Question

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

1. 1. Give the six-figure grid reference for the temple that is located to the southwest of Pithapura settlement.  (1)
   2. Give the four-figure grid reference for a settlement where people of the region meet socially and for trade at least once in year. (1)
2. 1. What is the pattern of drainage seen in the grid square 2118? (1)
   2. What is the pattern of settlement seen in the grid square 1923? (1)
3. What do each of the two numbers (281 printed in black colour and 20 printed in red colour) in the grid square 1818 indicate? (2)
4. 1. Name any two man-made features in grid square 2419. (1)
   2. Name any two natural features in grid square 2118. (1)
5. What is the significance of the following?
   1. Fire line in grid square 2417. (1)
   2. Water body found in grid square 2221. (1)
6. Calculate the area of the region between 16 and 19 Eastings and 18 and 22 Northings. Give your answer in square kilometers. (2)
7. Give a reason for each of the following:
   1. The water in some of the wells in the north-west quarter of the map is not fit for drinking. (1)
   2. The region near Anadra and Gulabgani has many causeways. (1)
8. 1. What is the main means of irrigation used by people living in the area shown on the map? (1)
   2. What is the main occupation of the people of the region shown on the map? (1)
9. Which, according to you, is the most important settlement?  Give a reason to support your answer. (2)
10. Name any two means of transport used by the people living in the area shown on the map extract. (2)

Answer 1

1. 1. 201214
   2. 1520
2. 1. Water tank perennial
   2. Scattered settlement
3. 281 printed in black indicates spot height 20 printed in red colour indicates milestone 20 along the metalled road.
4. 1. Cart-track, settlement
   2. Dry tanks, trees, contours
5. 1. Fire line means a clearing, a gap, or an empty space that runs through a forest area. It is often also a trench which is filled with water or sand; this is done to stop the spread of fire in the forest.
   2. Simpunadi
6. Area of the region between 16 and 19
   Eastings → 161.6459 km
   Area of the region between 18 and 22
   Northings  → 215.5259 km
7. 1. Some wells are dry, and some wells are unlined.
   2. The presence of many causeways shows that the area gets seasonal or scanty rainfall during the dry season, so people make a habit of crossing them.
8. 1. Seasonal river, dry tanks
   2. A map showing more cultivable area, so farming is the main occupation of people.
9. Anadra, Gulabganj, and Sirori are the most important settlements connected by a metalled road, with a post office and a police station.
10. Causeways and roadways for this way of transportation are done.