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What Do You Understand by the Term Grid?

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What do you understand by the term Grid?

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A Grid is a set of lines used to find the exact location of places on a map. Most maps use the grid formed by latitudes and longitudes to find places.

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Name the following: An offshore oil field in the Gulf of Cambay.


State the direction in which this left bank tributary is flowing


Name the types of drainage pattern found in grid square 9374.


Which colours are used on toposheets? What is their significance?


What is a Nodal centre?


(i) On a topographical map two stations A and B are situated at height of 500 metres and 100 metres respectively. If the horizontal distance between them is 2 km, calculate the gradient.
(ii) On a topographical map, two places A and B are given. Calculate the gradient between them.


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) Triangulated height 217
(ii) A lined well near Chekhla.

(b) 
(i) Name the left bank tributary of the main river.
(ii) State the direction in which this left bank tributary is flowing.

(c) 
(i) Mention a special feature associated with the streams in grid square 9879.
(ii) Name the types of drainage pattern found in grid square 9382.

(d) Give the four grid reference of each of the following:
(i) Open scrub
(ii) Bantawada.

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

(f) Why do you find limited cultivation in the map extract?

(g) What is the compass direction of Antroli (9576) and Chekhla (9281) from Sangla?

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

(i) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart track between Chitrasani (999747) and Pirojpura (978753).

(j) 
(i) What is the geographical name that you would give to the general pattern of settlements in the region shown on the map?
(ii) Name one region shown on the map which is unsuitable for the cultivation of crops.


Answer the following questions on the Survey Sheet Number 45 D/7.

(a) Give six figure grid references of the following:
(i) ∆ 364 (ii) The temple at Rampura

(b) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which show that the region has seasonal rainfall

(c) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart-track linking Juvol (923826) and Amiwada (944817).

(d) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Give an evidence to justify your answer.

(e) Give one reason to explain why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join a river. Identify another grid square in the map extract that has similar streams.

(f) What do the following represent:
(i) Black broken lines in 9575 (ii) Black curved lines in 9879.

(g) Identity two landforms shown by the contours in grid square 9876.

(h) (i) What is the general direction of the Balram Nadi?
(ii) Which bank of the main river does the Balram Nadi join?

(i) What is the main occupation of the people living in the area shown in the map extract? Give one reason to support your answer.

(j) What is meant by scale of a map? What is the scale of the map extract provided to you?


Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45D/7 and answer the following questions:

(a) Give the six-figure grid reference of:
(i) ∆ 225 (ii) A lined well near Ganguwada.

(b) Name the most important perennial source of irrigation shown on the map extract.

(c) (i) What does 3r in the grid square 8895 mean?
(ii) What do you mean by 20r in the grid square 8994?

(d) Give two points in evidence to show that the region in the map extract has seasonal rainfall.

(e) (i) What does the blue line in the Varkanala indicate?
(ii) What is the general direction of the Varkanala?

f) (i) What is the meaning of 1 : 50000 printed below the map extract?
(ii) Calculate the distance in km., along the cart track between Jegal in the grid square 8590 and Odhava in the grid square 8892.

(g) Which part of the map is more developed in agricultural occupation? Give a reason for your answer.

(h) Give the four-figure grid reference of confluence of Sipu river and Varkanala.

(i) Name two types of vegetation in the given map extract.

(j) What is the pattern of drainage in the grid square 8599?

(k) (i) How many types of tracks are shown in the map extract? Name them.
(ii) What is the common mode of transportation in the southern part of this map?

(l) What is the general pattern of settlement? Why?


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