1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What are the four means of transport?
(ii) What do you understand by the term 'settlement?
(iii) Which are the activities practised by the rural people?
(iv) Mention any two merits of railways.
(v) What do you understand by communication?
(vi) What is mass media?
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1.Ans ) The different modes of transport are air, water, and land transport, which includes Rails or railways, road and off-road transport. Other modes also exist, including pipelines, cable transport, and space transport.
2.Ans) A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. Also, if one country establishes a colony somewhere else, that can be called a settlement. The other kind of settlement happens when something is settled, like the end of a disagreement.
3.Ans) Agriculture, fishing, forestry, crafts work, trading, etc., are some of the major activities practised by the rural people.
4.Ans) Two merits of railways:
(a) They carry heavy goods and people. over long distances quickly and cheaply.
(b) They carry them in bulk.
5.Ans) Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person or group to another. Every communication involves (at least) one sender, a message and a recipient. This page explains more about what we mean by 'communication'.
6.Ans) Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television.
Explanation:
1. air transportation, water transportation, road transportation, etc
2. to settle the things in there appropriate place.
3. activities practised by the rural area people are agriculture , fishing, foresting, craft work, etc
4. railway merits - railways are useful for transportation and high seep over long transportation, safety.
5. communication is the word come from latin origin, the exchange of information and the transmission of meaning is the very essence of a social system or an organisation.
6. Mass media are media like radio, television, internet or other things that reach many people. Television is most used. We can see and hear news from around the world. Radio also brings music and news.