SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is geographic scale
A
Is a flow of products, people, services, or information among places in response to localized supply and demand
B
A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data
C
The scanning of the Earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it
D
The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Map scale can be defined as the ratio between the distance on a printed map and the distance of the same stretch in the terrain. A 1:50, 000 scale map means that 1 cm on the map represents 50, 000 cm (i.e. 500 m) in the terrain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The ratio between the distances of two points on the map, plan or photograph and the actual distance between the same two points on the ground is called scale.

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