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When the jet reached ten thousand feet,
I 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 jer reached ten thousand feet
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1. Who is the poet of these lines?
a. Zulfikar Ghose
b. Rabindranath Tagore
C. TS Eliot
d. John Keats
2. Which region of the earth is thickly populated?
a. Hills
b. Valleys
c. Forests
d. Island
3. What does the word "delineated" means
a. Shown
b. Dispatched
c. Habituated
d. Disowned
Answers
Answer:
I. 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. (Page 34)
Paraphrase. When the jet rose fast into the sky, the poet saw below him. He could understand why the city had grown into haphazard way. He saw the city look small. A mile of the ground looked as small as six inches.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The “jet’ in the passage refers to :
(a) jet black
(b) jet engine
(c) jet liner
(d) jet stream.
2. The poet realised why
(a) he was in the sky
(b) the city had developed
(c) there were new ways in the city
(d) the city had taken the shape it had.
3. The city appeared from the sky
(a) very big
(b) very small
(c) very wide
(d) very beautiful.
4. The word ‘scaled’ in the passage means :
(a) measured
(b) spotted
(c) climbed
(d) like a scale.
Answers
1. (c) jet liner
2. (d) the city had taken the shape it had
3. (b) very small
4. (a) measured
II. There seemed an inevitability
about what on ground had looked haphazard,
unplanned and without style
When the jet sprang into the sky. (Page 34)
Paraphrase. The jet went up into the sky. Looking below, one could see the inevitable way in which the city had developed. It certainly had a logic. On the earth it seemed ugly and without a method.
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