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Topographical maps uses ___________.

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  1. Contour lines

  2. Colour

  3. Conventional symbols

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Topographical maps uses contour lines,colour, conventional symbols.
These maps are used for a number of applications, from camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking to urban planning, resource management, and surveying. The most distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the three-dimensional shape of the Earth's surface is modeled by the use of contour lines.

What are contour lines?

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  1. Lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal elevation

  2. Lines drawn on a map connecting points of unequal elevation

  3. Lines drawn connecting the Sun and the Earth  

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Contour lines are lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal elevation. If we walk along contour line we neither gain or lose elevation. The contour line represented by the shoreline separates areas that have elevations above sea level from those that have elevations below sea level.

If the contours are larger in number, are closer together and their value exceeds 1000 mts., it represents a _____________.

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  1. Plateau

  2. Mountainous area

  3. Plain

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B

In the Indian toposheets, the settlement are shown in ________ colour.

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  1. Blue

  2. Chinese vermilion

  3. Green

  4. Yellow

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Toposheet is a map which provides information of all the main topographical features with specified legend and symbology with various scales of maps according to user requirements. This data acts as a baseline data for any geographical related studies.

In the Indian toposheets, the settlement are shown in Chinese vermilion colour.

Topographic sheets do not provide any direct information about ______________.

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  1. Rainfall of a place

  2. Temperature of a place

  3. Humidity of a place

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Topographic sheets do not provide any direct information about rainfall of a place, temperature of a place and humidity of a place.
A topographic map is a kind of map which uses contour lines or other ways to show elevation and topography. Topographical maps may be used for many purposes. They show relief features, rivers, land use, vegetation, settlements, roads, railway lines and administrative units and their boundaries.

What information does the toposheet number (like 45D/7 and 45D/10) gives?

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  1. It gives an idea as to which part of India is being depicted by the map

  2. It gives information about the government schemes

  3. It gives information about the impact of climate change on water bodies

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

Map reading involves describing the physical and cultural features shown on the map as well as the interrelation between various features.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
True,
Map reading involves describing the physical and cultural features shown on the map as well as the interrelation between various features.
Map reading  is the act of interpreting or understanding the geographic information portrayed on a map. By map reading, the reader should be able to develop a mental map of the real-world information by processing the symbolized information shown on the map.

If there is sufficient number of contours, they follow irregular path and their value varies from 200 to 1000 metre, it is a _________.

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  1. Mountainous area

  2. Plateau

  3. Plain

  4. coastal area

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Correct Option: C

Most of the information regarding the map is given on the margins of a toposheet and that is why it is also called the _____________.

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  1. Central Information

  2. Marginal Information

  3. Primary Information

  4. Both B and C

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Marginal information is also called primary information. This information can be obtained from the margin of the sheets. The name of the state to which the area belongs is given at the top of the sheet. The year when the area was surveyed is also mentioned. The number of the sheet, the direction of magnetic variation and true north position is given at the top right corner of the sheet.

If there is no contour or if the contours are spaced wide apart the area represented is a ______.

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  1. Plain

  2. Mountainous area

  3. Plateau

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A