Std: 6

SCIENCE SEM 1

CHAPTER 2
MAPS
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Q 1 MCQ/Answer in One or Two Words:

1). What is the drawing of a flat area of the earth on a paper called?
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2). With whose help the correct picture of any area can be known?
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(a) Map
(b) Atlas
(c) Route Map
(d) Direction
3). Where is NATMO (National Atlas and Thematic Map Organization) located?
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4). Which colour is used to show height in a colour map? ________________________
5). Which colour is used to show forests and vegetation in a colour map?
_____________________
6). Which colour is used to show plains in a colour map?
___________________________
7). Which of these is not an organ of the map? ______________________________
(a) Direction
(b) Milestone (c) Scale
(d) Conventional Signs
8). From which word the word Map is derived?
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9). Which colour is used to show water bodies in a colour map?
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10). Which colour indicates man made features like building etc in a map?
____________________

Q 2 Fill in the blanks:

1). While travelling by road, names of many places are read on the
___________________________ along the road.
2). A ______________________ is a drawing of any part of the surface of the earth on
a plain paper.
3). The word Map is derived from the Latin word _________________________
4). The _________________________ distance between any two places can be known
by the scale.
5). Blue colour is used in coloured map to show
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6). Green colour is used in coloured map to show
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7). Yellow colour is used in colour map to show

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8). There are ____________________ main components (organs) of a map.
9). There is a sign of _________________ for North direction shown in the upper side
of every map.
10). ________________ is used to know the actual (exact) distance between any two
places on a map.
11). The convectional sign for Post Office is _____________________
12). The convectional sign for Police Station is _______________________
13). Capital of Nation can be represented by ______________________________
convectional sign.
14). The convectional sign for Head quarter of District is
__________________________________
15). The map in which various landforms such as mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts,
etc. are shown is called _________________________________________________ map.
16). ___________________________________ colour is used to show forest in colored
maps.
17). Signs or symbols, which are well-known and understood by everyone are
known as
18). PS is the conventional sign to indicate _____________________________________
19). PO is the conventional sign to indicate _________________________________
20). is the conventional sign for
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21). ____________________________ colour in map indicates Plains

Q 3 True Or False:
1). Conventional signs is one of the organs of the map. __________________________
2). We can know the distance between two places with the help of map.
_____________________
3). PS is the sign for Post Office. _____________________
4). The language of a map is common across countries.
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Q 4 What is a Map? OR Define Map.

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Q 5 What do you mean by conventional sign? How are they used?
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Q 6 List the main components (organs) of a map.
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Q 7 Name three types of map that you have seen.
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Q 8 Difference between Physical Map & Political Map.
Physical Map

Political Map