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Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears

(i) as haphazard as on ground.


(ii) as meat as a map.


(iii) as developed as necessary.


Mark the right answer.

Option (ii)


Explanation:


The clear planning of the cities, their locations besides rivers mostly, all were visible from the heights of an aeroplane. That is why the city appears developed as necessary.


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Do you remember any incident when something that you learned in the Did classroom help you in some way outside the classroom?


Write our experiences in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the a whole class like an anecdote.

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Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.

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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.

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Mention two things that are

(i) clear from the height.


(ii) not clear from the height