where the people of the region
meet at least once a year.
Answer:
Malgaon in G.S. 1520.
(b) What does the conventional symbol at grid reference 145132 mean?
Answer:
Spot height 270 in 145132.
(c) If a man were to walk from Gulabganj (1820) to Harmatiya (1916):
(i) In which direction would he be walking?
(ii) Which are the two different kinds of roads that he would be using?
Answer:
(i) South East.
(ii) Cart track and Metalled road.
(d) What do the following numbers in grid square 1718 and 1818 mean?
(i) 280
(ii) 281
Answer:
(i) 280- Contour height 280m.
(ii) 281- Spot height 281m.
e) What are the two differences between the settlement Bamba in 1914 and those in 1813?
Answer:
In Bamba settlements are nucleated and temporary. In square 1813 the settlements are dispersed
and permanent.
(f) Name four facilities that Anadra has which makes it an important settlement.
Answer:
Four facilities in Anadra- PTO, police chowki, DB (Dak Bunglow), dispensary.
(g) What is the quickest means of communication for the people of Dabani (1313)?
Answer:
Telephone.
(h) What do the following mean:
(i) Brackish in 1915
(ii) Causeway in 1715
(iii) 6r in 1218?
Answer:
(i) Brackish in 1915- It means that water drinking and agricultural purposes.
(ii) Causeway in 1715- A raised road over a small stream but not a bridge/ A raised metalled road over a
non-perennial stream or marshy area or which serves as a temporary bridge.
(iii) 6r in 1618- A relative depth of the bank of the river is 6 m.
(i) Mention two factors which support the following:
(i) The Sipu river is in its middle course.
(ii) The rainfall in the region shown in the map extract is seasonal.
Answer:
(i) Sipu Nadi is in its middle course as the region is a flat level land, there are
meanders and the river is sluggish.
(ii) The rainfall is seasonal because there are broken grounds, barren patches of land,
motorable in dry season and causeway
(j) What is the distance in kilometers between the distance stone 20 in 1818 and the causeway in
1715 along the metalled road?
Answer:
The distance in kilometers between the distance stone 20 in 1818 and the causeway in 1715 along the metalled road on the map = 7 cms. Scale given- 2 cm = 1 km ½ x 7= 3.5 kms is the distance on the ground.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the four figure grid reference of:
(i) Triangulated height 307.
(ii) The spot height 196.
Answer:
(i) Triangulated height 307- 859843.
(ii) The spot height 196- 835916.
(b) Give the four figure grid reference of each of the following:
(i) The confluence of the Sipu River and
Mahadeviyo Nala.
(ii) Sheet rock.
Answer:
(i) The confluence of the Sipu River and Mahadeviyo Nala- 8189.
(ii) Sheet rock- 8088/8188.
(c) Measure the shortest distance in kilometers between the temple in grid square 8192 and the
perennial lined well at Bhakodar 8188.
Answer:
The shortest distance between the temple in grid square 8192 and the perennial lined well at
Bhakodar 8188 on the map is 7 cm.
Scale- 2 cm = 1 km Therefore, ½ x 7 = 3.5 kms is the shortest distance on the ground.
(d) What do the following represent?
(i) Black curved line in 7788.
(ii) The blue line in the bed of the Sipu River.
Answer:
(i) Black curved line in 7788- Broken grounds.
(ii) The blue line in the bed of the Sipu River- Seasonal stream with water channel.
(e) (i) What is the general pattern of the settlements in the region shown on the map?
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:
(i) The general pattern of settlement is compact or nucleated.
(ii) Settlements are closely located.
(f) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Why is it necessary?
Answer:
The chief form of irrigation is the Lined perennial well. It is necessary because the river
and the rainfall are seasonal.
(g) (i) What is the main form of transport in this region?
(ii) Give the map evidence for your answer.
Answer:
(i) Chief mode of transport is Cart track.
(ii) A large number of red lines are crisscrossing the entire map.
(h) (i) What is the compass direction of Dantiwada, 8582, from Bhadli Kotha, 7886?
(ii) What is the general direction of flow of the Arado N?
Answer:
(i) North-east.
(ii) South-west.
(i) (i) Name the type of drainage pattern found in grid square 8584.
(ii) What do you mean by 25r in grid square 8286?
Answer:
(i) Trellis.
(ii) 25r is the relative depth of the lined perennial well which is 25 meters.
(j) (i) What is meant by ‘R.F.’?
(ii) What is the R.F. shown on the map extract?
Answer:
(i) R.F. stands for Representative Fraction. It is the ratio between the distance on the map
to the distance on the corresponding ground and is in fraction. The numerator denotes the length on
the map and the denominator denotes the actual distance on the ground. E.g. 1:50,000.
(ii) RF is 1 : 50,000.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) What is the compass direction of the Sunset Point from the settlement of Anadra?
Answer:
Sunset Point from Anadra- South-East.
(b) What is the pattern of drainage in grid square 2315?
Answer:
Drainage Pattern in G.S. 2315- Radial.
(c) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which indicate that the region has
seasonal rainfall.
Answer:
Broken ground, Seasonal streams, motorable in dry season, dry tank.
(d) Calculate the distance in kilometers along the metalled road from the causeway in grid
square 1715 to the distance stone marked 20 in grid square 1818.
Answer:
The distance along the metalled road from the causeway in grid square 1715 to the distance
stone marked 20 in grid square 1818 on the map is 6.2 cm.
Scale- 2 cm = 1 km ½ x 6.2 = 3.1 km is the distance on the ground.
(e) What advantage does a Representative Fraction have over a verbal scale?
Answer:
Representative Fraction is only a fraction and is independent of any particular unit of measurement
and has a universal application.
(f) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Anjini Devi ka Mandir.
(ii) Δ1327.
Answer:
(i) Anjini Devi ka Mandir- 229160.
(ii) ∆ 1327- 217106.
(g) Name the three different kinds of roads in grid square 2411 and the one in grid square 2515.
Answer:
Three different kinds of road in G.S. 2411 are Metalled Road, Pack track, Gravelled
or unmetalled road while in G.S. 2515 it is Footpath.
(h) Mention two occupations of the people living in the northern part of the region in the map
extract. Give reasons to support your answer.
Answer:
The two occupations are- Agriculture as there is yellow coloured region and Forestry as
the entire eastern region is green coloured.
(i) What is the difference between the slope in grid square 2115 and the one in 1811? Give a
reason for your answer.
Answer:
The slope in G.S. 2115 is Gentle slope because the contour lines are largely spaced and far
apart and in G.S. 1811, it is Steep slope because the contour lines are closely drawn to each other.
(j) What is the purpose of:
(i) the fire line in grid square 2316?
(ii) the pipeline in grid square 2209?
Answer:
(i) The fire line in grid square 2316- To prevent the spread of fire in the jungles. [1]
(ii) The pipeline in grid square 2209- To supply water from the reservoir to Abu.
(k) What do the following represent?
(i) The red square in grid square 2514.
(ii) 4r in grid square 1612.
Answer:
(i) The red square in grid square 2514- Temporary Huts.
(ii) 4r in grid square 1612- Relative height of an embankment which is 4 m from the surrounding surface.
(l) Abu is a popular holiday resort. Mention any three features seen in the map extract which
attract holiday makers to Abu.
Answer:
Three features seen which attract holiday makers to Abu-
(i) The Dilwara temples, Jaivilas Palace.
(ii) The two lakes- Nakhi Talao and Alwar Talao.
(iii) Sunset Point.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) The brick kiln near village Serua.
(ii) The temple near Asav.
Answer:
(i) The brick kiln near village Serua- 088131
(ii) The temple near Asav- 059128
(b) What is the difference in the pattern of drainage in grid square 0916 and 0712?
Answer:
0916- Radial.
0712- Trellis.
(c) Give the four figure grid reference of each of the following:
(i) Stony waste.
(ii) Open scrub.
Answer:
(i) Stony waste- 1014.
(ii) Open scrub- 0816
(d) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the metalled road between the causeways in grid
square 0512 and 0808.
Answer:
The distance between the causeways in grid square 0512 and 0808 on the map is 11.4 cms.
Scale – 2 cm = 1 km. Therefore, ½ x 11.4 = 5.7 kms is the distance along the metalled road.
(e) (i) What do the tiny curved black lines in grid square 0315 indicate?
(ii) What is the main cause for this feature?
Answer:
(i) Broken ground.
(ii) It is formed due to the result of weathering caused by alternate wet and dry periods
which means that the rainfall is seasonal.
(f) (i) What is the geographical name that you would give to the general pattern of
settlements in the region shown on the map?
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:
(i) Nucleated pattern of settlement.
(ii) Settlements are closely located.
(g) What is the general direction of flow of the SipuNadi, given in the map extract? Give a
reason to support your answer.
Answer:
General direction of Sipu Nadi is South West. The spot height is decreasing from .261 (1116) to
.237 (0408).
(h) Name two probable occupations of the people in the settlement of Revdar in grid square 0313 and 0413.
Answer:
In G.S. 0313, the probable occupation is government service in PTO(Post and Telegraph
Office) and Police chauki and in 0413, the occupation is agriculture.
(i) What kind of roads connect
(i) Marol with Mitan?
(ii) Revdar with Karaunti?
Answer:
(i) Cart track connects Marol and Mitan.
(ii) Metalled road connects Revdar and Karaunti.
(j) Give two reasons to show that the area depicted in the map, experiences seasonal rainfall.
Answer:
The area receives seasonal rainfall, it is evident due to the presence of broken ground, stony
waste, dry streams, open scrubs, causeway.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Δ364.
(ii) The temple at Rampura.
Answer:
(i) ∆364- 957744.
(ii) The temple at Rampura- 954805.
(b) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which show that the region has seasonal rainfall.
Answer:
Two features that show the region has seasonal rainfall:
(i) Presence of Broken ground and seasonal streams.
(ii) Presence of sand dunes.
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometers along the cart track linking Juvol (923826) and Arniwada (944817).
Answer:
The distance betweenJuvol (923826) and Arniwada (944817) on the map is 4.8 cm
Scale -2 cm = 1 km
Therefore, ½ x 4.8=2.4 km is the distance on the ground.
(d) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Give an evidence to justify your answer.
Answer:
Lined perennial well is the chief form of irrigation. A large number of blue dots can be
seen in the map extract.
(e) Give one reason to explain why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join a river. Identify
another grid square in the map extract that has similar streams.
Answer:
(i) Since this area in G.S. 9478 is a sandy region, the water is absorbed in the sand.
(ii) Due to high temperature the water evaporates and do not join the river.
(iii) This region receives seasonal or low rainfall.
(f) What do the following represent:-
(i) Black broken lines in 9575.
(ii) Black curved lines in 9879.
Answer:
(i) Black broken lines in 9575- Disappearing stream.
(ii) Black curved lines in 9879- Broken ground
(g) Identify two landforms shown by the contours in grid square 9876.
Answer:
Two landforms shown by the contours in grid square 9876- Ridge and Watershed.
(h) (i) What is the general direction of the Balaram Nadi?
(ii) Which bank of the main river does the Balaram Nadi join?
Answer:
(i) The general direction of Balaram Nadi is from South-East to Nort-West.
(ii) Balaram Nadi joins on the left bank of the main river.
(i) What is the main occupation of the people living in the area shown in the map extract?
Give one reason to support your answer.
Answer:
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people in this region as the vast tract of yellow colour
shows cultivable land and the presence of large number of lined perennial wells.
(j) What is meant by scale of a map? What is the scale of the map extract provided to you?
Answer:
Scale of the map is the proportion between the distance on the map and the corresponding
distance on the ground. The scale of the map provided is 2 cm to 1 km
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) (i) What is the brown line in grid square 1516 called?
(ii) What does the figure written along this line indicate?
Answer:
(i) The brown line in grid square 1516 is called Contours
(ii) The figure written along this line indicates the height in meters of the contour line, i.e.
280 which is above mean sea level.
(b) Mention two main modes of transport used by the people in the area shown in the map extract.
Answer:
Cart track and Metalled road.
(c) On which bank of Sipu Nadi is the village Gulabganj (1920) situated? Where does the
village get its supply of water from throughout the year?
Answer:
Gulabganj is on the left bank of Sipu Nadi. It gets its water supply from the Lined perennial well.
(d) What is meant by the term Fire Line? Account for the necessity of Fire Lines in the jungle area
of the given map extract.
Answer:
Fire line is the space that is kept between the trees approximately, 5 meters apart to prevent
forest fire. It is necessary to avoid the spreading of fire.
(e) What is the nature of the canal shown in the map extract? Measure in kilometers the total
length of the canal.
Answer:
Nature of the canal- Perennial The length of the canal on the map is 10.6 cm
Scale- 2 cm = 1 km, therefore, ½ x 10.6 = 5.3 km.
(f) In what way does the pattern of drainage in grid square 2118 differ from that in grid square 2114?
Answer:
2118- Radial.
2114- Dendritic.
(g) Which is the most important settlement in the map extract? Give one reason to support your answer.
Answer:
Anadra is the most important because it has facilities of PTO (Post and Telegraph Office), DB
(Dak Bunglow), Police chauki, Dispensary and is connected with metalled road.
(h) (i) State the compass direction of Udwariya (2423) from Gulabganj (1920).
(ii) Mention one striking difference between these two settlements.
Answer:
(i) North-East.
(ii) Gulabganj forms a nodal centre which means it is connected with all other villages
whereas Udwariya is not so.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the four figure grid reference of:
(i) Dadarla.
(ii) Bhamra.
Answer:
(i) Dadarla- 1020.
(ii) Bhamra- 0420.
(b) Which is the largest settlement shown on the map extract? Which one communication facility
is exclusively available to this settlement?
Answer:
Dantrai is the largest settlement. PO (Post office) is one communication facility.
(c) What does RF stand for? State the RF of the map provided to you.
Answer:
R.F. stands for Representative Fraction. It is the ratio between the distances on the map to the
distance on the corresponding ground and is in fraction. The numerator denotes the length
on the map and the denominator denotes the actual distance on the ground. E.g. 1:50,000
R.F. of the map is 1:50,000 i.e. 1 unit on the map is equal to 50,000 units on the ground.
(d) What is the total area of the actual ground represented in the map extract? (Show with
the help of a simple calculation).
Answer:
Total grids from Eastings 02-10 (West to East) is 9 Total grids from Northings 17-28 (South to
North) is 11 Each side of grid is 2 cm, Scale- 2 cm = 1 km
From Eastings 02-10 (West to East) – 18 cm (9×2) = 18÷2= 9 km (L)
From Northings 17-28 (South to North)- 22 cm
(11×2) = 22 ÷ 2 = 11 km (B) Area = LxB Therefore, 9 x 11 = 99 sq.km.
(e) What is meant by ‘contour interval’? State the contour interval of the toposheet provided to you.
Answer:
Contour Interval- is the vertical difference between two consecutive contour lines which
remains constant throughout the map, e.g. 20 metres. Contour Interval of the map is 20 meters
(f) State the highest and the lowest spot heights found on the map extract. Also mention
whether they are in metres or in feet.
Answer:
Highest spot height is 339 and the lowest spot height is 263. They are in metres.
(g) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Spot height 339
(ii) Permanent hut located near DhadTalao.
Answer:
(i) Spot height 339- 042276.
(ii) Permanent hut located near Dhad Talao- 077225.
(h) What, according to you is the main
(i) occupation and
(ii) religion of the people of the above area?
Answer:
(i) Main occupation – Agriculture. [1]
(ii) Religion- Hindu.
(i) Name one ‘natural’ and one ‘man-made’ source of irrigation used in this region.
Answer:
Natural source of irrigation- Sukli Nadi and seasonal streams.
Man made source of irrigation- Lined perennial well.
(j) Name the general mode of transportation used in this region. What special feature of this
mode is mentioned in the map extract?
Answer:
Mode of transportation- Cart track. Special feature of this mode is Motorable in dry season.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) the temple in village Dhavli.
(ii) Δ480.
Answer:
(i) The temple in village Dhavli- 111073.
(ii) Δ480- 137045.
(b) What do the following indicate?
(i) 6r in grid square 1903.
(ii) The word Brackish in grid square 1403.
Answer:
(i) 6r in grid square 1903- Relative height of embankment which is 6 meters.
(ii) The word Brackish in grid square 1403- It means well containing salty water which is
unfit for drinking and agriculture
(c) (i) In grid square 1909, several contours merge at one point. What does this represent?
(ii) State the significance of the red dotted lines in the map extract.
Answer:
(i) It represents a cliff.
(ii) Red dotted lines are footpath which is the only means of transport in the mountainous region.
(d) Name the type of rainfall experienced in the region shown in the map extract. Give a reason
to support your answer.
Answer:
The region receives seasonal rainfall. The reasons are the presence of large number of seasonal
streams, broken ground, Open scrub.
(e) How does the drainage pattern in grid square 1606 differ from the drainage pattern in grid
square 1708?
Answer:
Drainage pattern in G.S. 1606 is Radial and in G.S. 1708 is Trellised.
(f) (i) What is the pattern of settlement in grid square 1904?
(ii) Name the settlement that has a post office.
Answer:
(i) Pattern of settlement in G.S. 1904- Scattered or Dispersed.
(ii) Dattani has a Post office.
(g) Name two landforms represented by the pattern of contours in grid square 1608.
Answer:
Ridge and Saddle.
(h) Calculate the ground distance in kilometers along the metalled road between the causeway
in 1502 and the distance stone marked 14 in grid square 1203.
Answer:
The ground distance between the causeway in 1502 and the distance stone marked 14 in grid
square 1203 is 7.8 cm Scale- 2 cm = 1 km
Therefore, ½ x 7.8= 3.9 km is the distance on the ground.
(i) State two reasons for the absence of human habitation in the north eastern region of the
map extract.
Answer:
(i) It is a hilly terrain.
(ii) It is covered with thick forests.
(j) (i) Mention the difference in height between the highest spot height in the map extract
and the contour height in grid square 1006.
(ii) What is the compass direction of Patlawaka Goliya (.590) from Kacholi Dungar (.443)?
Answer:
(i) Highest spot height-1023 Contour height – 260 Difference in height- 763 m.
(ii) North-West.
Question. Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Δ592.
(ii) The temple where the Annual Fair is held in the month of February.
Answer:
(i) ∆592- 928890. [1]
(ii) Temple- 912883.
(b) (i) State the general direction of Arado N.
(ii) What does the blue line in Arado N indicate?
Answer:
(i) South-West.
(ii) The blue line in Arado N indicate Water Channel.
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometers along the cart track between Velavas (868895) and Ranol (883888).
Answer:
The distance between Velavas (868895) and Ranol (883888) on the map is 5 cm.
Scale -2 cm = 1 km Therefore, ½ x 5= 2.5 km is the distance on the ground.
(d) (i) What does 7r in grid square 8689 indicate?
(ii) State the main source of irrigation at Dhariawada (Fatepura).
Answer:
(i) 7r indicates Relative depth of the Lined perennial well.
(ii) Lined perennial wells.
(e) What type of rainfall is experienced in the region shown in the map extract? Justify your
answer giving one reason.
Answer:
Seasonal rainfall. Presence of broken ground, seasonal dry streams, water channel, Island in the river bed,
open scrub, jungle
(f) Name and explain the term used for the brown lines in the map extract.
Answer:
Contour lines. These are the imaginary lines joining places of same height above the sea level.
(g) Name any two types of vegetation found in the map extract. Give a four figure grid reference for each.
Answer:
Two types of vegetation- Open mixed jungle in G.S. 9187 and Dense mixed jungle in G.S. 9385.
(h) (i) What is the main relief feature seen in grid square 9284?
(ii) Which prominent feature can be seen in
the river bed, grid reference 9380?
Answer:
(i) Conical Hill.
(ii) Island.
(i) State the pattern of:
(i) human settlement in grid square 8989
(ii) drainage in grid square 9185.
Answer:
(i) Human settlement in 8989- Linear settlement.
(ii) Drainage in grid square 9185- Radial.
(j) What inference can be drawn about the general occupation of the people of the region shown
in the western half of the map extract? Give one reason to justify your answer.
Answer:
Agriculture is the general occupation of the people. Presence of Lined perennial wells and yellow wash.
Question. Representative fraction (RF)
Answer: It is the ratio between the distances on the map to its corresponding distance on actual ground. The RF on this map is 1:50,000.
Question. Relative Height
Answer: Relative Height is the height of a feature with reference to the height of the surrounding land and NOT to sea level. It is represented by the height with a small ‘r’ eg – 12r.
Question. Embankment
Answer: They are raised rock or soil filled constructions on which roads/railway tracks are built. Also made near tanks and rivers to prevent flooding.
Question. Dep
Answer: It is a depression often found in sandy areas where the wind, having blown away the sand, leaves a hollow or a depression.
Question. Hill shading
Answer: Hill shading resembles a light and shadow effect. Valleys and the sides of mountains appear as though they are cast in shadow. This is a visually striking method, which is ideal for providing an overall view of the relief of an area. Hill shading, however, does not show height which means that is no more accurate than hachuring
Question. Brackish
Answer: It is a well, which has water with very high salt content which is unfit for drinking purposes.
Question. Mixed Forest
Answer: A forest with more than two varieties of trees growing in close proximity to each other.
Question. Stony Waste
Answer: A large area usually in arid/semi-arid regions where the finer sand/ soil has bown away leaving a surface covered with boulders, stones and pebbles.
Question. Open Jungle
Answer: A forest where trees are widely scattered
Question. Dense Jungle
Answer: A forest where trees grow very close to each other.
Question. Hachuring
Answer: Early cartographers attempted to show surface features on maps by using the technique of hachuring. Hachures short lines of varying thickness to show the shape and slope of the land. In accordance with this technique, the steeper the slope is, the thicker the lines are which represent it. While hachuring was initially innovative for its time, it gradually began to be replaced since the actual height of the land was not depicted.
Question. Causeway
Answer: It is a raised metalled road over a small water body. (Usually road used only in the non rainy months.)
Question. Spot Height
Answer: The height of random places between contours shown with a dot. E.g. – •425
Question. Scale
Answer: Scale is the ratio between the distance of any two points on the map and the actual distance of the same points on the ground. The scale of the given map extract is 2 cm: 1 km or 1:50,000.
Question. Q.C Q.D., OC, OD, PQ, etc
Answer: These are alphabetical codes used to represent the biggest grid sq. of 10,000 square kms.
