ch - 2 Map of India — Geography STD 10 — Question

Answer the following questions on the Survey Sheet Number 45 D/7.
(a) Give six figure grid references of the following:
(i) ∆ 364 (ii) The temple at Rampura
(b) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which show that the region has seasonal rainfall
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart-track linking Juvol (923826) and Amiwada (944817).
(d) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Give an evidence to justify your answer.
(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.
(f) What do the following represent:
(i) Black broken lines in 9575 (ii) Black curved lines in 9879.
(g) Identity two landforms shown by the contours in grid square 9876.
(h) (i) What is the general direction of the Balram Nadi?
(ii) Which bank of the main river does the Balram Nadi join?
(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.
|(j) What is meant by scale of a map? What is the scale of the map extract provided to you?

On the outline map provided
(a) Label the river Chenab.
(b) Label the river Chambal.
(c) Shade and label the Nilgiri Hills.
(d) Mark and label the Eastern Ghats.
(e) Mark and name the port city of Pakistan.
(f) Mark and label Hyderabad.
(g) Shade and label the Sunderbans.
(h) Mark and name the Palk Strait.
(i) Mark and label a region North of the Tropic of Cancer where tea is grown extensively.
(j) Mark and name the winds which bring rain to Mumbai in July and August.

On the map of India.
(a) Mark and name the Himalaya Mountains.
(b) Mark and name the Passes : Bolan, Gomal, Shipkila (Shipki).

What are Bench Marks?

In the context of the Indian agriculture, answer the following:
How has the consolidation of land holdings helped the farming community?

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45 D/7 (A and B) and answer the following questions.
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of
(i) ∆ 277 (→) (ii) Lime kiln near Rampura (→) (iii) Stony waste (→).(b) (i) What does the blue line in the Sipu river indicate?
(ii) In which village do you see the nodal function 7 What do you mean by this?
(c) (i) What does the black lines along the streams in the grid square 9199 indicate?
(ii) How are these features formed?
(iii) What type of region is shown in grid square 8696?
(d) Give the six-figure grid reference of the following:
(i) Lime Kiln near village Panswala.
(ii) Well with water near village Gonodara.
(iii) Dry tank near village Mohudi Moti.
(e) (i) What is the direction of the flow of Sipu river?
(ii) State why does it flow in this particular direction?
(f) Mention three natural features in the grid square 8998.
(g) 
(i) What is the meaning of the term open scrub printed on the map.
(ii) How do you get an idea of the general nature of the slope in this area?

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) Triangulated height 217
(ii) A lined well near Chekhla.
(b) 
(i) Name the left bank tributary of the main river.
(ii) State the direction in which this left bank tributary is flowing.
(c) 
(i) Mention a special feature associated with the streams in grid square 9879.
(ii) Name the types of drainage pattern found in grid square 9382.(d) Give the four grid reference of each of the following:
(i) Open scrub
(ii) Bantawada.
(e) Name two relief features that can be seen in grid square 9782 and 9574.
(f) Why do you find limited cultivation in the map extract?
(g) What is the compass direction of Antroli (9576) and Chekhla (9281) from Sangla?
(h) What type of rainfall is experienced in the region shown in the map extract? Justify your answer giving one reason.
(i) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart track between Chitrasani (999747) and Pirojpura (978753).
(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.

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 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.
(b) What does the conventional symbol at grid reference 145132 mean?
(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?
(d) 
What do the following numbers in grid square 1718 and 1818 mean?
(i) 280 (ii) 281
(e) What are the two differences between the settlement Bamba in 1914 and those in 1813?
(f) Name four facilities that Anadra has which makes it an important settlement
(g) What is the quickest means of communication for the people of Dabani (1313)?
(h) What do the following mean:
(i) Brackish in 1915 (ii) Causeway in 1715 (iii) 6r in 1218?(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.(j) What is the distance in kilometres between the distance stone 20 in 1818 and the causeway in 1715 along the metalled road?

Explain the stages involved in secondary treatment of water.

Name the various types of settlement patterns found on toposheet.