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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.
What are the five different elements of a map? Explain them briefly.
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उत्तर
The following are the five essential features of a map.
- Title: It indicates the subject of the map. e.g, the distribution of natural vegetation, water bodies, climate, etc.
- Scale: It denotes the relationship between map distances and actual ground distances.
- Direction: It refers to the cardinal direction, i.e., North, South, East, and West. Conventionally, a map is aligned with the North towards the top.
- Key or Legend: It explains the meaning of the symbols that are used on the map.
- Grid system: The grid system is usually formed by the cross-conjugation of the lines of longitudes and latitudes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in brief.
What are the latitudinal and longitudinal extents of India? Use your atlas to find the answer.
Look at the symbols given here and answer the following question.
What does symbols 1 and 2 show?
Your friend has invited you to his house. He has drawn a rough sketch on a paper showing the direction to his house for you.
How does the sketch help you? What quality of your friend is shown through in this gesture?
Choose the odd one
The ______ of a map describes the information given in the map.
Match the following.
| Sr. No. | Colour | Features | |
| 1. | Brown | a. | Settlements, Road |
| 2. | Yellow | b. | Forest |
| 3. | Green | c. | Water bodies |
| 4. | Blue | d. | Agriculture |
| 5. | Red | e. | Mountain, Hells |
The features of ______ colour in Map is Railway line.
A ______ is a widely used symbol or a line pattern or a colour on a map.
map 1 cm is equal to ______ km on the grand.
The features of ______ colour in Map is Settlements, Road.
