Question

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?

Answer 1

(a) (i) 859843 (ii) 860788.

(b) (i) 8189 (ii) 8188.

(c) 8 cm = 4 km.

(d)
(i) broken ground
(ii) perennial stream.

(e)
(i) Nucleated
(ii) There are a number of cart tracks connecting the settlements. People can take to farming.

(f) Perennial wells because the rivers are seasonal.

(g)
(i) Carts.
(ii) single red lines shown on the map.

(h) (i) south-east (ii) north to south.

(i)
(i) dendritic
(ii) the relative depth of the perennial well is 25 metres.

(j)
(i) Representative fraction: It is the ratio of the horizontal distance between two points on the map to the distance of the corresponding points on the ground.
(ii) 1 : 50000.