Open Street Map Class 12 HSC MCQs based on the latest Maharashtra State Board syllabus. These multiple-choice questions are useful for board exam preparation, practice tests, and revision, helping students understand key OSM concepts such as map features, layers, data editing, and real-world applications.
Open Street Map Class 12 HSC MCQs
1. What is the purpose of Map?
a. Government document
b. Satellite image
c. Rescue tool
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT considered a use of a map?
a. Location of the school and hospitals
b. Finding shortest routes
c. Finding routes of rescue operation
d. None of the above
3. Who founded OpenStreetMap in 2004?
a. Elon Musk
b. Steve Coast
c. Tim Berners-Lee
d. Larry Page
4. In OSM map editing, ‘imagery’ refers to ________.
a. Hand-drawn sketches
b. Aerial views from satellites or drones
c. Rescue manuals
d. Government documents
5. Which of the following is simple and sufficient for beginners in OSM?
a. JOSM
b. Potlatch
c. iD editor
d. ArcGIS
6. What are the two main views used in OSM editing?
a. Terrain and political view
b. Arial (satellite) view and OSM standard view
c. Street view and 3D view
d. Historical and cultural view
7. Which of the following is NOT part of OSM?
a. Point of Interest (POI)
b. Line (roads, bridges, pipelines)
c. Area (parks, buildings, lakes)
d. Weather forecast
8. What is the group of edits saved together in OSM called?
a. Dataset
b. Changeset
c. Mapset
d. Edit group
9. What do you mean by ‘point’ or ‘node’ in a map?
a. The largest object
b. The smallest object
c. Only rivers
d. Only boundaries
10. When a point represents a special object like a shop or cafe, it is called __.
a. Area
b. Relation
c. Point of Interest (POI)
d. Way
11. What unique information does every point on a map have?
a. Tags only
b. Latitude and Longitude
c. Height and Width
d. Colour and Shape
12. Which of the relations is used to combine multiple areas like a lake with islands?
a. Polygon
b. Multipolygon
c. Closed way
d. Tag relation
13. In OpenStreetMap, a tag is always written as _.
a. Value=Key
b. Key=Value
c. Name=Number
d. Label=Symbol
14. Which of the following tags would you use for a school building?
a. amenity = school
b. leisure=school
c. building = school
d. name=school
15. Which editor is more powerful than iD and Potlatch?
a. ArcGIS
b. JOSM
c. Photoshop
d. QGIS
16. What type of application is JOSM?
a. Web browser plugin
b. Portable desktop application
c. Mobile app only
d. Cloud-based service
17. What is required to run JOSM?
a. Python
b. Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
c. C++ compiler
d. .NET Framework
18. What is the main advantage of the JOSM editor?
a. It allows offline editing.
b. It provides free internet.
c. It automatically fixes errors.
d. It does not require installation.
19. Which Android app is mainly an offline navigation tool but allows adding POIs and GPX files?
a. Vespucci
b. OsmAnd
c. JOSM
d. Potlatch
20. Which Android app is a full-fledged OSM editor similar to JOSM?
a. OsmAnd
b. Vespucci
c. iD editor
d. ArcGIS
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