NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English
Geography Lesson NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 2
Geography Lesson NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers
Geography Lesson Working with the poem
Question 1.
Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.
Answer:
Some phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson are:
- The city had developed the way it had,
- It scaled six inches to the mile.
- It was clear why the country
- Had cities where the rivers ran
- And why the valleys were populated.
- That land and water attracted man
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.
ii. as neat as a map.
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:
i. There are cities where there are rivers.
iii. It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
v. The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.
Question 4.
Mention two things that are
i. clear from the height.
ii. not clear from the height.
Answer:
i. clear from the height: why valleys were populated; why cities were developed near water resources
ii. not clear from the height: why men fight and kill each other; why we build walls around us and hate each other