Map Reading

Map can be defined using which of the following terms?

• Pictorial representation of an area

• Represented on cloth or paper

• Follows a prefixed scale

• Uses conventional symbols

The picture shows __________ type of map.

• Atlas map

• Physical map

• Rail and Roadway map

• Mineral Deposits map

This is a _________ map.

• Political map

• Physical map

• Topological map

Which of the following are the features of conventional signs?

• Are universal

• Are predefined

• Represent man made or natural features

• Differ from country to country

Which of the following options are not depicted in the picture?

• Dak Bungalow

• Post and Telegraph Office

• Reserved forest

• Circuit house

This conventional symbol depicts _________.

• Distance Mark

• Historical sites

• Battle ground

(a)   is the ratio between the distance between two points on the map that relates to the distance between two points on the ground.

Methods of expressing a scale:

• In words : 1 inch to 1 mile

• In equations

• As a Representative Fraction

The imaginary vertical lines on earth and the imaginary horizontal lines on earth are _________ and ___________ respectively. The vertical lines which run from west to east on map are ________.

• Longitude, Easting and Northing

• Longitudes, Latitudes and Northing

• Longitudes, Latitudes and Easting

The letter which indicates the order of a grid reference on a map.

• L

• T

• I

• H