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What is the scale of a Survey of India topographical sheet of the 1 : 50,000 series, and what does 2 cm on it represent?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
The scale is 1 : 50,000, and 2 cm on the map represents 1 kilometre on the ground.
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Explanation
The representative fraction has no units, so it holds whatever unit of length is used.
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