What is the importance of the Heavy Engineering industry for the industrial development of India ? Name two Heavy Engineering industrial units in India.
(i) What are integrated steel plants ?
(ii) Name one integrated steel plant in the Public Sector. From where does this plant get its requirement of iron ore and coal ?
Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/7 and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) A 364
(ii) The temple at Rempura.
(b) Mention any two features seen in the map extract which show that the region has seasonal rainfall.
(c) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the cart-track linking Juvol (923826) and Arniwada (944817).
(d) Which is the chief form of irrigation shown in the map extract ? Give an evidence to justify your answer.
(e) Give one reason to explain why the streams in grid square 9478 do not join a river.
Identify another grid square in the map extract that has similar streams.
(f) What do the following represent:
(i) Black broken lines in 9575.
(ii) Black curved lines in 9879.
(g) Identify two land forms shown by the contours in grid square 9876.
(h) (i) What is the general direction of the Balaram Nadi ?
(ii) Which bank of the main river does the Balaram Nadi join ?
(i) What is the main occupation of the people living in the area shown in the map extract ? Give one reason to support your answer.
(j) What is meant by scale of a map ? What is the scale of the map extract provided to you ?
On the outline map provided:
(a) Shade and label the country Nepal.
(b) Shade and label an area of black soil in India.
(c) Mark and label the Konkan Coast.
(d) Shade and label one region of winter rainfall in India.
(e) Shade and label the Sulaiman Ranges.
(f) Label the River Yamuna.
(g) Mark and name the port city of Bangladesh.
(h) Label the River Tapti.
(i) Shade and label the Vindhya Ranges.
(j) Mark and name the capital of Bhutan.