Physical and Political Features of India – Map Work

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.

Show the following on the outline map provided:

(a) Shade and label the Satpura Range.
(b) Label the River Krishna.
(c) Label the River Ravi.
(d) Shade and label the Khasi Hills.
(e) Mark with arrows the direction of the North-East Monsoon winds over the Bay of Bengal.
(f) Mark and label the Malabar coast.
(g) Shade and label an area of Laterite soil in India.
(h) Shade and label an area of Limestone in India.

On the map of India, mark with a dot and name the cities.

1. The National Capital (Delhi).
2. The Capital of Maharashtra, or the Commercial Capital of India (Mumbai).
3. The Capital of West Bengal (Kolkata).
4. The Capital of Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
5. The Capital of Karnataka (Bangalore).
6. The Capital of Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad).
7. The city whose local time is taken as the standard time of India (Allahabad).
8. Vishakhapatnam.
9. Kochi.
10. Capital of Jammu-Kashmir (Srinagar).

On the map of India,
(a) Label the Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast and the Coromandel Coast in their proper places.
(b) Shade and name the Rann of Kutch.
(c) Mark and name the Ajanta Range.
(d) Mark and name the Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
(e) Mark and name the Patkoi Hills.
(f) Mark and name the Naga Hills.
(g) Mark and name the Cardamom Hills.
(h) Mark and name the Annamalai Hills. Name its highest peak, Anaimudi.

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]

On the outline map provided

(a) Label the river Chenab.
(b) Label the river Chambal.
(c) Shade and label the Nilgiri Hills.
(d) Mark and label the Eastern Ghats.
(e) Mark and name the port city of Pakistan.
(f) Mark and label Hyderabad.
(g) Shade and label the Sunderbans.
(h) Mark and name the Palk Strait.
(i) Mark and label a region North of the Tropic of Cancer where tea is grown extensively.
(j) Mark and name the winds which bring rain to Mumbai in July and August.

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.

By what name is the parallel of latitude 23° 33′ known? Name the zones or belts into which it divides India almost equally.