NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 8 English (Poetry) (Honeysuckle) Poem – 2 Geography Lesson has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (Honeydew – Poem)
- Poem – 1 : The Ant and the Cricket
- Poem – 3 : Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Poem – 4 : The Last Bargain
- Poem – 5 : The School Boy
- Poem – 6 : When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
- Poem – 7 : On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Poem – 2 (Geography Lesson)
When the jet sprang into the sky,
it was clear why the city
had developed the way it had,
seeing it scaled six inches to the mile.
There seemed an inevitability
about what on ground had looked haphazard,
unplanned and without style
When the jet sprang into the sky.
When the jet reached ten thousand feet,
it was clear why the country
had cities where the rivers ran
and why the valleys were populated.
The logic of geography —
that land and water attracted man —
was clearly delineated
When the jet reached ten thousand feet.
When the jet rose six miles high,
it was clear the earth was round
and that it had more sea than land.
But it was difficult to understand
that the men on the earth found
causes to hate each other, to build
walls across cities and to kill.
From that height, it was not clear why.
– ZULFIKAR GHOSE
Working with the Poem
1. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.
Answer – The following phrases may occur in a geography lesson :
- “it scaled six inches to the mile”
- “the country had cities where the rivers ran”
- “the valleys were populated”
- “land and water attracted man”
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 as necessary.
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 – Statements (i), (iii) and (v) are examples of the “logic of geography”.
4. Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height.
Answer – Two things that are clear from the height are, Land and water.
(ii) not clear from the height.
Answer – Two things that are not clear from the height are, Human beings and structural designs.
