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

What is a rain water harvester? How does it work?

Name four advantages and three disadvantages of Railways?

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 307.
(ii) The spot height 196.
(b) 
Give the four figure grid reference of each of the following:
(i) The confluence of the Sipu River and the Mahadeviyo Nala.
(ii) Sheet rock.
(c) Measure the shortest distance in kilometres between the temple in, grid square 8192, and the perennial lined well at Bhakodar 8188.
(d) 
What do the following represent?
(i) Black curved lines in 7788.
(ii) The blue line in the bed of the Sipu River.
(e) 
(i) What is the general pattern of settlements in the region shown on the map?
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
(f) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Why is it necessary?
(g) 
(i) What is the main form of transport in this region?
(ii) Give the map evidence for your answer.
(h) 
(i) What is the compass direction of Dantiwada, 8582, fromBhadli Kotha, 7886?
(ii) What is the general direction of flow of the Arado. N?
(i) 
(i) Name the type of drainage pattern found in grid square 8584.
(ii) What do you mean by 25r in grid square 8286?
(j) 
(i) What is meant by ‘R.F.’?
(ii) What is the R.F. shown on this map extract?

The Eastern Coastal Plain and Western Coastal Plain.

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45 D/7 (A – B) and answer the following questions:
(a) (i) What does the abbreviation R. F., stand for?
(ii) What does 20r (grid sq. 8295) mean.
(iii) What does V near Shergadh village in the south-east corner mean.
(b) 
(i) What type of relief do you observe in north-west of the map (West Panswala)?
(ii) Why is the land shown in white shade not put to cultivation?
(c) 
(i) What seems to be the importance of village Jegol in grid sq. 8590 in the south?
(ii) Find out the length of the joint stream of rivers Sipu, Varka and Hanva.
(d) What type of relief feature is found close to Varkanala and Hanvanala near Gangudra in the centre of the area?
(e) Give four figure grid reference of a well marked meander of Varkanala and Sipu river.
(f) 
(i) What does the black line marked 24°30′ in the north denote.
(ii) What is the meaning of 72°20′ north-south black line in the western part of the map?
(iii) What do the figures 280, 300, 500 etc., written in brown on east margin of the map indicate.
(g) 
(i) Point out two man-made features on the map.
(ii) What is the direction of the river Sipu 83 C 86 grid lines?
(iii) What is the grid reference (four figures) of the lime kiln located near Rampura village in the north-west?

Show the different drainage patterns.

Name the rivers, falling in Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.

On the outline map of India provided:
(a) Draw, name and number the Tropic of Cance
(b) Label the river Narmada
(c) Shade and name Lake Chilka
(d) Mark and name the Aravali Mountains
(e) Mark and name the Karakoram Pass
(f) Shade and name a densely populated state in South India
(g) Shade and name a region with black soil
(h) Mark with a dot and name Srinagar
(i) Mark and name the winds which bring rain in winter to the Coromandel Coast
(j) Name and print O on an oilfield in North-east India.

Name the factors responsible for the formation of Soil.

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 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.
(b) 
(i) What does the blue coloured circle in the grid square 0619 represent?
(ii) What is the compass direction of Dantrai from Jolpur?
(c) What is the difference between the:
(i) Pattern of settlements in 0725 and the settlement of Idarla?
(ii) Drainage pattern of the streams in 0624 and those in 0824?
(d) 
(i) What is the value of the contour line in square 0226?
(ii) What is the contour interval in the map?
(e) Mention any two factors which provide evidence that the region in the map extract is a rural region.
(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.
(g)
(i) Name two natural features in 0527.
(ii) Name two manmade features in 0325.
(h) Name two features which make Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlements in the map extract.
(i) Calculate the area of the region which lies to the south of northing 21 in square kilometres.
(j)  What are the following?
(i) The black vertical line between eastings 09 and 10.
(ii) 302 in grid square 0425.