What the Board Asks
Only the map counts.
From this chapter, only map pointing is evaluated: ten sea ports and six international airports.
↳ Sixteen map items (fourteen places) are the whole exam.
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Lifelines of National Economy · Class 10 Geography (Map Work)
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Why Ports Matter
Most trade goes by ship.
95 per cent of India's trade by volume (68 per cent by value) moves by sea. India has 12 major ports on an 11,098.81 km coastline.
↳ Ports carry India's foreign trade.
West Coast Ports
Kuchchh to Kerala.
↳ King Mohan Makes New Kites.
The Six Airports
Six to locate and label.
↳ A Dog Makes Children Keep Happy.
Where They Sit
North, coasts, east, centre.
↳ Spread across the country.
Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi?
Two Gandhis, two cities.
Indira Gandhi is Delhi's airport. Rajiv Gandhi is Hyderabad's.
↳ Don't swap the Gandhis.
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Map Work: The Ten Major Sea Ports
The ten sea ports you must locate and label for the board exam — five on the west coast and five on the east — with the state of each, the name the book uses, and one fact that fixes each port in memory. This chapter is…
- Only map pointing from this chapter is evaluated in the board exam; the ports and airports are the whole examinable content
- 95 per cent of India's trade by volume (68 per cent by value) moves by sea; India has 12 major ports on a coastline of 11,098.81 km
- West coast, north to south: Kandla (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Marmagao (Goa), New Mangalore (Karnataka), Kochi (Kerala)
~15 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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Map Work: The Six International Airports
The six international airports you must locate and label for the board exam — Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad — with each airport's name and state, plus a short note on why air travel matters. Thi…
- The six prescribed international airports are Amritsar (Raja Sansi – Sri Guru Ram Das Jee), Delhi (Indira Gandhi), Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shiva…
- Their states are Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Telangana
- Two are in the far north (Amritsar, Delhi), two on the coasts of the peninsula (Mumbai, Chennai), one in the east (Kolkata) and one inland i…
~10 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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12 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Name the port in Kuchchh that was the first to be developed after Independence.
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Name the premier iron ore exporting port of India, and its state.
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Name the extreme south-western port, located at the entrance of a lagoon.
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Name the deepest landlocked and well-protected port of India, and its state.
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