What posed a threat to the poet's understanding of the logic of geography?
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Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
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.
1. What was the height that the jet attained?
(a) Ten thousand feet (b) Six miles (c) A few hundred feet (d) Ten thousand miles
Ans. (b) Six miles
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2. What does the poet learn about the earth?
(a) That the earth was round (b) That the earth had boundaries
(c) That the earth had no land (d) That the earth was entirely made of water
Ans. (a) That the earth was round
3. Who posed a threat to the poet's understanding of the logic of geography?
(a) Men (b) Animals (c) Water (d) Land
Ans. (a) Men
4. What, according to the poet, was beyond the logic of geography?
Ans. According to the poet, the reason why men hated and killed each other was beyond the logic of geography.
5. State one thing that becomes clear and one thing that remains unclear to the poet.
Ans. It becomes clear to the poet that the earth was round. It, however, remained unclear
why men were full of negative feelings like hatred and animosity.
6. Make a list of the rhyming words from the above - mentioned stanza.
Ans.
- Round/found
- land/understand.
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The poem is about the way earth looks from different altitudes. It is divided into three parts. When the jet takes off and starts to climb up in the sky, you can have full height view of the city. The city grew as per its necessity and did not grow as per proper planning. It does not have any particular style. It even looked six inches from a certain height revealing its true structure.
When the jet climbs higher up to about ten thousand feet, he could apprehend the fact that cities grew water resources. Water fulfilled the necessities like agriculture, transport, business and others. He found that valleys were populated which met the necessities of the people.
When the jet went above six miles, there is more water than land on the earth. While appreciating the geographical niceties of our planet, the poet is unable to understand the tendency to build borders, to erect walls, to create fences. Then he reflected that people on earth selfish and narrow for they hate each other. He found the earth to be one, but not the people living on this earth, who are divided for shallow reasons.