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WorksheetsMap Reading
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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
Name the topographical feature: A narrow ridge of high land joining up to higher hills.
Col
Basin
Knoll
Saddle
____________ is the difference
between True North and Magnetic North.
Magnetic Variation
Angular Variance
Map constant
Identify the relief feature.
Basin
River
Desert
Contours
The four Cardinal points indicate which of the following degrees on a compass?
0 , 90, 190, 270
0 , 90 , 180 , 270
0/360 , 90 , 180 , 270
Which of the following are types of north and bearings?
true
map
magnetic
grid
To find back bearing when forward bearing is greater than ____________ deg, we subtract ____________ deg from forward bearing.
(a)
Which of the following is the compass used in NCC for map reading?
Crystal Prismatic Compass
Liquid Prismatic Compass
Ethanol Prismatic Compass
The liquid used in Liquid Prismatic Compass is _______.
Methanol
Propanol
Ethanol
Guess the parts of the Liquid Prismatic Compass Mark III.
Tongue
Window
Hair Line
Thumb ring
Prism
A map is said to be set or oriented when it is placed such that the true NORTH on the map points to
true NORTH on the ground.
True
False
I don't know
