Map Reading Quiz

The network of purple lines, some running north and south and others west and east which form a series of small squares all over the map are called _______________.

The  three types of North are

__________ is the geographical representation of land on a paper.

What are the uses of compass?

The clock wise angle formed by a straight line joining two points and direction of North, is called the ____________ between the two points.

In addition to four Cardinal Points and four intermediate four major directions, there are _______________ minor directions.

The amount of the Magnetic Variation depends upon

_____________ is the slope of the ground expressed as the angle the ground makes with the horizontal.

Bearings are of  ____________ types.

The _________ “A” Mark IV is an instrument used for plotting and measuring bearing on the map.

_____________ is measured on the map from the Grid North by the help of a protractor.

The normal GPS operational constellation consists of _____ satellites that orbits the earth in 12 hours.

Methods of Finding own Position on Map are

North, South, East and West are known as the ____________.

___________ is applied to the shape of the ground in a vertical plane.

The difference between True North and Magnetic North is called

The methods of setting a map are

How many types of North are there?

On a Map, _____________ lines are the black colour vertical lines and ______________ lines are the black colour horizontal lines respectively.

The full form of GPS is

Applications of Google Map are

A line drawn on the map joining up all points of equal height above sea level is called

Grid References are of

Suppose the Grid Bearing of the object is $150^0$ and the Magnetic Variation of the area is $6^0$. The Magnetic Bearing is

The Methods of Expressing a Scale are

The clock wise angle formed by a line joining two points and the North and South line is called _________.

The two types of slopes are

If forward bearing of an object is $240^0$ then its back bearing will be

The angular difference between Grid and True North is called

___________ is the proportion which the distances between the two points on the map that relates to the distance between two points on the ground.

__________ is a web mapping service developed by Google

If forward bearing of an object is $70^0$ then its back bearing will be

______________ are symbols used to represent certain artificial or natural features/objects on the map.

A bearing is always measured ___________.

Three types of bearings are

___________ is measured from Magnetic North by the compass.

Suppose the bearing of a certain point is measured with a compass and is found to be $160^0$ and the Magnetic Variation of the area is $5^0$. The Grid Bearing is

The two types of prismatic compass are

__________ is the point to which the compass needle points.

When a navigation party moves at night with the help of compass and night march chart, it is called