NCERT solutions class 8th English (Honeydew Poem) Chapter – 2 Geography Lesson Question & Answer

NCERT Solutions Class 8th English (Honeydew Poem) Chapter – 2 Geography Lesson

NCERT Solutions Class 8th English (Honeydew Poem) Chapter – 2 Geography Lesson

Chapter – 2

Geography Lesson

Question & Answer

Question 1. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.
Answer – 
(i) scaled six inches to the mile
(ii) valleys were populated
(iii) 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.

Answer – (iii) as developed as 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 – (i); (iii) ; (iv) – these are correct statements.

Question 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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