NCERT Solutions for Class 5th Maths Chapter 14 Maps and Locations
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
Face the rising Sun and you have found east. The Sun comes up in the east every morning. Stand facing it. Now your left hand points north , your right hand points south , and your back is towards west . These four are called the cardinal directions — the four main directions. Say them in order as you turn: N, E, S, W. Every map has a direction arrow. It is a small sign in a corner with N, E, S and W on it (in the Hindi book: उ., पू., द., प.). On almost every map north is at the top , so east is to the right, west is to the left and south is at the bottom. Find that arrow first, before you read anything else on the map. Reading a picture map. In the bird-watching camp map, you find a tent by asking which side of what . The tent west of the road is on the left of the road. The tent south of
- Read the clues and colour the tents in the camp
- The street map, the dotted bus route and the two stops
- Filling the blanks and answering (a)–(e) from the street map
- Reading the key, the coloured lines and marking two stations
- Routes from Qutb Minar to Supreme Court
- The ant crawls along the dotted lines of a 1 cm grid
- Naming a place on a grid with two numbers, (column, row)
Exercises
- Manu faces the rising Sun; the Siberian Crane and the four little chicks — Finding Directions … Page 171
- Read the clues and colour the tents in the camp — Bird Watching! Page 172
- Write the directions of the following in relation to the girl — Map of a Room Page 172
- Draw your room, mark the direction arrow, and list the things in each direction — Make a Map of Your Own Room Page 173
- The street map, the dotted bus route and the two stops — Zoo Trip Page 173
- Filling the blanks and answering (a)–(e) from the street map — Bus Route Page 174
- Reading the key, the coloured lines and marking two stations — Delhi Metro Train Stations Page 175
- Routes from Qutb Minar to Supreme Court — Metro Map — Questions (a)–(d) Page 176
- Make a map of your school, with a key, and hide some objects on it — Let Us Do Page 176
- The ant crawls along the dotted lines of a 1 cm grid — Anthill in the Zoo Page 177
- Naming a place on a grid with two numbers, (column, row) — Locating the Animals in the Zoological Park (Zoo) Page 178