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Shailesh posted an Question
August 24, 2020 • 16:42 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Geology (GG)

On survey of india toposheet number 45 d/16, the distance between two points is 11 cm. the actual ground distance between these two points is ________km

On survey of India Toposheet number 45 D/16, the distance between two points is 11 cm. The actual ground distance between these two points is ________Km

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    Rahul kumar best-answer

    Ans: 5500 meters; Map scale of 45D/16 is 1:50000. So, 1cm on map will be equivalent to 50000 cm (or, 500 m) on ground. Now according to the question, the map distance is 11cm so the ground distance should be 5500 meters.

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