Practical Question Bank
B.A./B.Sc. Geography Practical (CBCS) 2016-2017
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Time: 2 hrs Marks: 25 marks
UNIT-I (06 marks each)
- Define map? Explain about the various types of maps and give a brief note on its uses and importance.
- What is a map? Explain about different types of maps.
- What are the various types of maps? Give a brief note on their uses?
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UNIT-II (06 marks each)
- What is Representative Fraction? Draw a plain scale when R.F is 1:100000 showing Kilometers and metres for a distance of 20 kms
- What is Representative Fraction? Draw a plain scale when R.F is 1:100000 showing Kilometers and metres for a distance of 10 kms
- What is Graphical scale? Draw a graphical scale when R.F is 1:25,000 showing kilometres and meters for a distance of 5 kms.
- What is Representative Fraction? Draw a plain scale when R.F is 1:63,360 showing Miles and furlongs for a distance of 6 miles.
- What is Representative Fraction? Draw a plain scale when R.F is 1:50,000 showing Kilometers and metres for a distance of 10 kms
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UNIT-III(06 marks each)
- Define contour and draw a diagram to represent geological landform from a given contour map on a graph paper.
- Extract Superimposed profile from the given Contour Map?
- Draw a composite profile from the given Contour Map?
- Draw series of simple profiles from the given Contour Map?
- Draw a projected profile from the given Contour Map?
- Define profile? Discuss the various types of profiles and draw a composite profile for a given contour map
- Draw a geological landform from a given contour map and explain geological aspects.
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UNIT-IV(06 marks each)
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- For a given topographical map, trace any one grid and interpret the physical and cultural Features.
- Interpret the given topographical map by highlighting both Physical and Cultural aspects.
- Explain how do the Geographical features are represented on topographical map, with the help of given toposheet.
- Interpret the physical and cultural features of a given Topographical map.
UNIT-V
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- Practical Record & Viva Voce (3+2= 5 marks)
Practical Model Paper
B.A. /B.Sc. Geography (CBCS) - 2016-2017
Semester-I
Time: 2 hrs Total marks: 25 (1 credit)
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Note: Answer any THREE of the following four questions and Question No.4 is compulsory
Practical-I
(Elements of Mapping and Interpretation)
Unit: 1. Types of Maps: Cadastral, Topographical, Atlas, General Maps, Thematic Maps. (06 Marks)
Unit: 2. Constructions of scale: simple, diagonal and comparative. (06 Marks)
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Unit: 3. Relief features of geological landforms and profile drawing (serial, superimposed, projected and composite) (06 Marks)
Unit: 4.Map reading and Interpretation of topographical sheets (Compulsory Question – 08 Marks)
Unit: 5. Practical Record and Viva Voce (3+2= 05 Marks)
CHAPTER-I
- What are the types of data? Explain its advantages and disadvantages.
- What is tabulation of data? Discuss different parts of table.
- Explain various types of sampling techniques.
- In a survey of 35 families in a village, the number of children per family was recorded and following data obtained.
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2 3 4 0 2 5
4 5 12 6 3 2
6 5 3 3 7 8
7 9 4 5 4 3
Represent the data in the form of a discrete frequency distribution.
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- The marks obtained by 50 students are given below:
31 13 46 31 30 45 38 42 30 9
30 30 46 36 2 41 44 18 29 63
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22 24 37 15 6 39 32 21 20
31 19 14 23 28 17 53 22 21
Construct a grouped frequency distribution with width of each class interval as 10. Use exclusive method of classification.
- Count the number of letters in each word of the paragraph given below (ignoring comma, full stop etc.) and prepare a discrete frequency distribution.
"Today, to a very striking degree, our culture has become a statistical culture. Even a person, who may never have heard of an index number, is attached in an intimate fashion by the gyrations of those index numbers which describe the cost of living."
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CHAPTER-II
- What do you mean by measures of central tendency? What are the types of Averages?
- What is Mean? What are its merits and demerits?
- Define Mode. Explain different merits and demerits of it.
- From the following data compute arithmetic mean by step deviation method.
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Marks: 0-10 10-20 20-40 40-50 50-60
No of students 5 10 25 20 10
- Calculate median for the following data.
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Class: 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Frequency: 5 10 15 12 8
- Find the value of mode from the data given below:
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93-97 2
98-102 5
103-107 12
108-112 17
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118-122 6
123-127 3
128-132 1
CHAPTER-III
- What do you mean by measures of Dispersion and what are the methods of studying variations?
- Explain the difference between mean deviation and standard deviation.
- What are merits and demerits of standard deviation?
- What do you mean by Mean deviation and what are its merits and demerits?
- Find out the Median, Mean deviation and coefficient of Mean deviation from the following data:
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X: 10 11 12 13 14
F: 3 12 18 12 3
- Find out the standard deviation for the following data.
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0-10 15
10-20 15
20-30 23
30-40 22
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50-60 10
60-70 5
70-80 10
(take 35 as assumed mean.)
- Calculate coefficient of variation and state which team is more consistent?
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Team A X: 15 10 07 05 03 02
Team B Y: 20 10 05 04 02 01
CHAPTER-IV
- What is correlation? Explain the types of correlation with the help of an example.
- Find out that, is there any relationship between age and blood pressure. Calculate Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation.
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X( ages): 52 63 45 33 72 65
Y (blood pressure): 82 93 100 120 83 80
- Find out that, is there any relationship between advertisement expenditure and sales: calculate Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation.
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Advt. exp. In lakhs(X): 52 63 65 70 76 80 78
Sales in crores(Y): 14 16 18 20 24 30 32
- Find the Spearman's rank correlation from the following data.
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X: 87 22 33 75 37
Y: 29 63 52 46 48
CHAPTER-V
- Write about construction and working of wet and dry bulb thermometer.
- Write about construction and working of rain gauge
- Write about construction and working of wind wane.
- Describe the weather conditions over India with the help of given January weather map of India.
- Describe the weather conditions over India with the help of given July weather map of India.
- Describe the weather conditions over India with the help of given October weather map of India.
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Practical-III: Maps and Diagrams
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- What is a dot map? How is the value and size of a dot map determined? What purpose does a dot map serve?
- What is a Choropleth map? How is a Choropleth map prepared? What purpose does this map serve
- What is an isopleths? When are isopleths used? What purpose does an isopleths map serve?
- Give specific use, merit and demerits of a dot map.
- Give specific use, merit and demerits of an isopleths map.
- Give specific use, merit and demerits of a Choropleth map.
- Explain with sketch maps, the cartographic techniques to show an area under rice as percentage of the total cropped area in Telangana.
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Area under different crops during 2010-11
SI.NO District Rice Maize--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
1 Adilabad 26.47 31.23
2 Khammam 30.75 53.80
3 Karimnagar 35.48 52.31
4 Mahabubnagar 26.79 31.00
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6 Nalgonda 32.80 23.66
7 Nizambad 38.15 53.33
8 RangaReddy 24.05 38.79
9 Warangal 32.86 48.40
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- Explain with sketch maps & the cartographic techniques employed to show an area under Maize as percentage of the total cropped area in Telangana from the above given data.
- Explain with sketch maps & the cartographic techniques employed to show the distribution of population according to the census, 2011 of Telangana from the given data.
SI.NO District Population
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2 Khammam 27,97,370
3 Karimnagar 37,76,269
4 Mahabubnagar 40,53,028
5 Medak 30,33,288
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7 Nizambad 25,51,335
8 RangaReddy 52,96,741
9 Warangal 35,12,576
10 Hyderabad 39,43,323
- Write a detailed notes on the following graphs; Polygraph, Compound line-Graph.
- Compare the use, merits and demerits of the Simple line graph and Polygraph.
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12. Draw a Climograph with the help of the following data:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wet-bulb 11.0 11.8 20.2 24.6 30.2 32.4 28.7 27.6 25.8 22.4 16.9 12.2--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
temp.°C
Relative 72 68 63 54 41 45 70 78 65 61 64 75
Humidity %
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Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temp.°C 10.5 12.9 16.9 21.5 26.1 27.5 24.3 23.4 22.7 20.1 16.1 12.6
Rainfall 14.3 9.2 11.8 4.7 5.5 14.2 105.5 103.6 52.8 11.8 1.5 5.4
(cm)
- Represent the following data by a suitable line graph:
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Production of food grains in India (Lakh tonnes)
Crop 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011
Rice 39761 40430 42225 43068 39245 43742
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Bajra 3802 5327 8029 5319 3929 7086
Wheat 18651 20093 23832 26410 24735 22072
Pulses 10418 11691 11818 11094 9907 9754
Others 11577 12239 14413 11555 12242 11965
- Represent the following data by a suitable line graph:
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Foreign trade of India(2005-06-2010-2011) (Rupees in Crores)
Year Imports Exports
2005-06 1582.10 1413.28
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2007-08 1824.54 1608.22
2008-09 1867.44 1970.83
2009-10 2925.25 2523.40
2010-2011 4348.66 3253.04
- Write a detailed note on Pie diagrams and Multiple bar diagrams.
- For what purpose are the following diagrams used; Rectangular diagrams, Block-pile diagrams.
- What do you mean by statistical diagrams? Explain about two dimensional statistical diagrams with suitable examples.
- Represent the following data by a suitable diagram.
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Production of selected chemicals in India('000 tonnes)--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
Chemical 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011
Sulphuric Acid 1053 975 1226 1353 1292
Soda Ash 449 489 483 449 516
Caustic soda 371 385 391 424 429
- Write a detailed note on Simple bar diagram and compound bar diagram.
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