Question

What is the assigned color for denoting public/semipublic land use in a map?

• A. Green
• B. Blue
• C. Red
• D. Yellow

Hint:

When studying maps, familiarize yourself with the common color codes used for land use to improve your understanding of the map’s key.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Land-use legends assign a fixed colour to each zoning category so that a map can be read at a glance.
Green marks parks and open spaces, Red marks commercial areas, and Yellow marks residential areas, leaving public and semi-public institutional land marked separately.
In this classification, that remaining category, covering government and institutional buildings, is assigned Blue.
So, the correct answer is Blue.

Answer 2

Instead of recalling the colour directly, it helps to first rule out the colours with well-established, unambiguous meanings, and see which one is left for public/semi-public use:

1. Yellow: Almost universally tied to residential zones on Indian land-use maps, ruled out for this category.
2. Red: Almost universally tied to commercial zones, ruled out for this category.
3. Green: Almost universally tied to parks, recreation, and open green spaces, ruled out for this category.
4. Blue: With the other three primary zoning colours already accounted for, this is the colour left assigned to public and semi-public institutional land in this classification.

Eliminating the colours with unambiguous meanings first leaves blue for public/semi-public land.

Therefore, the correct answer is Blue.