(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

With regard to scale, answer the following question:

Convert the following statement into R.F. 

2½ inches on the map = 5 miles on ground.

With regard to scale, answer the following question:

Convert the following statement into R.F.

7 cm on the map = 63000 meters on ground.

With regard to scale, answer the following question:

Convert the following statement into R.F. 

5 cm = 500 metres.

With regard to scale, answer the following question:

Convert the following statement into R.F.

15 cm = 6 km

Convert the following representative fraction into a statement:

1 : 63360 (to show miles).

Convert the following representative fraction into a statement:

1 : 1000000 (to show kilometres).

Convert the following representative fraction into a statement:

1 : 100 (to show metres).

Convert the following representative fraction into a statement:

1 : 10 (to show metres)

Convert the following representative fraction into a statement:

1 : 200,000 (to show kilometres)

Give two ways by which the trees that are found here have adapted to the climate.

How do trees in the Tropical desert forests adapt themselves to the dry climate?

What is the name given to the climate of India? Mention any two factors responsible for such a type of climate.

Explain two factors that effect the climate of India giving a suitable example for each.

Name two types of cyclonic systems that affect India and two areas that receive rainfall from these systems.

Give two important characteristics of the South West monsoon rainfall.

Give reasons for the following:

The Northern Plains of India have a continental type of climate.

State the main factors that affect the climate of Indian sub-continent.

Name the state in India through which the standard meridian of India and the Tropic of Cancer pass covering the longest distance.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

The northern plains of India do not freeze in winter.

At a place like Bhopal one can see the midday sun exactly over head twice a year, while at vidisha, only a few kilometre north of it, one is not able to do so even once. Give the reason briefly.