Unseen Passage for Class 10 English
👉 Examination style unseen passage for Class 10 English
Deserts are wild waste stretches of land, usually covered with sand,where little can grow few can live. There are deserts in africa,asia,australia,but the greatest and the most famous is the sahara covering about 35 lakh square miles of northern africa. it extend from the mediterranean southward to the sudan,and from the red sea westward to the atlantic ocean.
crossing a desert has always been risky adventure. temperatures are very hi gh during the day and may fallbelow zero at night .from one oasis to another may be a march 0f several days. the lack of water, the fierce rays of the sun , sandstorms and other hardships have always made journeys across such deserts as the sahara the worst kind of traveis in the world. The old tracks across the sand are lined with the bones of men and beasts that have met their fate . Hores and oxen are not suited to these conditions and the only animal that can be used is the camel,which has a peculiar stomach in which water can be stored. Besidesbeing able to go for three days without drinking,it can also lives for a long time on small quantities of food.since ancient times,the camel has been called 'the ship of the desert'.
👉 Revision Notes for Class 10 S.St
Word - meanings :
- oasis - नखलिस्तान
- fierce - तीव्र , प्रचंड
- Peculiar - विशिष्ट , विलक्षण।
👉 NCERT Solution for Class 10 S.St
Questions :
- What is a desert ?
- Which is the greatest desert ? How large is it ?
- Why is crossing desert a risky adventure ?
- Which four things make journey across Sahara the worst ?
- What is the camel called in the desert since ancient times ?
- Find from the passage words which mean the same as : (i) expanses (ii) greenery in the midst of desert.
👉 NCERT Solution for Class 10 Hindi
Answers :
- A desert is a wild waste stretch of land, usually covered with sand.
- The Sahara is the greatest desert, covering about 35 lakh square miles of northern Africa. It extends from the Mediterranean southward to Sudan and from the Red Sea westward to the Atlantic Ocean.
- Crossing a desert is a risky adventure because temperature are very high during the day and may fall below zero at night. Travelling from one oasis to another may be a march of several days.
- The four things that make journey across Sahara the worst are : (i) long distances from one oasis to another (ii) the lack of water (iii) the fierce rays of the sun (iv) sandstorms and other hardships.
- The ship of the desert.
- (i) stretches (ii) oasis.