(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Geography

On the outline map of India provided:

(a) Shade and label Thar Desert. 
(b) Label the river Narmada. 
(c) Shade and name the Wular Lake. 
(d) Shade and label Kanara coast.
(e) Mark and name Mount Kanchenjunga.
(f) Shade and label a densely-populated region in India.
(g) Shade and label a region with Red soil in India.
(h) Mark with a dot and name Chennai. 
(i) Mark and label the Arabian Sea branch of S.W. Monsoon.
(j) Mark with a dot and name Singhbhum.

On an outline map of India provided:
(a) Draw and name the Tropic of Cancer.
(b) Label the river Godavari.
(c) Mark and name the Garo Hills.
(d) Mark C on the coal fields of Jharia.
(e) Mark with an arrow and name the NE monsoon over the Bay of Bengal.
(f) Shade and name the Gulf of Kutch.
(g) Shade and name the coastal plain that receives rainfall in October and November.
(h) Mark with a dot and name Delhi.
(i) Shade a region with Black Cotton Soil.
(j) Use an arrow to point at a densely populated state in South India.

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.

On the outline map of India provided:
a) Mark and name the Nilgiris.
b) Shade and label the Malwa Plateau.
c) Shade and label the Malabar Coastal Plains.
d) Mark and name the River Gomati.
e) Mark and name the Andaman Sea.
f) Mark and name Allahabad.
g) Mark with a single arrow and name the winds that bring winter rains to North West India.
h) Mark and name Digboi.
i) Mark an area with laterite soil below the Tropic of Cancer.
j) Mark and name the Karakoram Pass.

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.

Name two features which makes Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlement in the map extract.

Calculate the area of the region which lies to the south of northing 21 in square kilometres.

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.

On the outline map of India provided:
a) Mark and name Chennai
b) Label the river Godavari
c) Shade and label the Chota Nagpur Plateau
d) Shade and name the Gulf of Kachchh
e) Mark and name the Indo Gangetic Plains
f) Shade and label the area with Red Soil
g) Mark and name the winds which bring rain to Mumbai in July and August
h) Mark and name the Satpura Range
i) Mark and name Jharia Coal Field
j) Shade and label the Northern Circar coastal region.

On the outline map of India provided:

(a) Shade and label the Gangetic Plain. [1]

(b) Shade and label an area of laterite soil in North India. [1]

(c) Mark and label the Karakoram Mountains. [1]

(d) Mark and name the Palk Strait. [1]

(e) Shade and label the river Cauveri. [1]

(f) Mark and name Mumbai. [1]

(g) Mark and name the Nathu La Pass. [1]

(h) Mark and name Digboi. [1]

(i) Shade and name the Deccan Plateau. [1]

(j) Shade and label the river Jhelum. [1]

Name the following:

Off-shore oil field.

On the outline map of India provided mark and name the following:

1. Himalayas
2. River Ganga
3. Chennai
4. Western Ghats
5. Gulf of Kutch
6. Malabar coastal plain
7. Karakoram Pass
8. Black soil area in peninsular region
9. Standard Meridian of India
10. Jharia coal field

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. G43S7 and answer the following question:

What is the compass direction of Mahudi Nani (2604) from Panswala (2909)?

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.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

The Malabar coast receives heavy rainfall in the month of July but the Coromandel coast during this time remains comparatively dry.

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Mark and label the river Krishna.
2. Mark and label the Eastern Ghats.
3. Shade and label a densely populated area in the southern part of India.
4. Shade and label the Konkan coastal plain.
5. Mark with an arrow and label the direction of western disturbance.
6. Shade and label the Thar Desert.
7. Shade and label the Andaman Sea.
8. Mark and label the city Chennai.
9. Mark and name the highest peak of Himalayas in India.
10. Mark and label Mumbai High.

On the outline map of India provided:

1. Shade and label an area of alluvial soil in the north-east.
2. Mark using a dot and name the commercial capital of India.
3. Mark and name the highest peak of the Himalayas in India.
4. Shade and label Gulf of Kutch.
5. Mark with arrows and name the wind bringing rainfall to Punjab in the winter.
6. Shade and label a sparsely populated area.
7. Mark and label Eastern Ghats.
8. Mark and name a tributary of an important peninsular river.
9. Mark and label the most important latitude passing through the country.
10. Mark and label Coromandel coast.