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How can you tell from a toposheet what the chief occupation of the people is?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
Extensive areas of yellow wash with field boundaries indicate settled cultivation, so the chief occupation is farming. Wells, canals and tanks confirm irrigation, and scattered dry scrub with few fields suggests grazing instead. A large settlement with roads, a railway and a market indicates trade.
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Explanation
The relief and the drainage together limit what occupations are possible.
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