Kerala SCERT Class 10 ICT Chapter 6 Map Reading Question Answer Solution Here. Kerala Board Class 10 Students can find Here 6th Chapter Map Reading Notes provide by our Teacher. Important Question Answer from Chapter 6 Map Reading.
- Board- Kerala Board.
- Class – 10.
- Subject – ICT Part 1
- Chapter – 6.
- Chapter Name – Map Reading.
- Topic – Question Answer Solution.
Q1) Select the correct option and rewrite the statements :-
1) It will display the time according to the time of your computer
a) Wall clock b) Sun clock c) World clock d) Both B and C
Ans: Sun clock
2) The …………………… time at a place is the time based on the position of the sun.
a) Legal b) Standard c) Solar d) None of these
Ans: Solar
3) When the Sunlock starts, it runs at the normal speed of our time that is :
a) 1 minute = 60 seconds b) 1 second = 1 second
c) 1 hour = 60 minutes d) 1 second = 1000 milliseconds
Ans: 1 second = 1 second
4) What layer type is to be selected from Quantum GIS if you want to create a layer containing information about houses.
a) Line b) Polygon c) Point d) Circle
Ans: Point
5) What technique in Quantum GIS is used to find out the houses that will be affected if a road that passes through a crowded area is to be widened by 10 m
a) Elevation b) Toggle Editing c) Buffer
Ans: Buffer
Q2) Match the following :-
Sr. No | Column A | Answers | Column B |
1 | Legal time mode | Displays the standard time | Displays the time based on the position of the Sun |
2 | Time forward | To move the time forward | To display or hide the map of the world showing time zones |
3 | Toggle Sun/Moon | To display or hide the Sun and the Moon | To move the time forward |
4 | Solar Time Mode | Displays the time based on the position of the Sun | Displays the standard time |
5 | Clock and Map Window | To display or hide the map of the world showing time zones | To display or hide the Sun and the Moon |
Q3) Fill in the blanks :-
1) In order to display the main latitudes in the time zone map of sunlock, it is sufficient to click the Toggle tropic tool T and for displaying the longitudes, you can click on Toggle meridian tool .
2) Sunlock will display the time according to the time of your computer
3) Standard time is also known as Legal time.
4) Solar time at a place is the based on the position of the sun.
5) QGIS stands for Quantum Geographical Information System
Q4) Answer the following questions :-
1) Write a note on Digital Maps
Ans :- With the help of Information Communication Technology, Map marking has benefited a lot Maps that used to prepared by different complicated techniques or tools, It is now became much easier to prepare an accurate maps using the proper softwares. They have many uses like data from different areas at different layers in the same map, showing facts related to thematic maps I the same digital maps, shows changes occurring on the land surface etc.
2) What is Collaborative mapping
Ans :- Collaborative mapping is a technique, where mapping of an area is done on the data provided by the users. Anyone can edit the data. Firstly, only the outline of the map will be prepared and later on places and things are added as objects in the map. The information provided by lakhs of volunteers is entered into the map. The examples of Collaborative maps are Open street, Google Map, and Wikimapia
3) What do you understand by Geographical Information System and Quantum Geographical Information System QGIS
Ans :- Geographical Information System (GIS) :- The surface features of earth and locational data is being collected in a server in the form of maps and data. It is a technique used to make the necessary changes, analyse and classify the database. It collects the data related to geography in a server, and uses them as its required. In this way, the analytics found after a long search becomes available in a minute. GIS is a software that can record land surface information and positional information in different layers. Quantum Geographical Information System (QGIS) :- Quantum GIS is a free software application that first came out in 2009 , later on many versions were released. The aim of this software is not only preparing maps but also helps to display maps, create new ones, analyse the data which is available in the geographic system, display the analysis results in the form of tables or maps as required. The extension for QGIS project file is .qgs
4) What are layers
Ans :- In the Geographical Information software contains a lot of information related to particular region. Depending on the features of the data, several layers are included each containing same information. For ex :- There could be one layer for houses, another for well and so on. Layers have an extension of .shp