Map of India

According to 2023-24 syllabus

Icse x

Dr. Sanjeev Padvi

B.Sc. B.Ed. M.div.m.th.Ph.d

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Rivers: Indus, Jhelum, Satluj, Ganga, Yamuna, Kosi,
Chambal, Betwa, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Tapti,
Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri, Tungabhadra,
Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Gomati, Ghaghara, Gandak.
Water Bodies: Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhat,
Andaman Sea, Chilka Lake, Wular, Gulf of Mannar, Palk
Strait .
Pass: Karakoramhttps://meet.google.com/emp-gamn-ecn
and Nathu La. 2 Longitude and
latitude : Standard Meridian (82° 30’E) and Tropic of
cancer
Direction of Winds: South West Monsoons (Arabian Sea
and Bay of Bengal Branches), North East Monsoons,
Western DIsturbance.
Soil Distribution – Alluvial, Red Soil, Laterite Soil and
Black Soil.
Cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangaluru,
Hyderabad, Kochi, Vishakhapatnam, Srinagar,
Chandigarh and Allahabad.
Distribution of Population (Dense and sparse).
Mountains and Peaks: Karakoram, Himalayas, Aravalli,
Vindhya, Satpuda, Western and Eastern Ghats, Nilgiri.
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Kanchanjunga and K2
Thar Desert.
SAMPLE MAP WORK
Colours used:
1.Water bodies: Blue,
Mountains brown.
Plains: Green.
Plateau: and Desert:
Yellow.
Cities: Red.
Tropic of Cancer,
Standard meridian ,
minerals, passes and
peaks: Black
Soils: Alluvial Soil: grey.
Black Soil: Black and Red
soil: red,
Other features: Colour
of one’s choice except
the ones used above.
.
Arrow should be pointing
towards the feature.

2. River must be drawn

entirely but labelling should be
within the Indian territory.

3. Generally the labelling is

done in CAPITAL LETTERS.

4. Instead of writing the

number of the question, entire
name of the feature must be
written.

5. INDEX is not needed.

 1. Entire river
must be drawn.

2. However, the
Flow of he
Yamuna river must be
marked within
the Indian
territory.
Coastal cities
must be marked
by touching the
coast of India.

2. They should
not cross the
border.

3. They should
not be without
touching the
border.
 Jharia is the
Minerals
largest coal
Minerals in India field in India.

Singhbhum is
the largest
iron mine in
India.

Mumbai High is
the largest oil
field in India.

Digboi the
oldest Oil field
 1. Northern
Circar is to the
north of
Krishna and
Coromandal to
its south.
2. Gangetic
plains should
not cross
Damodar near
its source.
3. Malabar is to
Kanara
the south of
Coastal
Plains
Kaveri.
4. Konkan
extends to the
south of
Tungabhadra
Deccan plateau
lies to
the south of
Tapi,
north of Kaveri,
east of western
ghats and west
of eastern
ghats.

2. Chhota Nagpur
plateau as
shown in council
model answer
 Density of Population For densely
populated region
Northern density of 800 per
sq is considered.
Bihar 1102
North west
WB 1029
Kerala 859
UP 828
For sparse
density of close
to 50 is
considered.
Sparsely Populated
Densely Populated ARUNACHAL 13
region
Jammu & K 57
Mizoram 52
The standard
meridian passes by
touching the delta
of Godavari, the
eastern coast of
sri lanka,
Prayagraj city
and cutting the
river indus.

2. Tropic of cancer
should not enter
the gulf of Kutch
and touch river
Narmada.
Andaman sea
should not extent
in NE till Thailand.

2. Use blue colour

to mark water
bodies

3. Gulfs should not

extend too much
as per the
analysis report
of the council.
Alluvial Soil
Black Soil
Laterite Soil