NCERT Solutions for Exploring Society: India and Beyond Chapter 8 World Geography: Some Glimpses
Updated on 2026-09-05
About this chapter
The Earth is an oblate spheroid , so no flat map can be perfectly true. Every map projection is a compromise: the Mercator keeps shape and direction but swells sizes near the poles, the Robinson balances size against shape. To understand the world fairly, look at more than one projection. The oceans cover about 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface and hold 97 per cent of its water. They feed life, give us almost half our oxygen through plankton, and steady the climate by soaking up heat, releasing it slowly and adding moisture to the air. Currents, trenches and reefs make the ocean floor as varied as the land. Seas, gulfs, bays, straits and canals are named according to their shape and their link to the ocean, and each has shaped trade — the Persian Gulf, the Bay of Bengal, the Strait of Mal
- Chapter opener
- The Complexity of Mapping the Earth
- The Blue of the Blue Planet, the Oceans
- Asia
- Roof of the world
- The Urals
- Europe
- Africa
- South America
- The Australian Continent (Fig. 1.34)
Exercises
- Chapter opener — The Big Questions Page 1
- The Complexity of Mapping the Earth — LET’S EXPLORE Page 2
- The Blue of the Blue Planet, the Oceans — THINK ABOUT IT Page 4
- Asia — LET’S EXPLORE Page 11
- Roof of the world — In-text Questions Page 12
- The Urals — LET’S EXPLORE Page 15
- Europe — LET’S EXPLORE Page 18
- Africa — LET’S EXPLORE Page 22
- South America — LET’S EXPLORE Page 24
- The Australian Continent (Fig. 1.34) — In-text Questions Page 29
- –32End of chapter — Questions and activities Page 31