GEOGRAPHY EDIGN TE ICSE (X) GEOGRAPHY PART- I (30 MARKS) (Compulsory Questions)

Question-1 : On the outline map provided to you mark and label the following: (a) Mark and name Sulaiman Range. (b) Mark the state which is leading producer of sugar cane. (c) Mark a river which is flowing through three different countries with three different names. (d) Mark and name Satpura Hills (e) Mark and name Gir Hills. (f) Mark an area which has Sundarbans. (g) Mark and name the biggest river of South . (h) Mark the areas in India which have laterite soil. (i) Mark an area in south India which has winter rainfall. (j) Mark the river Ravi. Question-2 : Study the extra it of the survey of India Map Sheet No. 45 D/7 and answer the following questions : Map F (a) Give the meaning of the following conventional signs : (i) Broken red line drawn from Chekhla to Khara. (ii) What feature is indicated by the contour lines drawn in 97 to 01 Easting and 75 to 78 Northing. (b)(i) On which bank of the Banas river Rampura is situated? (ii) In grid 9380 there is a white patch of land shown in the Banas river, name it. (c) If you have to travel from Rampura to Karja in the month of May, which mode of transport you will use and why? (d)(i) Give six figure grid for the temple shown near Rampura. (ii) Give six figure grid for the well at Chekhla. (e) Why is there no settlement in area of 94 to 99 Easting and 82 to 85 Northing? (f) Give drainage pattern in grid reference : .(i) 9478, (ii) 9877. (g) Give area between 93 to 97 Easting and 75 to 79 Northing. Show your working. (h) Give two points of contrast between the region on the right bank and the region on the left bank of the Banas river. (i) What tpe of river is Banas? State the direction of its flow giving evidence. (j) The term *Dep' appears at several places in the middle eastern part of the map extract. What does it stand for? Why?

ADITYA GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1 1 www.edignite.com GEOGRAPHY EDIGN TE Question-3 : On the outline map provided, mark and name : (a) The capital of India (b) Mention two differences between Moderates and Radicals.Print *R? over an area receiving less than 50 cm of rainfall (c) The Kathiawad Peninsula (d) The River Damodar and the River Godavari (e) The Karakaram Range (f) Mark and label the Khyber pass (g) River (h) The River Kosi (i) The Malwa Plateau (j) Mark with a black dot and name Allahabad. Question-4 : (a) Name two types of vegetation in the given map extract (b) Which is the most important settlement? Give three reasons why it is so. (c) Near which important line of latitude is the mapped area located? Approximately how many km is the southern edge away from this latitude? (d) Why is there an absence of metalled roads in this area? Mention two means of transport here. (e) What is the brown line in 8695? What is the difference in height between two such consecutive lines called? (f) Give two differences between the right bank and the left bank of River Sipu. (g) Identify the features in the following grid-squares : (i)222009 (ii) 232077 (h) Give the distance in km and m from the sesonal tank in 0086 to the one in 9586. Whow your working. (i) Explain the term Depression in 9479. (j) Explain the feature at the following six-figure grids : (i) 0232077 (ii) 237046

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Question -5 :

(a)(i) Calculate the annual range of temperature at the station (ii) Calculate the annual rainfall of the station (b)(i) If the station is located in eastern India from which branch of Mansoon does it receive bulk of its rainfall? (ii) What could be the cause of rainfall in the month of May? (iii) From the t emperature date determine the location of the place with respect to the sea. (c) Mention two characteristic features of hot weather season or summer. (d)(i) Which place of India is the first to receive rainfall from the branch of monsoon? (ii) Why does Mawsynram receive heavy rainfall from the Bay of Bengal branch of Monsoon? (iii) What ultimately happens to the Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon? Question-6: (a) List the types of soils found in India. (b) What is meant by gully erosion? (c) What is sheet erosion? How can it be prevented? (d) State the advantages and disadvantages of: (i) Red soil (ii) Laterite soil Question-7 : (a) In which type of forests are the following fruit trees found? (b) Mention two measures adopted under the Programme of Forest Conservation. (c) On what features does the National Forest Policy of 1988 emphasise? (d) Observe the given diagram and answer the following question (i) What does the picture depict? (ii) What is its purpose? (iii) Name two such projects. Question-8 : (a)(i) State the main methods of irrigation in India. (ii) Through which sources is land mostly irrigated in India? (b) Give two reasons why irrigation is needed in India.

ADITYA GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 3 3 www.edignite.com GEOGRAPHY (c) Why is tank irrigation practised in South India? (d) Why does wheat require irrigation for its production in ? Question-9 : (a) Give one reason why cultivation ofjute is restricted mainly to the Ganga Brahmaputra delta in Bengal. (b) Give two examples and explain what is meant by plantation cultivation. (c) Give reasons why agricultural production differs each year in India. (d) What is zaid crop? Which crops are mainly grown under this? Question-10 : (a) Name the non-edible oil seeds. (b) Name the ghree carse grains grown in India. (c)(i) In which states in maize grown? (ii) Give three uses of maize. (d) Name the different methods by which sugarcane can be propagated. Qucstion-11 : (a) Name the most commonly used tobacco, what is meant by 'flues*? (b) What is ratooning?Give on advantage of it. (c) What is 'tapping'? Why is latex collected early in the morning? (d) What are the climatic requirements for growing tea? Question-12 : (a) Maintion two ways in which the agro-based industries have affected the economy of India. (b)(i) Which city is known as the electronic capital of India? (ii) Mention two reasons for the importance of theElectronics industry in India's development. (c)(i) Name two centres of Woolen Textiles. (ii) What are the basic raw materials for artificial silk? (iii) Give reasons for the concentration of the Jute industry in the Hooghly basin. (d)(i) Explain why cotton textile industry has developed around Mumbai? Question-13 : (a) Name the authority incharge of the following road networks. (b)(i) What is the purpose of the Golden Quadrilateral Project? (ii) Which are the terminal stations of the North-South Carridor and the East-West Carridore. (c)(i) How do railways help in agricultural development? (ii) Mention two problems of the Indian Railways. (d)(i) What is AAI? (ii) Why was it formed? (iii) Air travel is indispensale in which fields?

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