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(I) What is the Importance of a Relief Map.

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(i) What is the importance of a Relief Map.

(ii) How can we show occupations by the evidences of names or by inference of relief features?

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उत्तर

(i) The study of relief features requires careful handling. It is a bird’s eye view of the entire . area where hills, plateau, and down lands are shown clearly. The gap between, two hills is marked. Maximum heights may be located and denoted with grid reference.
(ii) The following list shows the occupations by the evidence of names or by inference of relief features.

Evidences or Inferences of Relief Amplification of Occupations
(i) Forest-green patch Forestry
(ii) Yellow colour and orchards Agriculture
(iii) Pastures and meadows or scrub Cattle grazing or sheep rearing.
(iv) Quarries and mines Quarrying and mining
(v) Settlement near main roads-Annual fair (written) Trade
(vi) Mines and factories Industrial development
(vii) Park, golf courses, rifle ranges Recreation and cultural development
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अध्याय 1: Interpretation of Topographical Maps - Long Questions

संबंधित प्रश्न

How does the feature, indicated by the black curves in 0721, show that rainfall in this region is seasonal?


Name two relief features that can be seen in grid square 9782 and 9574.


What type of rainfall is experienced in the region shown in the map extract? Justify your answer giving one reason.


What do you mean by ‘Marginal Information’?


Calculate the average gradient along the two stations A and B, if the horizontal distance between them is 1,200 metres and the vertical difference in height is 240 metres.


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) the brick kiln
(ii) the temple near Asav.

(b) What is the difference in the pattern of drainage in grid square 0916 and in 0712?

(c) Give the four figure grid reference of each of the following:
(i) Stony waste
(ii) Open scrub.

(d) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the metalled road between the causeways in grid square 0512 and 0808.

(e) (i) What do the tiny curved black lines in grid square 0315 indicate?
(ii) What is the main cause for this feature?

(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.

(g) What is the general direction of flow of the Sipu Nadi, given in the map extract? Give a reason to support your answer.

(h) Name two probable occupations of the people in the settlement of Revdar in grid square 0313 and 0413.

(i) What kind of roads connect (i) Marol with Mitan and (ii) Revdar with Karaunti respectively?

(j) Give two reasons to show that the area depicted in the map experiences seasonal rainfall.


Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:

  1. What is the compass direction of Sunset Point from the settlement of Anadra?
  2. What is the pattern of drainage in grid square 2315?
  3. Mention any two features seen in the map extract which indicate that the region has seasonal rainfall.
  4. 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.
  5. What advantage does a Representative Fraction have over a verbal scale?
  6. Give the six figure grid reference of:
    1. Anjini Devi ka Mandir
    2. D 1327.
  7. Name the three different kinds of roads in grid square 2411 and the one in grid square 2515.
  8. Mention two occupations of the people living in the northern part of the region in the map extract. Give reasons to support your answer.
  9. What is the difference between the slope in grid square 2115 and the one in 1811? Give a reason for your answer.
  10. What is the purpose of:
    1. the fireline in grid square 2316.
    2. the pipeline in grid square 2209?
  11. What do the following represent?
    1. The red square in grid square 2514.
    2. 4r in grid square 1612,
  12. Abu is a popular holiday resort. Mention any three features seen in the map extract which attract holidaymakers to Abu.

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) The temple in village Dhavli
(ii) ∆ 480

(b) What do the following indicate?
(i) 6r in grid square 1903
(ii) The word Brackish in grid square 1403.

(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.

(d) Name the type of rainfall experienced in the region shown in the map extract. Give a reason to support your answer.

(e) How does the drainage pattern in grid square 1606 differ from the drainage pattern in grid square 1708?

(f) 
(i) What is the pattern of settlement in grid square 1904?
(ii) Name the settlement that has a post office.

(g) Name two landforms represented by the pattern of contours in grid square 1608.

(h) Calculate the ground distance in kilometres along the metalled road between the causeway in 1502 and the distance stone marked ’14’ in grid square 1203.

(i) State two reasons for the absence of human habitation in the north eastern region of the map extract.

(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 Patlawa ka Goliya (590.) from Kacholi Dunga (443.)?


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?


Study the extract for topographical sheet 63K/12 shown in the figure below and answer the following questions.

  1. Give the height of the highest point on the map.
  2. River Jamtihwa Nadi is flowing through which quarter of the map?
  3. Which is the major settlement located in the east of the Kuardari Nala?
  4. What type of settlement does the area have?
  5. Name the geographical feature represented by white patches in the middle of Sipu Nadi.
  6. Name the two types of vegetation shown on part of the topographical sheet.
  7. What is the direction of the flow of the Kuardari?
  8. In which part of the sheet area is Lower Khajuri Dam located?

R. F. 1: 50,000
Part of the Topographical Sheet No 63K/12


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