Question

Study the extract of the Survey of India map sheet no: G43510 - Map 6 and answer the following questions (Eastings 64 to 72 and Northings 29 to 39):

1.  Interpret the following:
   1. PF in four figure grid reference 6935.
   2. Red dotted line in grid reference 7131.
2. 1. What is the main source of perennial water supply to village Asawa?
   2. What is the meaning of 300 in grid square 67307?
3. 1. In which quarter of the map is the occupation of the people forestry?
   2. Give four figure grid reference of a veterinary hospital.
4. What is a fireline? What is the use of fireline in grid square 7130?
5. 1. What do the black curved lines in four figure grid reference 6631 represent?
   2. What do they indicate about the rainfall in the region?
6. What is the direction of the following:
   1. Pithapura (6633) from Udwariya (6934).
   2. On which bank of Sipu River is village Gulabganj located.
7. What is the area in kilometre square between Northing 35 to 38 and Easting 68 to 70?
8. List one main difference and one similarity between the settlement pattern in four figure gird reference 6535 and the settlement of Gulabganj?
9. Which National Highway runs through the surveyed region? How does it cross the intervening Sipu River?
10. Identify the drainage pattern in the following grid squares:
    1. 6736
    2. 6729

Answer 1

1. 1. Protected forest
   2. Foot path
2. 1. Perennial tank in the village.
   2. It is a contour height 300 metres above mean sea level.
3. 1. South East
   2. 6533
4. Fireline is a 5-meter clearing made in forests. It is very useful in grid square 7130 to prevent the spread of forest fire as it is a forest area.
5. 1. Broken ground
   2. It indicates seasonal rainfall.
6. 1. South-West
   2. Left bank
7. The area in kilometre square between Northing 35 to 38 and Easting 68 to 70 is 6 km².
8. Difference: 6535 is a dispersed settlementwhereas Gulabganj is a nucleated settlement.
   Similarity: Both are permanent settlements.
9. NH 168. It crosses Sipu River by a bridge.
10. 1. Dendritic drainage
    2. Radial drainage