Question

19. Study the extract of Survey of India sheet No 45 D/10, Topographical Map 8
(eastings 12 to 23; northings 17 to 28), and answer the following questions:
a)
What do the conventional signs given in the four-figure grid references
below mean?
(i) 2221 (ii) 1825 (iii) the figures in 1718
b)
What does the term 'brackish' stand for in grid square 1621?
c)
Name two important artificial features found in this map.
d)
Describe the drainage pattern in grid square 2118. Give two reasons
why the streams do not join a river.
e)
Name two natural features and one artificial feature found in grid
square 1921.
f)
Measure the distance of the canal from its point of origin (2221) till its
end (1721)
g)
Explain why there are no settlements between Eastings 15 and 18 and
Northings 25 and 28.
h) What do the following terms stand for?
(i) DB (ii) PO (iii) PS​

Answer 1

Answer:

a)

What do the conventional signs given in the four-figure grid references

below mean?

(i) 2221 (ii) 1825 (iii) the figures in 1718

b)

What does the term 'brackish' stand for in grid square 1621?

c)

Name two important artificial features found in this map.

d)

Describe the drainage pattern in grid square 2118. Give two reasons

why the streams do not join a river.

e)

Name two natural features and one artificial feature found in grid

square 1921.

f)

Measure the distance of the canal from its point of origin (2221) till its

end (1721)

g)

Explain why there are no settlements between Eastings 15 and 18 and

Northings 25 and 28.