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02: Maps of India Class 10 Geography

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  • #2-i
    State the type of rocks found in the Plateau of Peninsular India?
    Ans : Old igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks.
  • #2-ii
    Name the three important lakes of Peninsular India?
    Ans : The three important lakes are Chilka Lake in Orissa, Kochru Lake in Andhra Pradesh and Pulicat Lake in north of Chennai.
  • #2-iii
    How was the Great Indian Plateau formed?
    Ans : The Great Indian Plateau is the broken part of the old land mass called Gondwanaland. It was formed at the time of the splitting and moving the land mass.
  • #3
  • #3-i
    Give a brief note on Islands of India.
    Ans : The Indian islands in the Bay of Bengal consist of the Andaman and the Nicobar groups. Some of which are of volcanic origin. There are about 200 Islands in the Andaman groups alone, extending for 350 kilometres and 19 islands in the Nicobar group. Some of the Islands extend from 60 to 100 km., forming a cluster south of the Andaman group.
    The Arabian Sea Islands consist of the Lakshadweep group. They are formed on a coral deposit of the Kerala coast. The southernmost of these lies just to the north of the Maldives Islands which constitute an independent territory.
  • #3-ii
    Where does the Lakshadweep group of islands lie?
    Ans : The Lakshadweep group of Islands lie in the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres away from the Kerala coast. They are coral Islands. Kavaratti, the Amindivi and Minicoy are the most important Islands of Lakshadweep group of Islands.
  • Qstn #4
    What, has been the influence of the Northern Mountain Wall on the Indian Sub-continent?
    Ans :
    1. Since historic times, the movement of the people across the Himalayas has been limited. This helped in the development of a distinct culture of its own.
    2. It prevents the cold winds coming from Central Asia to India.
    3. Monsoon winds which scale the heights along the Himalayas cause rainfall in the Indian sub-continent.
    4. The glaciers and snow fields of the Himalayas are the source of a large number of perennial rivers.
    5. Heavily forested slopes of the Himalayas provide valuable timber and other useful forest products.
    6. The Himalayas give shelter to a wide variety of wild animal life. Thus, it maintains the balance in ecosystem.
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    Section : D
    Give Reasons
    Give Geographical Reasons for the following:
  • Qstn #1
    Give reasons to justify that the Himalayas act as a ‘climatic divide’.
    Ans : Himalayas are important for various reasons:
    1. It is the natural barrier.
    2. Gives origin to great rivers of north India.
    3. It is a source of timber and herbal products.
    4. Acts as a barrier for the rain bearing winds of the Indian Ocean inducing them to give rain.
    5. It shuts off the cold winds of Central Asia.
  • Qstn #2
    The Peninsular Plateau of India was a part of Gondwana Land hundreds of millions years ago.
    Ans : The Peninsular Plateau of India was a part of Gondwanaland hundreds of millions years ago. The rocks that make up the Plateau match those of Africa not only in the age and type, but also in the layer sequence in which they occur.
  • Qstn #3
    The Peninsular rivers not navigable.
    Ans : They are not suitable for navigation as they are shift flowing and non-perennial.
  • Qstn #4
    The Peninsular Plateau of India is rich in mineral resources.
    Ans : It is made up of very ancient, crystalline, hard, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Such rocks are rich in mineral resource.
  • Qstn #5
    “Less land is available for agriculture on the west coast than on the east coast.” Why?
    Ans : Western Ghats are high and steep and all along the western coasts there are numerous streams with small catchment areas. There are also a number of lagoons, backwaters and small lakes.
  • Qstn #6
    Why does ‘The Narmada and Tapti do not form Deltas’.
    Ans : They have a short mountain stage and flow on a rugged and rocky slope.
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