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Describe the importance of colours on the toposheet?
Solution
The use of various colours are essential to show the various features on the toposheet e.g. the cultivated area is always shown by the yellow colour and the green colour on the toposheet, shows the forested and wooded area.
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Give the six figure grid reference of Triangulated height 217
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(a) (i) Give the six-figure grid reference for the temple that is located to the south west of Pithapura settlement. (1)
(ii) 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)
(b) (i) What is the pattern of drainage seen in the grid square 2118? (1)
(ii) What is the pattern of settlement seen in the grid square 1923?(1)
(c) 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)
(d) (i) Name any two man-made features in grid square 2419. (1)
(ii) Name any two natural features in grid square 2118. (1)
(e) What is the significance of the following?
(i) Fire line in grid square 2417. (1)
(ii) Water body found in grid square 2221. (1)
(f) Calculate the area of the region between 16 and 19 Eastings and 18 and 22 Northings. Give your answer in kilometre square. (2)
(g) Give a reason for each of the following:
(i) The water in some of the wells in the north west quarter of the map is not fit for drinking. (1)
(ii) The region near Anadra and Gulabgani has many causeways. (1)
(h) (i) What is the main means of irrigation used by people living in the area shown on the map? (1)
(ii) What is the main occupation of the people of the region shown on the map? (1)
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(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:
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(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.
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(a) Give six figure grid references of the following:
(i) ∆ 364 (ii) The temple at Rampura
(b) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which show that the region has seasonal rainfall
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart-track linking Juvol (923826) and Amiwada (944817).
(d) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Give an evidence to justify your answer.
(e) Give one reason to explain why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join a river. Identify another grid square in the map extract that has similar streams.
(f) What do the following represent:
(i) Black broken lines in 9575 (ii) Black curved lines in 9879.
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(ii) Which bank of the main river does the Balram Nadi join?
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(j) What is meant by scale of a map? What is the scale of the map extract provided to you?
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(a) Give the six figure grid reference of
(i) ∆ 277 (→) (ii) Lime kiln near Rampura (→) (iii) Stony waste (→).
(b) (i) What does the blue line in the Sipu river indicate?
(ii) In which village do you see the nodal function 7 What do you mean by this?
(c) (i) What does the black lines along the streams in the grid square 9199 indicate?
(ii) How are these features formed?
(iii) What type of region is shown in grid square 8696?
(d) Give the six-figure grid reference of the following:
(i) Lime Kiln near village Panswala.
(ii) Well with water near village Gonodara.
(iii) Dry tank near village Mohudi Moti.
(e) (i) What is the direction of the flow of Sipu river?
(ii) State why does it flow in this particular direction?
(f) Mention three natural features in the grid square 8998.
(g)
(i) What is the meaning of the term open scrub printed on the map.
(ii) How do you get an idea of the general nature of the slope in this area?
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