Exercise - Question:
Que: Answer the following questions.
(i) What are the four means of transport?
(ii) What do you understand by the term ‘settlement’?
(iii) Which are the activities practised by the rural people?
(iv) Mention any two merits of railways.
(v) What do you understand by communication?
(vi) What is mass media?
Ans:
(i) (a) Roadways, (b) railways, (c) waterways and (d) air ways.
(ii) Settlements are places where people build their homes.
(iii) Hunting, gathering, shifting cultivation, transhumance.
(iv) (a) Railways carry people over long distances quikly and cheaply
(b) They also carry heavy goods or raws material in bulk, transported from mines to industrial areas and from there to the market or ports. .
(v) Communication is the process of conveying message to other.
(vi)The modes of communicate with a large number of people, like newspaper, radio and televison, are called mass media.
Que: Tick the correct answer.
(i) Which is NOT a means of communication?
(a) telephone (b) books (c) table
(ii) Which type of road is constructed under the ground?
(a) fly over (b) expressways (c) subways
(iii) Which mode of transport is most suitable to reach an island?
(a) ship (b) train (c) car
(iv) Which vehicle does not pollute the environment
(c) cycle (b) bus (c) aeroplane
Ans:
(i) - (c)
(ii) - (c)
(iii) - (a)
(iv) - (a)
Que: Match the following.
(i) Internet (a) areas where people are engaged in manufacturing, trade and services
(ii) Canal route (b) closely built area of houses
(iii) Urban areas (c) houses on stilts
(iv) Compact settlement (d) inland waterway
(e) a means of communication
Ans:
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Internet | (e) A means of communication |
| (ii) Canal route | (d) Inland water way |
| (iii) Urban areas | (a) Areas where people are engaged in manufacturing, trade and services |
| (iv) Compact settlement | (b) Closely built area of houses |
Que: Give reasons.
(i) Today’s world is shrinking.
Ans:
Today’s world is shrinking because of the following reasons:
- Airways have become popular, more and more people use aeroplanes to travel to
far off places. Airways have reduced time taken in journeys. - Means of communication have reduced both distances and time. We can talk, see, and interact with people sitting thousands of kilometers away within no time.
- We can strike business deals in seconds through superfast means of communication, like the internet, satellite phones, etc.
Que: For fun.
(i) Conduct a survey in your locality and find out how people commute to their respective workplaces using –
(a) more than two modes of transport
(b) more than three modes of transport
(c) stay within walking distance.
(ii) Mention which mode of communication you will prefer most in the following situations –
(a) Your grandfather has suddenly fallen ill. How will you inform the doctor?
(b) Your mother wants to sell the old house. How will she spread this news?
(c) You are going to attend the marriage of your cousin for which you will
be absent from the school for the next two days. How will you inform the
teacher?
(d) Your friend has moved out with his/her family to New York. How will you keep in touch on a daily basis?
Ans:
(i) (a) on foot, metro, and auto-rickshaw
(b) on foot, bus, metro, and rickshaw
(c) on foot.
(ii) (a) By telephone or mobile.
(b) Through newspaper or through realty brokers.
(c) Through written application.
(d) Through telephone, mobile, e-mail, internet, etc.
