Chapter 02: Geography Lesson

1. Who is the poet of the poem “Geography Lesson”?

  • Zulfikar Ghose
  • Zulfikar Khosla
  • Aesop
  • Roald Dahl
Answer
Zulfikar Ghose

2. What became clear when the jet reached ten thousand feet?

  • Why cities ran along the river
  • Why valleys are populated
  • Logic of geography
  • All of the Above
Answer
All of the Above

3. Why men found reasons to kill each other was _____ ?

  • Easier to understand
  • Difficult to understand
  • Not needed to be understood
  • Not mentioned in the poem
Answer
Difficult to understand

4. “There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “haphazard”?

  • That cannot be avoided
  • That can be avoided
  • Without plan or order
  • With plan or order
Answer
Without plan or order

5. What was not clear from the sky?

  • Why men on earth found causes to hate each other
  • Why men on earth built walls to divide cities
  • Why men on earth kill each other
  • All of the Above
Answer
All of the Above

6. When did it become clear that the earth was round?

  • At a height of ten thousand miles
  • At a height of six miles
  • At a height of six inches to the mile
  •  At a height of six thousand miles
Answer
At a height of six miles

7. When did it become clear as to why the city had developed the way it is?

  • At a height of ten thousand miles
  • At a height of six miles
  • At a height of six inches to the mile
  • At a height of six thousand miles
Answer
At a height of six inches to the mile

8. The earth has more _____ than _____ ?

  • Land, sea
  • Water, forest
  • Life, land
  • Sea, land
Answer
Sea, land

9. What was the “logic of geography”?

  • Land and water attracted man
  • Why valleys were populated
  • Why cities ran along the river
  • How cities are developed
Answer
Land and water attracted man

10. “There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “inevitability”?

  • That cannot be avoided
  • That can be avoided
  • Without plan or order
  • With plan or order
Answer
That cannot be avoided