(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Draw, name and number the Tropic of Cance
2. Label the river Narmada
3. Shade and name Lake Chilka
4. Shade and name Wular lake.
5. Mark and name the Aravali Mountains
6. Mark and name the Karakoram Pass
7. Shade and name a densely populated state in South India
8. Shade and name a region with black soil
9. Mark with a dot and name Srinagar
10. Mark with a dot and name Chandigarh
11. Mark and name the winds which bring rain in winter to the Coromandel Coast
12. Name and print O on an oilfield in North-east India.

On the outline map of India provided:

(a) Mark and name Kochi.
(b) Label the river Krishna.
(c) Shade and label the Malwa Plateau.
(d) Mark and label the Konkan Coast.
(e) Shade and label the Gulf of Mannar.
(f) Shade and label an alluvial soil area in Peninsular India.
(g) Mark with arrows the direction of the Arabian Sea branch of South West Monsoon Winds.
(h) Shade and label the Western Ghats.
(i) Mark the Jharia coal field.
(j) Shade and name a densely populated area.

On the outline map provided

(a) Label the river Chenab.
(b) Label the river Chambal.
(c) Shade and label the Nilgiri Hills.
(d) Mark and label the Eastern Ghats.
(e) Mark and name the port city of Pakistan.
(f) Mark and label Hyderabad.
(g) Shade and label the Sunderbans.
(h) Mark and name the Palk Strait.
(i) Mark and label a region North of the Tropic of Cancer where tea is grown extensively.
(j) Mark and name the winds which bring rain to Mumbai in July and August.

On the outline map provided:

(a) Shade and label the country Nepal.
(b) Shade and label an area of black soil in India.
(c) Mark and label the Konkan Coast.
(d) Shade and label one region of winter rainfall in India.
(e) Sade and label the Sulaiman Ranges.
(f) Label the River Yamuna.
(g) Label the River Tapti.
(h) Shade and label the Vindhya Ranges.

Show the following on the outline map provided:

(a) Shade and label the Satpura Range.
(b) Label the River Krishna.
(c) Label the River Ravi.
(d) Shade and label the Khasi Hills.
(e) Mark with arrows the direction of the North-East Monsoon winds over the Bay of Bengal.
(f) Mark and label the Malabar coast.
(g) Shade and label an area of Laterite soil in India.
(h) Shade and label an area of Limestone in India.

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.
(a) Mark and name the Himalaya Mountains.
(b) Mark and name the Passes : Bolan, Gomal, Shipkila (Shipki).

On the map of India,
(a) Label the Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast and the Coromandel Coast in their proper places.
(b) Shade and name the Rann of Kutch.
(c) Mark and name the Ajanta Range.
(d) Mark and name the Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
(e) Mark and name the Patkoi Hills.
(f) Mark and name the Naga Hills.
(g) Mark and name the Cardamom Hills.
(h) Mark and name the Annamalai Hills. Name its highest peak, Anaimudi.

On the map of India,

(a) Mark and name the Shiwalik Range.
(b) Mark and name, the Western Ghats with two gaps, Bhor Ghat and Palghat Gap.
(c) Mark and name the peak on the Karakoram Mts, (Mt. Godwin Austien or Mt. K2).
(d) Mark and name, the highest peak on the Himalayas, (Mt Everest).
(e) Mark and name Mt. Kanchenjunga.
(f) Mark and name the Maikal Range.
(g) Shade and name the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

On the map of India, mark with a dot and name the cities,
(a) The National Capital (Delhi).
(b) The Capital of Maharashtra Or the Commercial Capital of India (Mumbai).
(c) The Capital of West Bengal (Kolkata).
(d) The Capital of Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
(e) The Capital of Karnataka (Bangalore).
(f) The Capital of Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad).
(g) The city whose Local Time is taken as the Standard Time of India (Allahabad).
(h) Vishakhapatnam.
(i) Kochi.
(j) Capital of Jammu-Kashmir (Srinagar).

Name the physical divisions into which India can be divided.

Mention two advantages that surface wells have over inundation canals.

Where are tanks most widely used in India? Why?

What are the several methods applied for lifting water from wells?

Give Two advantages of tube-wells as a method of irrigation

Give what are the conditions necessary for tube-wells.

What are the demerits of canals? How to overcome these defects?

Give two main reasons why water scarcity occurs in India.

Give reasons for the popularity of tanks in South India.
Or
Peninsular India is an ideal region for constructing tanks. Why?

What geographical advantages for irrigation does the Indo-Gangetic Plain have over the Deccan?