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ICSE Class 8 Topographical Maps — practice questions

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What do the points joined by one contour line have in common?Read the answer and worked solution →Successive contours are labelled 120 m, 140 m and 160 m. What is their vertical interval?Read the answer and worked solution →With a 15 m contour interval, how many height intervals separate the 90 m and 150 m contours?Read the answer and worked solution →Match contour spacing to gentle and steep slopes on one map.Read the answer and worked solution →Same-scale maps have identical contour spacing: intervals A=10 m, B=20 m. Which slope is steeper?Read the answer and worked solution →On ordinary ground, how do contours of different heights normally relate?Read the answer and worked solution →Which information is a main purpose of a topographical map?Read the answer and worked solution →A large-scale topographical map typically represents which combination?Read the answer and worked solution →On steadily rising ground, P lies strictly between 200 m and 220 m contours. Which elevation is possible?Read the answer and worked solution →Closed nested contours increase inward: 100,120,140 m. Which landform fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Which contour pattern fits a conical hill with uniform slope?Read the answer and worked solution →Close contours at steep margins enclose a broad, nearly flat elevated top. Which landform fits?Read the answer and worked solution →A long, narrow elevated crest has ground dropping away on both sides. What is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Ground rises north/south from P but falls east/west. Which landform fits P?Read the answer and worked solution →What geographical feature provides a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge?Read the answer and worked solution →Homes cluster compactly around a centre without a ring or long row. Which pattern is clearest?Read the answer and worked solution →Homes are scattered far apart among fields, not arranged along a road or around a centre. Which pattern is clearest?Read the answer and worked solution →Homes form a long single row along a road, rather than a compact central cluster. Which pattern fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Tents cluster around a well. Residents plan to dismantle the camp after one season. Which pair fits?Read the answer and worked solution →An almost vertical cliff has contours with which spacing?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What do the points joined by one contour line have in common?

  1. Equal elevation
  2. Equal river distance
  3. Equal latitude
  4. Equal slope angle
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Correct answer: A. Equal elevation

A contour joins points at equal elevation above mean sea level, even when the ground slopes differently along it.

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Successive contours are labelled 120 m, 140 m and 160 m. What is their vertical interval?

  1. 120 m
  2. 60 m
  3. 40 m
  4. 20 m
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Correct answer: D. 20 m

The vertical interval is the height difference between successive contours: 140−120=20 m.

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With a 15 m contour interval, how many height intervals separate the 90 m and 150 m contours?

  1. 3 intervals
  2. 6 intervals
  3. 4 intervals
  4. 5 intervals
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Correct answer: C. 4 intervals

The rise is 150−90=60 m, which contains 60/15=4 vertical intervals.

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