BGGCT-133
ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
Bachelor’s Degree Programme
(BSCG)
GENERAL CARTOGRAPHY
Valid from 1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024
School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
(2024)
Dear Learner,
Before beginning to solve the assignments, you are required to read the assignments section
given in the Programme Guide for Elective Courses which we have sent you after your
enrolment. For assignments component, a weightage of 30 per cent has been earmarked as a
part of continuous evaluation. It consists of one tutor-marked assignment for this course.
We are providing the assignments in this booklet consisting of three parts, Part A, B and C.
Together, the total marks for all the three parts is 100. Out of 100 marks, you are required to
secure 35 marks or 35 % marks to successfully complete the assignment component.
Instructions for Formatting Your Assignments
Before solving the assignments, please carefully read the instructions as given under:
1) On top part of the first page in your answer sheet, please write your details exactly in the following
format as given below:
ROLL NO.: ……………………………………………
NAME: ……………………………………………
ADDRESS: ……………………………………………
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
COURSE CODE: …………………………….
COURSE TITLE: …………………………….
ASSIGNMENT NO.: ………………………….…
STUDY CENTRE: ………………………..….. DATE: ……………………….………………...
(Note: It is compulsory to follow this specified format, for facilitating the timely
evaluation process, to avoid delays).
1) Use only foolscap size writing paper (it should not be of very thin variety and poor quality) for
writing your answers.
2) Leave 4 centimetre margin on the left, top and bottom of your answer sheet.
3) Your answers should be precise.
4) Complete each question given in Part A, Part B and Part C of this assignment separately, and
submit all of these together.
5) The assignment answer sheets are to be submitted to your Study Centre within the prescribed due
date. Answer sheets received after the due date shall not be accepted. It is suggested that you
should keep a facsimile copy of your answer sheets of all the submitted assignments.
6) This assignment is valid from 1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024. If you have failed in this
assignment or fail to submit it by 31st December, 2024, then you have to compulsorily get the new
assignment for the next year 2025, and have to submit it as per the instructions given in the
Programme Guide.
7) You cannot fill the form to appear in the term end exam for this course without submitting
the assignments. For any further queries, please contact course coordinators at:
vishalwarpa@ignou.ac.in/ knrao@ignou.ac.in.
We wish you good luck for the successful completion of this part of your Bachelor’s programme.
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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: BGGCT-133
Assignment Code: BGGCT-133/TMA/2024
Maximum Marks: 100
Part-A
All Questions are compulsory and carries 10 marks each.
1. Describe the importance and usage of maps and also highlight the map drawing
equipments in cartography.
2. Write a detailed account on primary sources of data with suitable examples.
3. What is topographical map? Describe the development of topographical maps in India.
4. Write a detailed account on thematic maps with suitable examples.
Part-B
All Questions are compulsory and carries 10 marks each.
5. Write a detailed account on earth as a cartographic problem and its three associated
terminologies with examples.
6. What is map projection? Describe the classification of map projections and their four
basic categories.
7. Describe in detail any four series of data tables out of total eight series of data tables as
provided by Census of India.
Part-C
8) Write Short notes on the following. Each question carries 5 marks.
a) Representative fraction (R.F)
b) Properties of simple cylindrical projection
c) Sample registration system (SRS)
d) Resolution of remote sensing data
e) Drainage and its five patterns
f) Appropriate design and its three attributes related to data representation
