Question

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:

(a) 
(i) Give the four figure grid reference of the settlement of Hamirpura.
(ii) Give the six figure grid reference of the temple in the settlement of Jolpur.

(b) 
(i) What does the blue coloured circle in the grid square 0619 represent?
(ii) What is the compass direction of Dantrai from Jolpur?

(c) What is the difference between the:
(i) Pattern of settlements in 0725 and the settlement of Idarla?
(ii) Drainage pattern of the streams in 0624 and those in 0824?

(d) 
(i) What is the value of the contour line in square 0226?
(ii) What is the contour interval in the map?

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

(f) 
(i) How does the feature, indicated by the black curves in 0721, show that rainfall in this region is seasonal?
(ii) Mention one man-made feature in the map which also provides evidence that the rainfall is seasonal.

(g)
(i) Name two natural features in 0527.
(ii) Name two manmade features in 0325.

(h) Name two features which make Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlements in the map extract.

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

(j)  What are the following?

(i) The black vertical line between eastings 09 and 10.
(ii) 302 in grid square 0425.

Answer 1

(a)
(i) 0123
(ii) 079187

(b)
(i) Lined perennial well (Through the circle is not given in the map)
(ii) North West

(c) 
(i) Settlement in 0725—Dispersed.
Settlement in Idarla—Nucleated.
(ii) Drainage of 0624—Dendritic.
Drainage of 0824—Dendritic

(d) 
(i) 300 metre.
(ii) 20 metre.

(e) 
(i) No large settlement
(ii) No metalled road

(f)
(i) The black curved line in 0721 represent the Broken ground. Broken ground is formed due to alternating dry and wet periods along the banks of seasonal river where the soil is soft.
(ii) Large number of lined perennial well.

(g)
(i) In 0527 the natural features are seasonal stream trees and Barren land.
(ii) Motorable road in dry season and settlement. 

(h) The settlement Dantrai has a police chouki and a post office. Other settlements do not have them.

(i) 
Length—19.5 cm → 9.75 km
Breadth—6 cm → 3 km (as per Scale 2 cm to 1 km)
Area 9.75 × 3 = 29.25 sq. km.

(j) 
(i) Longitude
(ii) 302 in grid square 0425 is a spot height.