Sample MCQ – Toposheet

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Refer to the images below and answer the questions that follow:

Question 1

What does the black line in 4812 indicate?

i) Seasonal stream
ii) Contour
iii) Cart track
iv) Dry land

Question 2

What does the brown line in grid square 4927 indicate?

i) Cart track
ii) Contour
iii) Pack track
iv) Stream

Question 3

The direction of Amarapura from Dantrai is

i) SE
ii) NW
iii) SW
iv) NE

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Question 4

What is the feature in broken black lines in grid square 4932?

i) River
ii) Stream
iii) Disappearing stream
iv) Broken ground

Question 5

What is the distance in km. between Awara and Marol as the crow flies, the scale being
2cm = 1km?
i) 4cm
ii) 4.5cm
iii) 2.25km
iv) 2m

Question 6

What does the term Causeway mean in grid square 4723?

i) It is a road across a river
ii) A raised platform across a stream
iii) It is a cart track
iv) It is a stream

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Question 7

The broken line in red in grid square 6812 and 6913 indicates
i) A cart track
ii) A footpath
iii) A pack track
iv) A road

Question 8

The term Diggi in grid square 6226 means

i) A well
ii) A tank which is used for collection of water
iii) An artificial tank
iv) A tube well

Question 9

In grid square 6827, the double dotted line means

i) A road in the forest
ii) A clearing made in the forest to prevent spread of fire called fireline
iii) An unmetalled road to cross the forest
iv) Clearing the forest for farming purpose

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Question 10

What does the number 158 in the grid square 2189 indicate?
i) A spot height of 158m
ii) height of the surveyed tree above sea level is 158m
iii) A prominent survey point shown as surveyed tree at the height of 158m above sea level
iv) Surveyors mark is 158

Question 11

State any two means of communication in grid square 4485 -

i) A dry river and pack tract
ii) A railway track and metalled road
iii) Cart tract and footpath
iv) Express way and cart track

Question 12

What is meant by BM 224 in grid square 4485?

i) It is Bench Mark, cut on a rock wall or a building showing the height of that mark above sea level is
224m
ii) It is Benchmark, 224m above sea level
iii) The height of the point where it is written
iv) It is the height of the sand dune above sea level

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Question 13

Which drainage pattern is seen in grid square 3893?

i) Radial
ii) Dendritic
iii) Trellised
iv) Intermittent

Question 14

Which drainage pattern is seen in grid square 4196?

i) Dendritic
ii) Trellised
iii) Radial
iv) Intermittent

Question 15

Which drainage pattern is seen in grid square 4085 and 4086?

i) Trellised
ii) Dendritic
iii) Radial
iv) Intermittent

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Question 16

The blue line in the main river indicates -

i) A perennial river
ii) A thin perennial Nala
iii) A thin water channel
iv) A stream

Question 17

What does the number 381 indicate in grid square 4388?

i) Approximate height is 381
ii) Relative height
iii) Spot height showing the height of a particular point above sea level is 381m
iv) Spot height showing the height of that place is 381

Question 18

What does ∆ 224 in grid square 2706 indicate?

i) The height of a particular point
ii) Triangulated height – showing the height of a point surveyed by the triangulated method is 224m
iii) Triangulation survey showing the height of a point of 224m
iv) Approximate height of the point is 224m

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Question 19

State the area of the grid square 5121, the scale being 2cm = 1km -
i) 4 sq. km.
ii) 2 sq. km.
iii) 1 sq. km.
iv) 1 km.

Question 20

Name the three types of communication shown in the grid square 6621 -
i) Metalled road, cart track, pack tract
ii) Cart track, foot path, road
iii) Foot path, pack track and metalled road
iv) Cart track, road and foot path

Question 21

Give four figure grid reference of the temporary huts -

i) 4199
ii) 4099
iii) 9940
iv) 0041

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Question 22

Identify the type of settlement in the given extract -

i) Compact settlement or Nucleated settlement
ii) Linear settlement
iii) Scattered settlement
iv) None of the above

Question 23

Identify the type of settlement in grid square 6223 -

i) Compact settlement or Nucleated settlement
ii) Scattered or dispersed settlement
iii) Linear settlement
iv) Temporary huts

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Question 24

On which bank of the river Sipu is Marol situated? Give a reason for your answer -
i) Right bank, as the spot height is on the right bank
ii) Left bank as the arrow shows river is flowing from East towards SW. If we stand at the source in
the East facing the river, Marol is on the left bank
iii) Marol is on the right bank as slope of the land is towards SW
iv) Marol is situated on the bank as the river is flowing from SW to NE

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Question 25

What are the following –

a) The black vertical line between Easting 55 and 56
i) Northing of 55 in the given extract
ii) Line of Longitude, 37’30”
iii) Line of Longitude 37
iv) None of the above

b) The black horizontal line between Northing 16 and 17

i) Northing of 55 in the given extract
ii) Line of Latitude, 32’30”
iii) Line of Longitude 37
iv) None of the above

Question 26

What is the conventional sign given in grid square 5824?

i) Brick Kiln
ii) A Well
iii) A Quarry
iv) A Brick Mine

Question 27

What does the area shown in green wash represent?

i) Cultivable land
ii) Uncultivable land
iii) Forest area
iv) Barren area

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Question 28

Name the relief feature shown by contours in grid square 7127 -

i) A hilly area
ii) A steep slope
iii) Slope of the land
iv) A highland

Question 29

What is the type of relief feature shown by the contours on grid square 4097?
i) A steep slope
ii) A gentle slope
iii) Slope of the land
iv) Higher elevation

Question 30

What are the following in the given extract –

a) Yellow wash
i) Flat land
ii) Cultivable land
iii) Barren land
iv) None of the above

b) Blue dots
i) The perennial tanks
ii) Perennial lined wells
iii) Unlined wells
iv) Perennial ponds

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Question 31

What does 10 r indicate in grid square 6832?

i) 10 r stands for the height of the artificial perennial tank as 10m
ii) 10 r means that the relative height of the embankment of the perennial artificial tank is 10m
iii) 10 r is the relative depth of the artificial tank
iv) The height of the embankment of the artificial tank is 10m
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Question 32

What is the direction of Banas River? Give a reason for your answer other than it being
shown by the arrow -
i) West to East as it is a flat land
ii) Shows by the arrow
iii) NE to SW as the spot heights are receding from NE to SW eg., ∆ 166, 138 ---
iv) It is a dry river flowing from West to East

Question 33

What does 3 r indicate in grid square 5618?

i) 3 r is the height of the dry tank
ii) 3 r is the relative depth of the tank
iii) 3 r means relative height of the dry tank is 3m
iv) It means the height of the tank is 3m

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Question 34

a) What does Aqueduct in grid square 2201 mean?

i) An artificial canal
ii) An artificial channel for conveying water typically in the form of a bridge across a valley
iii) A perennial canal
iv) A water channel supplying water through an artificial canal

b) The given map extract receives seasonal rainfall because of

i) Flat land
ii) Broken ground
iii) Uncultivable land
iv) White patch of land

Question 35

Give four figure grid reference of a causeway in the given extract -

i) 3467
ii) 6733
iii) 6834
iv) 3368

Question 36

What is the occupation of the people other than farming in grid square 5723 and 5724?
i) Trade
ii) Sheep rearing
iii) Working on the canal construction site
iv) None of the above

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