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ICSE Geography: Solved Maps of India (Diagrams)


Hello everyone! I want to thank our former social studies teacher Mr. B**** N****** C***** for the maps of India marked by hand. I have attached a PDF that includes solved maps of India, regarding the location of the various rivers and water bodies in and near India; mountains, plains, passes, plateaus, and hills of India; soils of India; cities of India; minerals of India; direction of winds in India; and distribution of population in India.

Given that these maps were prepared for the 2013 ICSE Board Exams, I cannot guarantee that they are up-to-date or include all markings from the latest ICSE syllabus. I would, thus, recommend that you cross check the validity of these maps with your geography teachers and/or with the official CISCE resources mentioned below. Thank you, and I hope you find these maps useful in your board exam preparation!

 

Here’s a link to the PDF file for the above notes:

ICSE NOTES – Solved Maps of India (Marked by Hand)

You may print these notes through the PDF file and refer to them for your personal use as required. You are forbidden to reproduce any part of these notes without our prior permission. For more information, please contact us or go through our copyright policy. 

 

ICSE NOTES – Solved Maps of India (Digital Version)*

* NOTE as on January 4th, 2019: We were given the above maps for reference by our former Social Studies teacher, Mrs. P********* P***** in 2012. However, we just found out that these maps have been posted by Mr. Br Hector Pinto on his blog in 2011. As students frequently refer to these maps, we will keep the file available for use for all readers. However, we acknowledge full credit to Mr. Pinto for the maps available under “ICSE NOTES – Solved Maps of India (Digital Version).”

 

 

UPDATE as on Sep 29, 2018:

Go through the Analysis of Pupils’ Performance as published by the CISCE and available here to understand where students make mistakes while marking the map. It is a highly valuable resource and a must for every ICSE student of Class 10 to refer. It also very specifically mentions:

  • which regions to shade for sparsely populated areas,
  • how to precisely draw the standard meridian,
  • how broad or narrow the coastal plains should be,
  • how to shade places or mark places that are too small to be shaded,
  • and more!

We request EVERYONE to practice map work while referring the ICSE Syllabus Book 2019 and the Analysis of Pupils’ Performance. It will immensely help you to score better!

 

 

Also see the following important resources to help you ace your ICSE Geography Board Exam:

ICSE Geography: Sample India Map Outline

ICSE Geography: Solved Topography Maps from Previous Years’ Board Papers

ICSE Geography: Last-minute Tips before Board Exams

 

Keep visiting! 🙂

97 thoughts on “ICSE Geography: Solved Maps of India (Diagrams)”

  1. Pingback: ICSE Geography: Sample India Map Outline – Helpline for ICSE Students (Class 10)
      • ICSE Helper says:

        Hi Priya,

        We would suggest you click on the links given above for Solved Maps of India. The maps marked by hand would be our primary recommendation to learn the map markings for the ICSE Board Exams. You will find the plains marked on page three of “Solved Maps of India (Marked by Hand).”

        Hope this helps! Let us know if you have further questions. Keep visiting!

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Priya,

      Thank you for visiting! You will find the Northern Circars marked on the map given on the second page of “Solved Maps of India (Digital Version)” and on page three of “Solved Maps of India (Marked by Hand).” Hope this helps! 🙂

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    • Achintya says:
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      Hi,

      I am constantly making errors in finding the general slope of the given topography map.
      I will be highly obliged if My this major drawback in topography can be solved .

      Regards,
      Achintya Gupta.

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  3. Aishwarya says:
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    Plz tell a densely and sparcly populated state each in north south east and west…. Plz… N my teacher has said to mark areas of population ,coal mines, etc. Only with. A red dot…. Is it market with specific shapes or red dot as per the rules of icsc 2018 plz tell….

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  4. Himasikta says:
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    I have another doubt.
    What is the extent of the Thar desert? I ask this question because according to our Geography teacher, Jammu and Kashmir is the most sparsely populated state and the Thar desert is the most sparsely populated area.
    Another question.
    What colour do I use for laterite and alluvial soils?
    Please bear with me, this is my last question.
    Do I have to use any specific colour for population density?

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Trisha,

      A suggestion would be to keep revising at regular intervals! Hope you have been doing the same. If not, do make sure you do before the exam comes up. There’s still time!

      Hope this helps, and all the best! 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Harsha,

      Thank you for your feedback. Do contact us via our Contact Us form, and share, according to you, the correct maps so that we may compare and confirm with our sources, as well.

      We look forward to hearing from you. Keep visiting!

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Sonashree,

      Thank you for taking the time to leave behind such kind feedback. We are so glad to hear that our notes helped, and we hope to continue delivering the best to our readers! Do keep visiting. 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Dhananjay,

      We’re so glad to know that our notes could help even at the last minute! All thanks to our contributors and teachers. 🙂

      Hope your studies are going well! Stay connected.

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  14. Pinaki says:
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    Thank u so much for the maps… …they greatly helped meme during my icse finals… ….thank u so much…. ….it will greatly help if u upload the toposheets if the previous year’s geography question papers…

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Pinaki,

      So glad to know that these maps helped! We are also looking for contributors who can share previous years’ toposheets with us. Do let us know if you or your friends have anyone in mind who may have access to the same. Thank you fir the suggestion! We appreciate it. 🙂

      Keep visiting!

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  17. Susan says:
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    Hi..will the map be given with the rivers marked or we have to mark it…pls reply soon i have exams….we have always practised in blank maps..??

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Susan,

      The maps will be marked with rivers. Do check out the specimen paper for Geography through our CISCE Publications page in the Menu. Also, the blank map as given in this post is the one which is usually given in the paper.

      Hope this helped! If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

      Keep visiting, and good luck for your exams! 🙂

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  20. SNEHA NAIR says:
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    Hi!!!

    Found your site extremely helpful, and have been referring it this year throughout for I am writing my boards now…I just had a doubt …can we use colours to mark/shade on the map???

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Sneha,

      Thank you for the kind feedback. We are glad you found the blog helpful!

      In reply to your question, we are not aware of the same. However, fellow readers have said that it is ok to use colored pencils. Do check with your Geography teacher, if possible.

      Hope this helped! If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

      Thank you for stopping by. Good luck for your exams! 🙂

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  23. anusha p balegadde says:
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    this helped my learning a lot…………
    i m really thankful for this notes and hope this helps me in icse exam 2017

    thanks a lotzzz
    anusha p balegadde

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Anusha,

      We are delighted to know that these notes helped you. Hope your exams went well and that you scored beyond your expectations! Humbled to have kind readers such as you. 🙂

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  25. NIKHIL SINHA says:
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    these r really helpful and i hope that these notes will help me in the icse 2017 examinations.
    the i am really thankful for the notes provided by this site.
    Reagards-
    NIKHIL SINHA
    ICSE 2017

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Hi Jayanti,

      We are currently not sure, either and shall get back to you on this. Thank you for sharing your doubt with us. Hope to be back with an answer, soon!

      Thank you for stopping by the blog. Stay connected. 🙂

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  28. Chaitanya says:
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    Are we allowed to use colour pencils for shading on map or should we shade only with our normal pencil?
    Can you also list down the important rules to be kept in mind while solving maps for our board exams as we have not been guided regarding it yet by our school nor by our classes
    Plzzzz help me

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Saksham,

      Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to leave behind such encouraging words. 🙂 We really appreciate it! Glad we could help.

      Keep visiting and stay connected. 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Yeerina,

      Hi there!

      As you may have noted, our blog is merely to help ICSE students of Class X. Hence, we do not provide study material for ISC.

      However, we will contemplate your request for the future, if we ever wish to expand our blog. 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by! Keep visiting.

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Rhea,

      Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!

      Please use a pencil to mark your map. It was recommended by our teachers, as well.

      Hope this helps. If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

      Good luck and keep visiting! 🙂

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  34. Abhipsa Kar says:
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    hey there! I want to know how to locate the direction of winds in India Map. In the last exam I scored less marks bcz of this location of winds in India map…. would u let me know abt tht how can I locate the direction of winds?

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Abhipsa,

      Hi there!

      Glad to hear that you’re taking the necessary steps to improve your performance post your last exam! Keep it up. 🙂

      As for the wind directions affecting India, please refer to the last page of “NOTES – Solved Maps of India (Handwritten)” whose link is given in our above post. We have shown and labelled the wind directions in that map.

      Hope this helped! If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

      Thank for stopping by! Keep visiting. 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Bhanu,

      Hi there!

      As per my knowledge, there is no need to make a key. You may simply draw an arrow or write the name of the soil/state/etc. next to or on the shaded region, as shown in our handwritten maps in the above post. The same was what our own geography teacher taught us and hence, we are sharing merely what we were taught. The choice is ultimately yours.

      However, please go through the Pupils’ Assessment Handbooks given on the CISCE website (www.cisce.org) which give suggested answers for the past examination question papers and do check out what they have given. If possible, we will soon upload the link on our blog.

      Hope this helps! If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

      Thanks for stopping by and do keep visiting! 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Dhruv,

      We have shown in our maps given in the above post that the Indian Standard Meridian does not touch Sri Lanka.
      On once again researching the same, we found out that the Indian Standard Meridian does not pass through Sri Lanka. You may confirm the same by checking out the following map (link given below), which shows that the 82 degree longitude is a bit far away from Sri Lanka’s eastern border and hence, does not touch it.

      Hope this helps! If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

      Keep visiting! 🙂

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  41. Sushma says:
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    This is so clear and neatly marked. Easily understood. It will be very useful for my brother. I don’t know why in our time all this (internet) facility was not there. 😦

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Ishtarth,

      Technically, according to the 2011 cencus, Delhi is the most populated state. However, since we have been asked to mark a densely populated state, I’m assuming we can mark any state which comes in at least the top 10 densely populated states. These include West Bengal as well as U.P. Ultimately, it’s your decision. Excuse me for the confusion. Keep visiting! 🙂

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    • ICSE Helper says:
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      Ishtarth,

      As per my knowledge, the most densely populated state is West Bengal. Thank you for visiting and please don’t hesitate to ask if you need more help! Good luck for your exams! 🙂

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      • ICSE Helper says:

        Bhanu,

        Hi there!

        As per my knowledge, there is no need to make a key. You may simply draw an arrow or write the name of the soil/state/etc. next to or on the shaded region, as shown in our handwritten maps in the above post. The same was what our own geography teacher taught us and hence, we are sharing merely what we were taught. The choice is ultimately yours.

        However, please go through the Pupils’ Assessment Handbooks given on the CISCE website (www.cisce.org) which give suggested answers for the past examination question papers and do check out what they have given. If possible, we will soon upload the link on our blog.

        Hope this helps! If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

        Thanks for stopping by and do keep visiting! 🙂

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