Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:

Question

Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following question:

(a) 1. Give the six figure grid reference for the temple that is located to the south west of Pithapura settlement. 

2. Give the four-figure grid reference for a settlement where people of the region meet socially and for trade at least once in a year.

(b) 1. What is the pattern of drainage seen in the grid square 2118?

2. What is the pattern of settlement seen in the grid square 1923?

(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?

(d) 1. Name any two man-made features in grid square 2419. 

2. Name any two natural features in grid square 2118.

(e) What is the significance of the following?

(f) Calculate the area of the region between 16 and 19 Eastings and 18 and 22 Northings. Give your answer in kilometre square.

(g) Give a reason for each of the following:

1. The water in some of the wells in the north west quarter of the map is not fit for drinking. 

2. The region near Anadra and Gulabganj has many causeways.

(h) 1. What is the main means of irrigation used by people living in the area shown on the map? 

2. What is the main occupation of the people of the region shown on the map?

(i) Which according to you is the most important settlement?

(j) Name any two means of transport used by the people living in the area shown on the map extract.

Answer 1

(a) 1. 201215 

2. 1622 settlement, 1520

(b)1. Radial 

2. Nucleated or compact settlement

(c) 281 is the height of the land whereas 20 is distance stone of the road.

(d) 1. Houses / Huts, cart track 

2. Rivers streams, Hills

(e) 1. It is wide path filled with water or sand to prevent forest fire. 

2. This is river with embankments to save the land from flooding.

(f) Number of squares – 20 1: 50,000 Scale used 2 cm = 1 km Area = 20 cm = 10 km2

(h) 1. Due to presence of brackish wells and water bodies marked in grid 1621. 

2. Causeway is a metalled raised road across a minor stream. A number of causeways are built in these regions is due to presence of numerous minor streams.

(i) Pamgera 1622 presence of PS, PO compact settlement with annual fair.

(j) Cart track, Metalled road, footpath.