Q1.
The poem mentions a few terrains (physical features of land)—valleys, deserts, and marshes. Identify the terrains from the box given below. There are two that you do not need. (ghats, river, plateau, delta, bay, peninsula, mountains)
Answer
The five terrains are: ghats, plateau, delta, peninsula, mountains.
The two not needed are: river and bay.
| Word | Terrain? | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| ghats | Yes | A line of steep hills along a coast, as in the Western and Eastern Ghats |
| river | No — a water body | Flowing water, not a landform |
| plateau | Yes | High, flat land, as in the Deccan Plateau |
| delta | Yes | Low, fan-shaped land built of silt where a river meets the sea (the Sundarbans) |
| bay | No — a water body | A part of the sea curving into the land (the Bay of Bengal) |
| peninsula | Yes | Land with water on three sides — peninsular India |
| mountains | Yes | Very high land, as in the poem's “Climbing the heights” |
How to decide quickly: ask “Is it made of land or of water?” A river and a bay are water. Everything else in the box is a shape of the land — which is what a terrain is.