(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Geography

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

Calculate the area in kilometre square of the region enclosed between Easting 26 to 29 and Northing 05 to 11.

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

1. 
   a. Give the six-figure grid reference for .201 in the eastern part of the |map extract.
   b. What are the brown patches in the north east quarter of the map extract?
2. Mohan goes on a bicycle from 02 northing to 12 northing in a straight line. If he moves at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, how much time will he take to reach his destination?
3. 
   a. What is the compass direction of Rampura (2709) from Kotda (3005)?
   b. If you are moving along the left bank of Sipu river, which settlement will you come across?
4. 
   a. Ramesh returned to his native place Mahudi Moti (2404) after a gap of ten years and was happy to see the development around his village. What according to you shows that the area around his village has developed?
   b. What is the black vertical line made between the casting 25 and 26?
5. Mention two manmade and two natural features in the grid square 2508.

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Shade and label Thar Desert.
2. Label the river Narmada.
3. Shade and name the Wular Lake.
4. Shade and label Kanara coast.
5. Mark and name Mount Kanchenjunga.
6. Shade and label a densely-populated region in India.
7. Shade and label a region with Red soil in India.
8. Mark with a dot and name Chennai.
9. Mark and label the Arabian Sea branch of S.W. Monsoon.
10. Mark with a dot and name Singhbhum.

On an outline map of India provided:
(a) Draw and name the Tropic of Cancer.
(b) Label the river Godavari.
(c) Mark and name the Garo Hills.
(d) Mark C on the coal fields of Jharia.
(e) Mark with an arrow and name the NE monsoon over the Bay of Bengal.
(f) Shade and name the Gulf of Kutch.
(g) Shade and name the coastal plain that receives rainfall in October and November.
(h) Mark with a dot and name Delhi.
(i) Shade a region with Black Cotton Soil.
(j) Use an arrow to point at a densely populated state in South India.

On the outline map of India provided:

(a) Draw and number the Standard Meridian of India.
(b) Label the river Mahanadi.
(c) Mark and name Lake Chilka.
(d) Shade and name the Gulf of Mannar.
(e) Mark and name the Vindhya Mountains.
(f) Shade and name a sparsely populated region in western India
(g) Shade a region with alluvial soil in South India.
(h) Mark and name Kolkata.
(i) Mark with arrows and name South West Monsoon winds over the Bay of Bengal.
(j) Mark and name Mumbai High.

On the outline map of India provided:
a) Mark and name the Nilgiris.
b) Shade and label the Malwa Plateau.
c) Shade and label the Malabar Coastal Plains.
d) Mark and name the River Gomati.
e) Mark and name the Andaman Sea.
f) Mark and name Allahabad.
g) Mark with a single arrow and name the winds that bring winter rains to North West India.
h) Mark and name Digboi.
i) Mark an area with laterite soil below the Tropic of Cancer.
j) Mark and name the Karakoram Pass.

What is the value of the contour line in square 0226? What is the contour interval in the map?

Mention any two factors which provide evidence that the region in the map extract is a rural region.

Name two features which makes Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlement in the map extract.

Calculate the area of the region which lies to the south of northing 21 in square kilometres.

On the outline map of India provided:
a) Draw, name and number the Standard Meridian.
b) Label the river Yamuna.
c) Shade and label the Gulf of Khambhat.
d) Mark and name the Nathu-La Pass.
e) Mark and name the Karakoram Range.
f) Shade and name a sparsely populated State in Northeast India.
g) Shade a region with laterite soil in Eastern India.
h) Mark with a dot and name Vishakhapatnam.
i) Mark and name the winds that bring rain to West Bengal in summer.
j) Print S on the iron mines in Singhbhum.

What is the geographical name that you would give to the general pattern of settlement in the region shown on the map?

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?