Geography Lesson NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 2
Question 1.
Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two wbich are likely to occur in a geography lesson.
Answer:
The following phrases may occur in a geography lesson :
(i) Scaled six inches to the mile ……
(ii) Cities where the river ran and …….. valleys were populated
(iii) …… Land and water attracted man
(iv) ……….earth was round.
Question 2.
Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears
(i) as haphazard as on ground
(ii) as neat as a map
(iii) as developed as necessary
Mark the right answer.
Answer:
(iii) as developed at necessary
Question 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.
Answer:
The following statements are examples of the logic of geography’ :
(i) There are cities where there are rivers.
(ii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
(iii) The earth is round, and its has more sea than land.
Question 4.
Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height
(ii) not clear from the height
Answer:
Two things that are clear from the height are,
(i) Land and water
Two things that are not clear from the height are
(ii) Human beings and structural designs.
Geography Lesson Introduction
The poet describes a city-view from thousand feet above the ground and gives a neatly planned and perfect in proportion design. Imagine you are ten thousand feet above and see your city below, won’t it strike you as different one from what it actually is!
Question 1.
How high was the jet when the poet saw the land ?
(a) two feet to mile
(b) six inches to mile
(c) three feet to kilometre
(d) three km to mile
Answer:
(b) six inches to mile
Question 2.
What was the logic of geography ?
(a) land and water attract man
(b) sand and land attract man
(c) open sky attracts man
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(a) land and water attract man
Question 3.
What was the view of the city as seen from the window of the aeroplane?
(a) haphazard
(b) unplanned
(c) without style
(d) all the three above
Answer:
(d) all the three above
Question 4.
Where have cities been developed ?
(a) on shallow land
(b) near river banks
(c) on platform above land
(d) under water
Answer:
(b) near river banks
Question 5.
Which word means the same as ‘without order or plano?
(a) inevitable
(b) style
(c) haphazard
(d) delineated
Answer:
(c) haphazard
