SST
(VI)-LESSON-1
LOCATING PLACES ON THE EARTH
(QUESTION ANSWERS)
NCERT
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Q1. Returning to page 10 and to Fig. 5.2
in Chapter 5 of this textbook, taking the scale to be 2.5 cm = 500 km,
calculate the real distance from the estuary of the Narmada River to the
estuary of the Ganga River.
Answer:
1.
Scale given on the map:
2.5 cm = 500 km
2.
Approximate distance measured on the map:
About 8 cm (rounded figure)
3. Therefore,
4. Hence, the real distance between the estuary of the Narmada River and the estuary of the Ganga River is approximately 1600 km.
