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Why is the Pamir Knot Known as ‘The Roof of the World’.

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Why is the Pamir Knot known as ‘the roof of the world’.

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Pamir Knot is known as ‘the roof of the world’, because of its vastness and great height.

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पाठ 2: Map of India - Short Questions

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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.


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.


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.


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


On the outline map of the Indian sub-continent provided to you at the end of this question paper:

(i) Mark with a bold line and label:
(a) The Karakoram Range.
(b) The Eastern Ghats.
(c) The Nilgiris
(ii) Shade and name one region for the : Black soil.
(iii) Mark and label:
(a) The Khyber Pass
(b) The capital city of Assam.
(c) River Godavari.
(iv) (a) Identify, shade and name:
(1) A region of sparse population (less than 50 pp sq.) in North-Eastern India.
(2) A region of ‘Equatorial Forests’.
(b) Mark with one long arrow, the direction of the Summer Monsoon over the Bay of Bengal.


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 outline map of India provided:

  1. Mark and label the Satpura.
  2. Shade and label the Gulf of Kutch.
  3. Mark and label the River Chambal.
  4. Mark and label Delhi.
  5. Mark and label 80°30' E longitude.
  6. Mark and label Jharia Coalfield.
  7. Mark with arrows and name the Southwest Monsoon winds.
  8. Mark and label the Karakoram Pass.
  9. Shade and label a sparsely populated region in Western India.
  10. Shade an area having Alluvial soil.

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