JOHNSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL ICSE & ISC

MallaPur, HYderabad-76.

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MAP POINTING SKILLS AT ICSE LEVEL GUIDELINES

1. Mountains and Plateaus

a) To be marked in Brown colour with a single line'
b) The Direction should be kept in mind.
c) No mountains to be marked intersecting a river - eg: Eastern Ghats should not be marked between rivers

Krishna and Godavari.

d) Western Ghats must not touch the Coastline; the same applies to the Eastern Ghats.
4 Plateaus - to be marked in Orange colour.
2. Plains:
a) To be marked in Green colour.
b) The extent of the plains should not exceed the 'limit''

3. Rivers:
a) To be marked in Blue colour and labelled 'on'the Curve of the river and not'under' . Arrows to be pointed in
lndia.

4. Water bodies:
a) To be coloured within the 'limits' and the arrow should be marked accordingly.

5. Passes:
a) To be marked using the symbol 'l [- ' in black colour.

5. Latitudes & Longitudes:

a) To be marked in broken lines using red colour.
(Standard
b) Should be labelled in degrees zllro N for Latitude (Tropic of Cancer) & 82y20 E for Longitude
101,

meridian).

7. Direction of Monsoon winds:

a) South West Monsoon from South West to North East (June - September).
b) North East Monsoon from North East to South West (December - February)'
c) Western Disturbances and Tropical Cyclones.

8. Distribution of Minerals:
a) Only 3 minerals have to be marked for Board exams
b) Mumbai High (Offshore oilfield in Arabian sea should not touch the coast), Digboi
c) lron ore in Singhbum and Coal in Jharia

9. Soil Distribution:
a) Soils should be marked as per following colours :

i. AlluvialSoil: Brown
ii. Laterite Soil: Orange
iii. Black Soil: Black
iv. Red Soil: Red
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b) They should be shaded , as per the question asked'

(North) and one area south of the
c) one must learn one area above the Tropic of cancer
allthe soils.

10. Towns:
a) They must be marked as given in the syllabus'
and not in the ocean (for ports)'
b) They must be marked with a red dot on the coast

11. Population:
to be marked as one point in North lndia and one point in South
a) The distribution of population as per density
lndia.

Please note:

o The map pointing should be strictly as per the

question asked in the Board exam' No additional information

should be given.
o or sketch pens should be used'
Appropriate pencil colours must be used. No crayon
o in map pointing'
use of Arrows give most specific and exact location
o the 'Area' or the 'state' is asked in the question
while labelling and marking, one must keep in mind whether
olfonlymarkingisgivenandnotlabelled,nomarksaretobeallotted.
oAllmarkinginthemapshouldbedonewithreferencetotheRivers.

JGS - DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY