(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions

Name one region shown on the map which is unsuitable for the cultivation of crops.

On the outline map of India provided:
a) Mark and name Chennai
b) Label the river Godavari
c) Shade and label the Chota Nagpur Plateau
d) Shade and name the Gulf of Kachchh
e) Mark and name the Indo Gangetic Plains
f) Shade and label the area with Red Soil
g) Mark and name the winds which bring rain to Mumbai in July and August
h) Mark and name the Satpura Range
i) Mark and name Jharia Coal Field
j) Shade and label the Northern Circar coastal region.

On the outline map of India provided:

(a) Shade and label the Gangetic Plain. [1]

(b) Shade and label an area of laterite soil in North India. [1]

(c) Mark and label the Karakoram Mountains. [1]

(d) Mark and name the Palk Strait. [1]

(e) Shade and label the river Cauveri. [1]

(f) Mark and name Mumbai. [1]

(g) Mark and name the Nathu La Pass. [1]

(h) Mark and name Digboi. [1]

(i) Shade and name the Deccan Plateau. [1]

(j) Shade and label the river Jhelum. [1]

Name the following:

Off-shore oil field.

On the outline map of India provided mark and name the following:

1. Himalayas
2. River Ganga
3. Chennai
4. Western Ghats
5. Gulf of Kutch
6. Malabar coastal plain
7. Karakoram Pass
8. Black soil area in peninsular region
9. Standard Meridian of India
10. Jharia coal field

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What is the contour interval used in the given map extract?

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What is the pattern of drainage seen in the grid square 2505?

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What do you understand by .10r in 2709?

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What is the compass direction of Mahudi Nani (2604) from Panswala (2909)?

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Mark and label the Satpura.
2. Shade and label the Gulf of Kutch.
3. Mark and label the River Chambal.
4. Mark and label Delhi.
5. Mark and label 80°30' E longitude.
6. Mark and label Jharia Coalfield.
7. Mark with arrows and name the Southwest Monsoon winds.
8. Mark and label the Karakoram Pass.
9. Shade and label a sparsely populated region in Western India.
10. Shade an area having Alluvial soil.

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Mark and label the river Krishna.
2. Mark and label the Eastern Ghats.
3. Shade and label a densely populated area in the southern part of India.
4. Shade and label the Konkan coastal plain.
5. Mark with an arrow and label the direction of western disturbance.
6. Shade and label the Thar Desert.
7. Shade and label the Andaman Sea.
8. Mark and label the city Chennai.
9. Mark and name the highest peak of Himalayas in India.
10. Mark and label Mumbai High.

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Shade and label an area of alluvial soil in the north-east.
2. Mark using a dot and name the commercial capital of India.
3. Mark and name the highest peak of the Himalayas in India.
4. Shade and label Gulf of Kutch.
5. Mark with arrows and name the wind bringing rainfall to Punjab in the winter.
6. Shade and label a sparsely populated area.
7. Mark and label Eastern Ghats.
8. Mark and name a tributary of an important peninsular river.
9. Mark and label the most important latitude passing through the country.
10. Mark and label Coromandel coast.

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What do you understand by 1:50,000 printed below the map extract?

'Himalayas act as a climatic divide.' Justify the statement giving two reasons.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Though both are hill stations, Shimla experiences snowfall during the winters but Ooty does not.

How is the winter rainfall of the northwest part of India different from the winter rainfall of the southeast part of India?

Name a state that is the first to experience the onset of the monsoon.

Give a reason for the following:

Kanyakumari experiences an equable climate.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Jaipur has a higher annual range of temperature than Mumbai.

Name an area in India where Tropical Monsoon forest is found.