Geography lesson
1.Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to
occur in a geography lesson.
Ans: (i) Rivers ran and why the valleys were populated.
(iii) Land and water attracted wan.
2. Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears
(i) as haphazard as on ground.
(ii) as neat as a map.
Mark the right answer
Ans: (ii) as near as a map.
3.Which of the following statements are examples of “the logic of geography”?
(i)There are cities where there are rivers.
(ii)Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.
(iii)It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
(iv) It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another
(v)The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.
Ans: (i), (ii), (iii).
4. Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height.
Ans: (a) It was clear why the city had developed the way it had.
(b) It was clear why the country had cities where the river ran.
(ii) not clear from the height.
Ans: (a) Why men on the earth hate each other.
(b) Why do they build walls across cities and kill each other.
