C2. (i) Mention two things that are clean from the height.
(ii) Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
(iii) Why had Velu run away from home?
(iv) What Jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Mackpherson have when they were
not soldiers?
Answers
Explanation:
(i) From the height, it was clear that there are populated cities and valleys of the countries near the rivers. It was also clear that the earth was round and that it had more sea than land. (ii) From the height, it was not clear why the men on the earth found reasons to hate each other.
2..The camel lived in the middle of the desert because it did not want to work. It ate sticks, thorns, and prickles, and when anybody spoke to it, it said “Humph!” and nothing more.
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Velu had run away from home because he could not stand his father beating him for one more day. His father would snatch away all the money he and his sisters earned and spend it on drink. He decided to follow the 'strange girl' because he was new to that place and had no idea where to go.
4....Ans. Before joining army ,Hans Wolf played the Cello in the orchestra and Jim Macpherson a school teacher in Dorset.