Thorough Revision of Toposheet ICSE Geography

ICSE GEOGRAPHY 2016- 2017

ASSIGNMENT   OF  TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEETS.

1. Name the area under study of the toposheets of 45D/7 and 45D/10..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. What are topographical sheets.?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. How are the topographical sheets different from other thematic maps?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Define –Scale.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. State the three forms the scale has been expressed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Explain the meaning of the toposheet number 45D/7 and 45D/10..---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. What is the R.F of the given toposheet?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. How is the R.F. useful for any foreigner studying the toposheet of India?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. What is the verbal scale of the given toposheet ?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Draw the linear scale of 2cm-1km.?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. State the use of graphical scale drawn in the toposheet.?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. What are lines joining places with equal height, from the mean sea level, termed as? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. What is the contour interval of dark brown colour contour lines and of light brown colour contour lines.?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. Define Eastings and Northings.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. What is a Grid ?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16. What is the four figure grid reference?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. How are the latitudes and longitudes marked in the toposheet?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. What is six figure grid reference.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19. What is spot height ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20. What   is the meaning of Bench mark.?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21. What do you understand by Triangulated station ?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22. How will you identify a linear settlement pattern-?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23. What is the meaning of the term Cause way.?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24. What will be the main activity of people, if there is a predominance of yellow colour in a toposheet.?-----------------------------
25. What will be the activity of people in the dense forest areas?------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26. State  the main cause for the formation of broken ground.?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27. What is the meaning of the terms Falls, Dep and Fireline?.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28. What is a contour line? How do you differentiate the pattern of slope by the contour lines?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29. What is the difference between the two terms the relative height and spot height ?.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30. How is area of a given toposheet calculated? Show the calculation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
31. What is the direction of flow of river when the arrow is not marked?---------------------------------------------------------------
32. On which bank of the river the settlement is located? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33. How are the following features identified? River Meanders and River Island :--------------------------------------------------------
34. How do you identify and differentiate between Sand dune and Sand Hills ( wind deposited feature) ---------------------------Explain the meaning of the local terms Khera , Magri , Nala, Motorable in dry season..----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fill the coloured symbols or shades for the following.

1. Agriculture area                      
2. Open mixed jungle
3. Barren area or wasteland
4. Sand hills
5. Sand dunes
6. Perennial tank
7. Dry tank
8. Lined wells
9. Unlined wells
10. Spring
11. Tubewell
12. Weir
13. Dams
14. Masonry
15. Dam earthen
16. Reservoir
17. Metalled road
18. Unmetalled road
19. Pack track                                      
20. Cart track
21. Footpath with a bridge
22. Road with distance stone
23. Broad gauge railway line
24. Metre gauge railway line
25. Spring
26. Permanent huts

Draw the symbols and answer in short

1. Temporary huts
2. Temple
3. Chatri
4. Mosque
5. Church
6. Broken ground
7. Surveyed tree
8. Causeway
9. Spot height
10. Triangulated station
11. BM
12. Grassland
13. Camping ground
14. State boundary
15. District boundary
16. Telephone lines
17. DB
18. IB(CANAL)
19. RH

1. PS
2. RS
3. PTO
4. CH
5. PF

• Stony waste define

• Sheet rock  Define

• Rock outcrop Define

• Kiln Define

• Stone quarry Define

• Broken ground Define and its cause

• Draw the contour pattern of

Ridge              Escarpement                Spur

Conical Hill       Dissected Plateau      Saddle

• Draw the drainage pattern

Dendritic       Trellis          Radial       Inland Drainage

• Draw the  Nucleated  and Dispersed Settlement

 All the Best

Savita Ma'am.