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When a point on earth surface is accurately surveyed and shown with a triangle mark on the map, it is called ____________.

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  1. bench mark

  2. relative height

  3. spot height

  4. triangulation point

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When a point on earth surface is accurately surveyed and shown with a triangle mark on the map, it is called triangulation point.
In surveying, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring only angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly as in trilateration.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show grid lines and their numbering, man-made features such as settlements, roads and cart tracks?

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  1. Blue

  2. Red

  3. Black

  4. Yellow

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Red colour is used in the topographical map to show grid lines and their numbering, man-made features such as settlements, roads and cart tracks.

Red: major highways, roads, urban areas, airports, special-interest sites, military sites, place names, buildings, and borders.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show forests, grasslands, orchards, scattered trees and shrubs?

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  1. Yellow

  2. Green

  3. Red

  4. White

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Correct Option: B

The maps which shows great details of both natural and man-made feature of a small area is called _____________.

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  1. physical map

  2. political map

  3. weather map

  4. topographical map

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A topographic map is a detailed and accurate illustration of man-made and natural features on the ground such as roads, railways, power transmission lines, contours, elevations, rivers, lakes and geographical names. The topographic map is a two-dimensional representation of the Earth's three-dimensional landscape.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show agricultural lands?

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  1. Red

  2. Green

  3. Blue

  4. Brown

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Green colour is used in the topographical map to show agricultural lands.
Topographic maps may use different colors to represent area features. Most topographic maps will use green for vegetation or national parks and wildlife management areas. They will also use blue for rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show water bodies like perennial river, canal, well, tank and spring?

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  1. Red

  2. Yellow

  3. Blue

  4. Black

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Blue color is used in the topographical map to show water bodies like perennial river, canal, well, tank and spring.


Topographic Map Colors
The color brown is used to denote most contour lines on a map, which are relief features and elevations. Topographic maps use green to denote vegetation such as woods, while blue is used to denote water features like lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show contour lines and their numbering, sand dunes, highlands and stony wastelands?

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  1. Green

  2. Tellow

  3. Red

  4. Brown

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Brown  colour is used in the topographical map to show contour lines and their numbering, sand dunes, highlands and stony wastelands.

Brown: deserts, historical sites, national parks, military reservations or bases, and contour (elevation) lines.

Which colour is used in the topographical map to show rocky or bad lands, uncultivated lands?

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  1. Black

  2. Brown

  3. White

  4. Yellow

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

White colour is used in the topographical map to show rocky or bad lands, uncultivated lands.

A topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines, but historically using a variety of methods. Traditional definitions require a topographic map to show both natural and man-made features.

The contour lines drawn like a inverted V, which decreases inwards is used to represent a _______________.

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  1. hanging valley

  2. u-shaped valley

  3. v-shaped valley

  4. ridge

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The contour lines drawn like a inverted V, which decreases inwards is used to represent a V-shaped valley.

The rule of V and U-shaped valleys
All rivers flow downhill from higher to the lower elevations, perpendicular to the contour line above it. As a rule of thumb, the V-shaped contour is pointing upstream (the opposite direction from the flow of a stream or river). The “V” shape contours indicate streams and drainage.

The height of a triangulation point is called a _____________.

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  1. spot height

  2. triangulated height

  3. bench mark

  4. relative height

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The height of a triangulation point is called a triangulated height.

TRIANGULATED HEIGHT: It is the height of a place which has been calculated using trigonometry, represented by a small triangle e.g. - Δ540. 7. SPOT HEIGHT: The height of random places between contours shown with a dot.