ch - 9 Industries in India: Agro Based Industries — Geography STD 10 — Question

What are Bench Marks?

Mention the important features of a river valley.

 What is Concave Slope and Convex Slope? Explain?

On the map of India,
(a) Label the Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast and the Coromandel Coast in their proper places.
(b) Shade and name the Rann of Kutch.
(c) Mark and name the Ajanta Range.
(d) Mark and name the Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
(e) Mark and name the Patkoi Hills.
(f) Mark and name the Naga Hills.
(g) Mark and name the Cardamom Hills.
(h) Mark and name the Annamalai Hills. Name its highest peak, Anaimudi.

Give reasons to justify that the Himalayas act as a ‘climatic divide’.

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions: (Map G)
(a) Give the four-figure grid reference of:
(i) Dadarla (ii) Bhamra
(b) Which is the largest settlement shown on the map extract? Which one communication facility is exclusively available to this settlement?
(c) What does RF stand for? State the RF of the map provided to you.
(d) What is the total area of the actual ground represented in the map extract? (Show with the help of a simple calculation)
(e) What is meant by ‘contour interval’? State the contour interval of the toposheet provided to you
(f) State the highest and the lowest spot heights found on the map extract. Also mention whether they are in metres or in feet.
(g) Give the six-figure grid reference of:
(i) Spot height 339 (ii) Permanent hut located near Dhad Talao.
(h) What, according to you is the main (i) occupation, and (ii) religion of the people of the above area?
(i) Name one ‘natural’ and one ‘man-made’ source of irrigation used in this region.
(j) Name the general mode of transportation used in this region. What special feature of this mode is mentioned in the map extract?

Give one use of each: teak, sal, myrobalan, sisam, sandalwood, eucalyptus.

In what ways is the scale represented on a map?

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?

What are the demerits of canals? How to overcome these defects?