Practice test

Cartography - Test Set 1

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20 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    The curve drawn to represent total area of land above each contour line as a percentage of the total map area is known as?
    1. Area height curve
    2. Hypsometric curve
    3. Altimetric curve
    4. clinographic curve
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  2. Question 2

    Which one of the following is not depicted on the Daily Indian weather map?
    1. Temperature
    2. Rainfall
    3. Cloud
    4. Wind
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  3. Question 3

    Which one of the following is a large scale map?
    1. An Atlas map
    2. Wall map
    3. Topographical map
    4. Cadastrol map
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  4. Question 4

    International projection is the modified version of?
    1. Polyconic
    2. Bonne's
    3. Sinusoidal
    4. Simple conical with two standard parallels
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  5. Question 5

    Which one of the following is the most suitable method for representing the constituents as well as the sum total over a consecutive period of time?
    1. Band graph
    2. Compound bar diagram
    3. Multiple line graph
    4. None of these
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  6. Question 6

    Who was the pioneer in the use of map protection?
    1. Cassimi
    2. Adrisi
    3. Mercator
    4. Ptolemy
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  7. Question 7

    A graph in which means monthly temperature is plotted against the monthly rainfall is known as?
    1. Hythergraph
    2. Climograph
    3. Ergograph
    4. None of these
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  8. Question 8

    For showing the intensity of cropping in different districts of a state which of the following maps will be most suited?
    1. Isopleths maps
    2. Chorochromatic map
    3. Choroplate map
    4. All of these
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  9. Question 9

    The age - sex composition of population is the best represented by?
    1. Simple bar diagram
    2. compound bar diagram
    3. Pyramidal diagram
    4. Multiple line graph
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  10. Question 10

    The interval of 1degree latitude measures?
    1. 211 KM
    2. 91 KM
    3. 241 KM
    4. 11 KM
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  11. Question 11

    Which one of the following is the most suitable map projection for showing the world distribution of rice cultivation?
    1. Bonne's projection
    2. Cylindrical equal area projection
    3. Mercator's projection
    4. Molleweide projection
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  12. Question 12

    The weather map of India is drawn on?
    1. Polyconic projection
    2. Bonne's projection
    3. Mercator projection
    4. Molleweide projection
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  13. Question 13

    Which of the following projection is Suitable to show cape-cairo rain route?
    1. Mercator
    2. sinusoidal
    3. Bonne
    4. Polyconic
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  14. Question 14

    International projection is a modified from of?
    1. Cylindrical equal area projection
    2. Bonne's projection
    3. Sinusoidal projection
    4. Polyconic projection
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  15. Question 15

    Pie diagram is best example for representation of?
    1. Land use
    2. Distribution of population
    3. Spot Heights
    4. Crop production
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  16. Question 16

    The Ergograph shows the relationship between:
    1. Temperature and rainfall
    2. Climate and growing season of crops
    3. Wet dulb temperature and humidity
    4. None
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  17. Question 17

    Azimuthal projections are?
    1. Mercator's projection
    2. True bearing projection
    3. False bearing projection
    4. All of these
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  18. Question 18

    In flow maps the flow or movement of people are commodities is represented by:
    1. Ribands
    2. circles
    3. Suitable scale
    4. Contours
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  19. Question 19

    Spacing of contour lines is supposed to indicate:
    1. Land use
    2. Amount of slope
    3. Direction of slope
    4. Settlement
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  20. Question 20

    Automatic recording to pressure can be done by:
    1. Barometer
    2. Hygrometer
    3. Pressometer
    4. None of all
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