NCERT Solution for English Honeydew Class 8 Poem : Geography Lesson
working with the poem
1. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.
Answer:
- Scaled six inches to the mile
- valleys were populated
- land and water attracted man
2. Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears
(i) as haphazard as on ground.
(ii) as neat as map
(iii) as developed as necessary.
Mark the right answer.
Answer:
(iii) as developed as necessary.
3. Which of the following statements are example 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 human hate and kill one another.
(v) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.
Answer:
(i) There are cities where there are rivers.
(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
(iv) It is difficult to undertsand why human hate and kill one another.
4. Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height.
(ii) not clear from the height.
Answer:
(i) The earth is round and it has more sea than land.
(ii) Why men hate each other and build walls across the cities.
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- Chapter 2 : The Tsunami
- Chapter 3 : Glimpses of the Past
- Poem : Macavity : The Mystery Cat
- Chapter 4 : Bepin Choudhury's Lapse of Memory
- Poem : The Last Bargain
- Chapter 5 : The Summit within
- Poem : The School Boy
- Chapter 6 : This is Jody's Fawn
- Chapter 7 : A Visit to Cambridge
- Poem : When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
- Chapter 8 : A Short Monsoon Diary
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