B1 TOPOSHEET - EXERCISE 2

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See the features of this toposheet. Divide the toposheet into 4 quarters. Study the each quarter. For example North west corner (A), North East Corner (B), South West Corner(c) and South East Corner (D). For example what features do you see in the A Corner???First of all, you see river Sipu, a few nucleated settlements, yellow wash, open scrub, little bit of green forest on top of A corner, we can see some spot heights too. Can you see a cart track (red line)? We can also see perennial wells (blue). Did you spot stony waste (8596)? In the same way, go through the B corner and C corner and D corner. Make a mental picture of the toposheet with prominent symbols. After having a quick glance of thetoposheet, read the questions that are asked. You have 15 minutes to read the question paper. First read the other questions and then come to the toposheet which requires more time to read. Keep a pencil ready to mark few features.For the bigger view of the toposheet, click on top of the picture.

• Can you see R.F.? You can see at the bottom right. R.F. is 1:50,000. I have already explained to you how to write R.F. in the earlier lesson.


• can you see the scale? You can see almost near the R.F. The scale is 2cm to 1 km. It means 2cm on the map is equal to the 1km on the ground. Good, i suppose u understood.


• What's the contour interval of the toposheet? Check the contour interval near the scale. Contour interval of this toposheet is 20 metres.(usually it is 20 metres)


• What else can you see? Ok, let's do the direction which i have explained to you earlier. Find out what is the directionof Rajkot lie from Gangudra? First of all, Rajkot is in grid square 8995 and gangudra is in grid square 8793. Imagine you are in Gangudra and you want to go to Rajkot from Gangudra? First of all, you hv to go up which is north and then you have to turn right, which is east direction.Therefore the comapass direction is north-east from Gangudra. Do you follow?


• Where do you find the lowest part in the toposheet? The south west corner is the lowest part in the map. because two rivers flow towards south west whichis an indication of the slope. check the spot heights in the map. they are decreasing towards south west. Identify some spotheights in the map.


• See the settlements on the map: What type of settlement do you find? Ofcourse, nuclear/compact/clustered. If you didnt understand, read the text book on settlements and come back to the blog.


• What kind of rainfal this area gets? check the rivers-we can see broad sandy bed exposed, a thin water channel, (in blue) several cart tracks, and a pack track. This shows that the area gets seasonal rainfall.


• Now let us see the occupation. Study the toposheet closely. I had told you about the occupations. Go through it again. Let us study the occupation of Bhadli (Jhat) - grid square 8596. What do you notice there? click the toposheet and check. its is A CORNER. There is a river, perennial wells (Blue dots), yellow patch(which means agriculture) and stony waste. Can you see them? From this we know that the occupation of the people of that area is cultivation and stone cutting or extraction of limestone. This is indicated by the presence of agricultural land ( in yellow colour), perennial wells and the presence of lime kilns.


• It is a clustered settlement too.


• Can you see the irrigation facilities or source of water? We can see the river which has narrow blue line which means it is perennial even though the river is seasonal. Then we also can see the perennial wells. So two perennial source of water is the River waters and well irrigation.


• Let's study man made features - we can see few temples in the toposheets and permanent huts. I couldn't see any post office. As I have told you, my eyes are not very sharp. In the exam, they will ask one or two man-made features. So the man-made features are temples and permanent huts.


• Now let's study the natural features - We can see rivers, trees, islands in the middle of the river, jungles, mines, pack tracks, cart tracks, lined wells, etc. You can see all these in this map. So, you select any two. The natural feature is river and forest. Sometime they will give a grid square and ask to you to mention one man-made feature and one natural feature. Go and locate that grid square and follow the points that I have told you.


• Let us see the drainage pattern on the map. See the area around the town Gangudra.(Grid square 8793) See the drainage pattern around the area-dont see only in the grid square 8793. Go beyond that. The river or drainage pattern is Rectangular or Trellised. Can you see the shape of the river? Thin lines that join the main river. Read the text book regarding the drainage pattern (if you have not understood) There are three drainage patterns - Dendritic(Tree like or veins of a leaf) Trellis/Rectangle and Radial.


• Let us study the river bed of Sipu- In what two ways does the river bed of Sipu convey that it flows through a region of seasonal rainfall? We did go through that earlier. Study the river. It has a broad sandy riverbed which is exposed. If you dont understand the sandy river bed, go to the text book and looks for the symbos of sandy bed. You will see it in my blog too. It also has a thin water channel in the middle of the river. We also see many cart and pack tracks passing the river. Therefore, the river doesn't have much water in the summer season and so the river dries up. Do you follow me? Since the river is dry, you see the sandy beds and cart and pack tracks passing the river. So the people can cross the river during summer. Therefore it is a seasonal river.(it means the river gets water only in the rainy season).


• What are the conventional sighs near north east part of the toposheet near open mixed jungle? - check corner B - We find broken ground there. So what is broken land? Broken land gives rise to Bad land topography. These are generally found along the banks of a river. Broken ground is caused due to erosion during rain when the river is in flood. It usually heappens in the area where there is no vegetation/plants.


• Some time a question comes on the comparision of two settlements. Now let us study the village Jigol (grid square 8590) and other villages. Jigol is better off than other settlements. It has good transport system in comparision with other villages. We can see many cart tracks leading into the village. Plus it has many lined wells for irrigation purposes.


• In which quarter of the map extract do you find the lowest area to be? Divide the whole toposheet into 4 corners. We have done that in the beginning. Look for the spot heights in the toposheet. if you study the heights, you will find south west qurater of the map are decreasing towards the south west. See also the river flowing. They flow towards the south west. So the south-west corner of the map exatract is the lowest region.


• Hope you know how to find grid squares - 4 figure or 6 figure/digit grid reference. Find four digit grid square is easy but the problem begins when you have to find 6-digit grid reference. When you are asked to locate the 6-digit reference, rememeber these points. First find the square. Ok, let us locate a place using 6-figure grid reference of a temple in the north east of Odhava. Ok, let us see the 4-figure grid reference. It is in the grid square 8992. This is four figure grid reference. now we need 6-figure grid reference. After locating 4-figure grid reference, divide that square into 4 equal parts. First take a ruler and place it on the horizontal line of that grid square(. get the mid point. Then place the ruler on the vertical line and find the mid point and join these mid points. then u get the mid point of easting and northings. then u locate the spot in the grid square and if the spot is beoynd the mid point, then it wil be above 5. You can find the exact 6 figure grid reference by dividing grid squares into 10 blocks. Hold the scale vertical and horizontal on that grid square and join them. Now u get 10 X 10 equal squares. NOw you see where is the spot and give the grid reference.894925

A8 SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ON TOPOSHEETS

If you get these questions, look for these points in the toposheets and can write these answers:

1.Mention ay two features seen in the map extract which indicate the region has seasonal rainfall.Seasonal streams/ Broken ground/open scrub/seasonal tank/cart track motorable in dry season/narrow perennial channel in the dry bed of the river(after looking for these features, select any two features that you find on the topo sheet and write this way)

Ans: Open scrub and seasonal streams are two features in the map that indicate the region has seasonal rainfall.
Rivers, steams and ponds/tanks are dry in nature.
Barren land shown in white colour also indicate tht the region has seasonal rainfall.2.Mention any three features seen in the map extract which attract holiday makers.(look for various tourist destinations like temple, water falls, lakes, park, sunset points, etc and then write answers)

3. Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract? Give somE evidences to justify your answer.(look for perennial wells first, then the rivers, lakes, tanks, etc and give answer. For example, if you find the presence of many blue circles in the map, then you can write your answer this way.)
Ans: The chief form of irrigation is perennial well-irrigation. Presence of blue circles scattered all over the map .

4. Give one reason to explain why the steams in grid square ......... do not join a river. (look for sandy soil , rainfall, etc)Ans; Reasons for streams not meeting the main river due to:-
* presence of sandy soil which is porous
* poor rainfall
* high rate of evaporation. (any two )
5. State two reasons for the absence of human habitation in some region of the map extract.( check for any features that is not suitable for human habitation – like dense forest, open shrubs, steep hills, deserts, lack of roads, etc)Ans: The region is densely forested, many streams with very steep hills. Expensive to build roads.

6. What is the small white patch in the river?Ans: Barren island

7. What will be the main occupation of the people be in i. highlands ii. Lowlands?i. highlands – collection of forest products
ii. Lowlands - agriculture

8. Why are there no metalled roads in the mapped area?( reasons may be many- look for dense jungles, or barren land, steep hills, or many streams – and then answer according to the features,)Ans: The area has dense jungles, steep hills and no important settlement- steams and barren land discourage the building of metalled roads.

9. Give evidence to prove poor rainfall in the region.
(look for features like sand dunes disappearing steams, scrub vegetation, broken grounds, etc. If you find these features, then you write the answer this way)Ans. The region has poor rainfall due to the
•Presence of sand dunes
•Presence of undefined and disappearing streams
•Presence of scrub vegetation
•Presence of broken grounds
10. Give two reasons for the presence of only footpaths in the green wash.The reasons for the presence of foot-paths are:* seep and rugged terrain makes construction of roads difficult.
* temples are the only destinations in the forested mountain region and hence foot-paths are created by the pilgrims.
* footpaths may be created by people who depend on forest produce.

11. Why do so many contour lines so close together in the extract indicate about the topography?(look for steep hills, or a temple in the jungle and if u find these.................)Ans: Very steep (indicated by close contours) and hilly (indicated by many contours) land.


12. How can we draw a climatic inference from a toposheet?

(there may be a question - what type of climate do you find in the particular area - look for these features and then write the answers accordingly -First of all, we should try to know which area of the toposheet belongs to. This gives us a faint idea about the part of the country and the type of climate prevailing there. Further, scanty amount of rainfall can be judged by seeing dry rivers, dry tanks, sand dunes and scrubs and scanty vegetation. Similarly dense forests indicate tropical monsoon climate.)

(If you find dry rivers, or dry tanks or sannd dunes, scrubs, scanty vegetation, then your answer will be)

The area experiences scanty rainfall or poor rainfall with dry weather.

(if you find dense forests, then your answer will be)

The area experinces Tropical Monsoon climate.

Questions on occupation

13. What is the occupation of the people of a particular region from an extract of the survey map or toposheet?

(When you get a question on the occupation of the people , look for these features. Directly from a toposheet, we cannot know about the occupation of the residents. We can amplify the occupation by inferences provided on the toposheet. Therefore one must know the colours and what it indicates. For example, all of you know that yellow colour indicates agricultural land and hence agriculutre can be major occupation. Green colour shows forested or wooded area and this indicates that people follow in lumbering, furniture making, carpentry and bamboo work, etc. Presence of big towns, industrial area, railway station, etc., indicates that people must be employed in urban services. Rest houses in hilly areas show devp of tourism. symbols of mines, may suggest that some people are employed in mining activities. if you find grassy area, then it indicates sheep or cattle rearing. Settlement along roadside indicates devp of trade and commerce. If you locate wells, tanks, canals, etc., show the cultivation of cash or cereal crops. parks, lawns, historical monuments indicate occupations like tourism, recreation, cultural devp, etc. So, my dear students, when you get a question on the occupation of the people, look for these features and write the answer accordingly. for example if you find grassy area or open shrubs, then the occupation will be sheep and cattle rearing. I hope you got me. )

14. What occupations do the people follow in Highland areas?
Ans: High land regions with steep slopes have the following features:

• most of the slopes are unsuitable for agriculture. Pastures on the slopes may be fit for grazing.
• forestry may be a predominant economic activity in this region.
• flat area over plateaus may be used for cultivation.

15. How can you judge the suitablity of land for agriculture from toposheets? give a good reason.

• a meandering river on the toposheet will indicate a lower or nil gradient. Thus, such a plain area would be suitable for cultivation.
• Dendritic or tree-like drainage pattern would confirm soft surface suitable for agriculture whereas trellised drainage pattern suggests chalk country, which is not much suited for cultivation.
• Sand features, e.g. barkhans and disappearing streams would indicate the dry conditions with the high temperature. These conditions are unsuitable for agriculture.
• presence of broken ground would confirm seasonal flooding. Silt deposition by rivers is a good sign for agriculture.
• network of canals, dams, tanks and tubewells will indicate intensive use of land for agriculture.
• so look for these features on the toposheet and write accordingly.

For example, which are the main occupations of the people in this area? give reasons in support of your answer.

( if you see yellow wash, perennial wells, green colour,kilns on the toposheet, your answer will be like this.)

Ans: Farming and forestry seem to be the two occupations in this area because a large part of the map has yellow wash which symbolizes cultivated area. A large number of perennial wells present in the area also support this inference. Some part of the map shows presence of open jungles.......(mention, south, or north, west or east) which is indicated by green colour which suggests forestry as an important occupation there. presence of kilns shows that lime and brick making is also an occupation of some people.

POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING OCCUPATIONS:

• If you find KILN , then the occupation will be drying and baking bricks, pottery, limestone, etc. So you write the answer this way: The occupation is drying and baking bricks, pottery, etc due to the presence of Kiln in the area.
• if you find STONE QUARRY, then the occupation is quarring.
• If you find irrigation from wells, canals or tanks, farming is the occupation.
• if you find yellow wash, agriculture is the occupation of the area.
• if you dont find any source of irrigation, it means farming is likely to be dependent on rainfall only.
• mining is the occupation if you find settlements near mines or quarries.
• if you find settlements along the banks of the river, then fishing is an occupation of that area.
• if settlement is near the forest(green colour), then the people are dependent on forest products like fruits, nuts, or leaves. there may be primitive agriculture. so when you write the answer, write this way: people are dependent on forest produce or foresty and may practice primitive agriculture.
• if you find large settlements, esp near the metalled roads, the occupation can also be industries, trade, services.
• in case they are headquarters of districts, taluqs, employment can also be in administrative sector because of the presence of large number of offices and organisations.

so please go through the toposheet properly since one question will be definite on occupation.


16. What is the brown line in grid square ............. called? What does the figure written along this line indicate?
(if it is a brown line , then it is a contour. Second part of the question - imagine you see figure 280 m ... then it means 280 m above sea level.)
Ans: The brown line that we find in grid square is Contour line. The line 280 m joins places 280 m above sea-level on the map.

17. What are the brown lines seen in such abundance? What do they indicate?
(same answer as question 16)
ans: They are contour lines. They indicate lines joining places having the same height above sea-level. Closeness of the contours indicates mountainous topography.

17a. What is a causeway? Why are there so many causeways in the map?
Ans: Causeways are land raised across streams for use as metalled road or paths. The numerous streams crossing the metalled road are likely to flood them.

18. Explain the term Depression in the map.

Ans: Depression is a shallow lowland in a sandy region often created by deflation of wind.

19. Name the geographical feature represented by white patches in the middle of the river.

Ans: The geographical feature in the middle of the river represented by white patches is an island or rocks or stores.

20. What do the following represent in the map? i. Black broken lines ii. Black curved lines.

i. Black broken lines indicate disappearing stream and

ii.  black curved lines indicate broken ground.

21. Name 4 methods by which relief is shown on the map.* Contour lines * Layer Colouring/tinting * Spot height * Hill shading.

22. What is layer-tinting/colouring?
It is a method, where a colour scheme is used to show relief on the map.

23. What is cartography?
Cartography is an art and science of drawing maps, diagrams and charts.

POINTS TO REMEMBER:


RELATIVE HEIGHT OR APPROXIMATE HEIGHT: REMEMBER:-This height is not taken from the sea level but with respect to the surrounding area. It may be height of a dam, bridge, sand dune, or it can be depth of a well, tank, hill, or river canal, for example 2r, 3r, 5r, 6r, etc.

Example:
●3r the relative depth of the perennial lined well is 3 metres.(if 3r is written near the symbol of perennial well. don't write height but the depth)

5r the relative height of dry tank is 5 metres ( if 5r is written near the dry tank symbol)

16r the relative height of sand dune is 16 metres. (if 16r is written near the symbol of sand dunes)

8r the relative height of river bank is 8 metres (if 8r is written near the river bank)

PLEASE NOTE: you must write the word RELATIVE HEIGHT/DEPTH of .................................

COLOURS:

7 COLOURS are used on toposheets:

i. BLACK: Names, lines of latitudes and longitudes, broken grounds, river banks, dry rivers, surveyed trees, heights and their numbering, railway mines, telephone, telepgraph lines

ii. RED: Grid lines (eastings and northings) , their numbering, roads, cart tracks, settlements, huts and other buildings.

iii. GREEN: Forested and wooded areas, scrubs, scattered trees, orchards

iv. BLUE: Water bodies containing water like wells, rivers, etc

v. YELLOW: cultivated areas

vi. BROWN: Contour lines, their numbering, form lines, all sand features like sand dunes, sand hills, stony waste

vii. WHITE PATCHES: uncultivated and barren lands

DIRECTIONS

Directions are important for physical as well as urban features. the physical features involve the directions of rivers, streams, and the urban cities from one another.

When a question is asked regarding the banks of the river or direction of the river, the following steps should be observed.

• first of all, look at the spot heights to determine the slope of the land. As you know, spot heighs are marked this way ●265 ●289


• see which spot heights are higher and where it is lower, and then you will know which way or direction it slopes. the slope of the land may be from north east to south west. and if you see a river , then it flows from north-east to south-west.


• to know on which side or bank of the river a place is situated (a place may be a temple, settlement, town, etc)one has to locate the source of the river. Having located the direction of the river, imagine yourself standing at the source of the river f acing the main river. to your right is right bank and to your left is left bank. SO SIMPLE, BOSS!!!

when a question is asked on directions with reference to urban cites/settlements, remember these points.

• some times the questions are asked on the direction of a city or settlement with a reference to the other. First of all, pay attention to the words 'FROM' a place and 'TO' a place. Imagine yourself standing on the 'FROM' PLACE and look at the TO PLACE. Use the direction arrow and write the direction.

FEW IMPORTANT TERMS:

A. Layer Tinting: Layer tinting is a method of showing relief by color. A different color is used for each band of elevation. Each shade of color, or band, represents a definite elevation range. A legend is printed on the map margin to indicate the elevation range represented by each color. However, this method does not allow the map user to determine the exact elevation of a specific point—only the range.

b. Form Lines. Form lines are not measured from any datum plane. Form lines have no standard elevation and give only a general idea of relief. Form lines are represented on a map as dashed lines and are never labeled with representative elevations.

c. Shaded Relief. Relief shading indicates relief by a shadow effect achieved by tone and color that results in the darkening of one side of terrain features, such as hills and ridges. The darker the shading, the steeper the slope. Shaded relief is sometimes used in conjunction with contour lines to emphasize these features.

d. Hachures. Hachures are short, broken lines used to show relief. Hachures are sometimes used with contour lines. They do not represent exact elevations, but are mainly used to show large, rocky outcrop areas. Hachures are used extensively on small-scale maps to show mountain ranges, plateaus, and mountain peaks.

e. Contour Lines. Contour lines are the most common method of showing relief and elevation on a standard topographic map. A contour line represents an imaginary line on the ground, above or below sea level. All points on the contour line are at the same elevation. The elevation represented by contour lines is the vertical distance above or below sea level.

(1) Index. Starting at zero elevation or mean sea level, every fifth contour line is a heavier line. These are known as index contour lines. Normally, each index contour line is numbered at some point. This number is the elevation of that line.
(2) Intermediate. The contour lines falling between the index contour lines are called intermediate contour lines. These lines are finer and do not have their elevations given. There are normally four intermediate contour lines between index contour lines.
(3) Supplementary. These contour lines resemble dashes. They show changes in elevation of at least one-half the contour interval. These lines are normally found where there is very little change in elevation, such as on fairly level terrain.

A9-more explanation on toposheet - STUDY THE MAP

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10B3 TOPOSHEET - EXERCISE 1

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Study the Sheet No. 45D/10 (Eastings 16-25, Northings 18-27) and answer the following questions:-
a) Red parallel lines link north to south. What does it stand for? It is also seen crossing a canal in themiddle part. What is the feature shown at the crossing point? (2)
b) Explain the following terms in the grid square 2025: (2)
i) DB ii) ● 302
c) Give the four figure grid reference of the following. (2)
i) Moti Talao south of the sheet ii) Stony Waste in the north west iii) PO
iv) Village in Burai Khera
d) What type of river Sipu Nadi is? How is the settlement Gulabanj protected from seasonal floods of this river? (2)
e) Give the direction of the following: (2)
i) Sukli Nadi from Sipu Nadi ii) Gulabanj from Pamera Village (1822)
f) Calculate the length of the road in the map extract from north to south. Mention the end points of the road so calculated. (2)
g) What does fire line in grid square 2519 mean? Give essential references. (2)
h) Describe the land use pattern in the whole area of the map extract. (2)
i) What is the main occupations of the people? (2)
j) Refer to the grid square 1827. Describe two natural forces shown in the area. (2)

10B5 TOPOSHEETS - EXERCISE 3

Let us revise. Your active co-operation is required. Do not refer to the text book for any symbols nor check my notes. Let us see how much you have understood. Consider this as a mock test. Send your answers in the comments section in the blog itself. After sending the answer, you can refer to the book to check whether you have got your answers right. More questions will follow tomorrow. Shall we begin?First , write down few questions on a sheet of paper before you click on the toposheet.

QUESTION 1:FIND 4-FIGURE GRID REFERENCE OF THE FOLLOWING:
a. Village Panthawada b. Settlement Gonodora
c. Lime Kiln near/west of Palswala

d. dry tank near village Lakhnasar

e. Open Scrub in the south-west

f. Settlement Atal in the south

g. Village Gonodaria near Sipu river

h. Open scrub in the north

i. Sheet rock east of village Sodapur

j. Village Santarwada

k. Village Mahudi Moti

l. Settlement Rampura in the South
QUESTION 2 : Find 6-figure grid reference:a. Lime Kiln (West of Panswala) b. Post office in village Panthawada
c. Dry tank near village Mohudi Moti
d. post office in village Panthawada
e. Perennial lined weill in in village Agdol

f. A temple near Panthawada

g. A temple near village Mahudi Nani Kheda

h. Perennial well near village Gonodara

i. Lime kiln in the north-east of Rampura

QUESTION 3. Give the directions of the following:
a. Village Panthawada (8199) from Kuchawada (7795)
b. village Ganeshpura (8089) from Atal (8186)
c. Village Sodapur (8089) from Mahudi Nani (8192)
d. Village Mahudi Moti (7992) from Rampura (8293)
e. Village Agdol (7689) from Mahudi Moti (7992)

f. Village Kunchawada (7795) from Mahudi Mothi
QUESTION 4 GIVE THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS OF THE FOLLOWING:a. In grid square 8294

ii In grid square 8194

iii. In grid square 7996

QUESTION 5: Name three man-made features found in grid square 8189

QUESTION 6: State the meaning of each of the following:
a. ∆244 in grid square 8294
b. 50r in grid square 7689
c. 180 in brown grid square 8289
d. 7r in grid square 8392
e. Broken brown line in grid square 7997
f. 7r in grid square 7697
g. A red line passing through the grid square 7890
h. Broken red line in grid square 8390
i. A prominent feature shown in grid square 8195 formed due to lack of water.

j. 3r in grid square 7991

k. 200 in brown ingrid square 8295

l. ................ small black dots ingrid square 7993

m. 5r in grid square 8491

n. 21r north of village Ganeshpura in grid square 8089

QUESTION 7: What is the settlement pattern on this map?

QUESTION 8: Give two main occupations of the people. Give reasons.

QUESTION 9: Besidethe above two, state another occupation of the people in grid square 8189.

QUESTION 10. What is the general slope of the land? Give two reasons.

QUESTION 11: Explain the relief of the area.

QUESTION 12: What is the difference between the Sipu river and Mahadeviyo Nala?

QUESTION 13: What is the mode of transport in the region? Give reasons.
QUESTION 14:What is the mode of irrigation in the region? Give three reasons with suitable symbols.

QUESTION 15: Where are the forests located in the region? Give reasons.

Do you find this useful? If you find useful, I will put more toposheets and questions for your practice. All of you must get full 20 marks in the toposheets and 10 marks in the maps.

More exercises will follow. Plan your day and make sure that you study all subjects everyday. Atleast a topic of each subject.

10B7 Tired of practising toposheets???? No????? try this one -EXERCISE 5

QUESTION:Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45 D/10 and answer the following questions:
a. Give the four figure grid reference for the:
i. Kodra Reservoir
ii. Ghorawala Magra
b. Mention two types of jungles seen in the map.
c. Define scale. What is the scale of the map extract provided to you?
d. What type of transportation system is available in this region? Support your answer with valid reason.
e. What is the chief occupation of the people living in this region? Give reason.
f. Name the main river draining this region shown in the map. What is the general direction of this river?
g. What is the area in square kilometers, of the forested region enclosed by Eastings 22 and 24 and Northings 04 and 06?
h. What is the drainage pattern in grid square 2303?
i. Where are the most of the permanent huts are located? Give reasons for their location.
j. What is the general direction of the Gomti Nadi in the southern half of the map extract? Give two reasons.

10B8 EXERCISE 6- toposheet for practice- have fun

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( Note: First of all save or copy the toposheet on your desktop for easy reference and then zoom it to study. OR refer to appnedix 6 from your work book for toposheet. Secondly, copy the questions in Ms word and tye the answers in ms word and send it to me as an attachment. Write the question numbers properly)

1. What are the conventional signs located at the points, the six figure grid reference of which are :

i. 992824

ii. 989775

2. What is the area (in sq kms) of the region enclosed by eastings 92 and 96and northings 78 and 82?

3. What is the compass direction of Bantiwada (9978) from Arniwada (9481)?

4. Give the reason why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join the river.

5. Generally, in which direction does the Balaram Nadi flow? Which bank of the main river does it join?

6. Give four-figure grid references:
i. Jungle in the east
ii. Open scrub in the south of Banas river
iii. ∆217
iv. Where Balram nadi joins with Banas river.
v. Village Karja
vi. Mountain peak with spot height 542
vii. settlement Antroli

7. Give six-figure grid reference:
i. Temple in village Khara
ii. Prominent surveyed tree in Karja
iii. Tank to the west of Khara village
iv. Chatri to the East of village Ikhapura
v. Temple at Ikhapura
vi. Spot height 381 in South
vii. Prominent surveyed tree 213 south of Banas river.
viii. ∆268 east of open scrub

8. Name the geographical feature represented by the brown dots in the southern region of the map extract.
9. Why is there no habitation in the northwest corner of the map?
10. In what way is the pattern of settlement in grid square 9476 different from that in grid square 9580?
11. What difference do you notice in the pattern of drainage in grid square 9684 and the drainage in grid square 9782?
12. In grid square 9379, there is a number 217. What does this indicate?


13. Give directions of the following:
i. Karja (9781) from Arniwada (9481)
ii. Rampura (9580) from Karja (9781)
iii. Bantawada (9978) from Karja (9781)
iv) Rampura (9580) from Bantawada (9978)
v. Khara (9686) from Manpuria (9786)
vi. dense jungle (9984) from Rampura (9580)
vii. Spot height 522 (north-west) from spot height 301 (9776)

14. What is the general land use of : i. even ground ii. uneven ground
15. What do you mean by form lines?
16. Measure the distance of the following:
i. Direct distance in km from Karja (9781) to Banadwana (9978)
ii. Direct distance in km between the settlement Chekhla (9281) and Bantawada (9978)
iii. Indirect distance in km along the pack track from Khara (9686) to Chekla (9381)
iv. Crows distance in kms and metre along cart-track from village Karja (9781) to village Antroli (9576)
17. Give the settlement pattern of the following:
i. In grid square 9781
ii. Along the main river
iii. in grid square 9576
18. List two man-made and two physical features indicated in grid square 9580.
19. Identify the drainage pattern:
i. in grid square 9976
ii. In grid square 9782

20. What is meant by contour interval? What is the C.I. of the given map?
21. Does the region receive heavy rainfall? What does the blue line flowing through the Banas river indicate?

10C2 PRACTICE TOPOSHEET -1

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45D/10 (Eastings 16 -25, Northings 18-27)

Study the Sheet No. 45D/10 (Eastings 16-25, Northings 18-27) and answer the following questions:-
a) Red parallel lines link north to south. What does it stand for? It is also seen crossing a canal in the middle part. What is the feature shown at the crossing point? (2)

b) Explain the following terms in the grid square 2025: (2)
i) DB ii) ● 302

c) Give the four figure grid reference of the following. (2)
i) Moti Talao south of the sheet ii) Stony Waste in the north west iii) PO in Pamera Village
iv) Village in Burai Khera

d) What type of river Sipu Nadi is? How is the settlement Gulabanj protected from seasonal floods of this river? (2)

e) Give the direction of the following: (2)
i) Sukli Nadi from Sipu Nadi ii) Gulabanj from Pamera Village (1822)

f) Calculate the length of the road in the map extract from north to south. Mention the end points of the road so calculated. (2)

g) What does fire line in grid square 2519 mean? Give essential references. (2)

h) Describe the land use pattern in the whole area of the map extract. (2)

i) What is the main occupations of the people? (2)

j) Refer to the grid square 1827. Describe two natural forces shown in the area. (2)