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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in brief.
What is meant by the scale of a map?
उत्तर
The scale on a map is the distance shown on the map. The scale is given just below the map.
The scale helps us to find out the correct distance between various points on a map. On a scale, there is always a proportion between the dimension of the map and the actual area they represent.
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