Chapter 3
Geography of the World
( āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻূāĻোāϞ )
Exercise
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1. Write in brief about the earth's lithosphere and hydrosphere.
ā§§) āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻļিāϞাāĻŽāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāϞāĻŽāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
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2. How was the earth in the early days according to the Continental Drift Theory?
⧍) āĻāύ্āĻিāύেāĻŖ্āĻেāϞ āĻĄ্ā§°িāĻĢ্āĻ āĻĨিāϝ়ā§°ী āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻেāύে āĻāĻিāϞ?
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3. Write briefly about the topography of the ocean floor.
ā§Š) āϏাāĻā§°āϤāϞ⧰ āĻূ-āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
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4. Write briefly about the distribution of oceans and continents.
ā§Ē) āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻŦিāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
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5. Write in short about the landforms present on the earth's land surface.
ā§Ģ) āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻূāĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻূ-ā§°ূāĻĒā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
Ans. 6. Briefly discuss the physical characteristics of Asia.
ā§Ŧ) āĻāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া।
Ans. 7. Give your answer with reasons:
ā§/ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ: (a) Why do 90 per cent of the world's total population concentrate in the northern hemi sphere?
(āĻ) āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻŽুāĻ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাā§° ⧝ā§Ļ āĻļāϤাংāĻļāĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻোāϞাā§°্āϧāϤ āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°ীāĻূāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে?
Ans. (b) What is the reason behind lack of permanent human settlement in Antarctica?
(āĻ) āĻāύ্āĻাā§°্āĻāĻিāĻাāϤ āϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āĻŦāϏāϤিā§° āĻ āĻাā§ąā§° āĻঁā§°ā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻি?
Ans. 8. Give short answer to the following questions:
ā§Ž) āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Ans. (a) Which has created a natural boundary between Asia and Europe?
(āĻ) āĻোāύāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻ āϏীāĻŽাā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°িāĻে?
Ans. (b) Which is the longest mountain range of the world and where it is located?
(āĻ) āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞা āĻোāύāĻো āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ?
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(c) In terms of land area which are the largest and smallest countries of the world?
(āĻ) āĻূāĻŽিā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻļ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰ু?
Ans. (d) Which country of the world is spread to two continents?
(āĻ) āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻোāύāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļāϞৈ āĻŦিāϝ়āĻĒি āĻāĻে?
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(e) In terms of population which are the largest and smallest countries of the world?
(āĻ) āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻļ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰ু?
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(f) What is the name of the major mountain range of North America? In which part of the continent is it located?
(āĻ) āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻি? āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļāĻāύ⧰ āĻোāύāĻো āĻ ংāĻļāϤ āĻ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ?
Ans. (g) Which is the world's largest desert and where is it located?
(āĻ) āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻŽā§°ুāĻূāĻŽি āĻোāύāĻো āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ?
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(h) Write the names of two northerly and two easterly rivers of Asia.
(āĻ) āĻāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻā§°ু āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻĒূāĻŦ āύāĻĻীā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
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(i) Write the names of one each of major mountain range, river and desert of Australia.
(āĻ) āĻ āώ্āĻ্ā§°েāϞিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞা, āύāĻĻী āĻā§°ু āĻŽā§°ুāĻূāĻŽিā§° āĻāĻাāĻৈ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
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(j) Write the names of three countries of Europe located in the Mediterranean region.
(āĻ) āĻূāĻŽāϧ্āϝāϏাāĻā§°ীāϝ় āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒā§° āϤিāύিāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
Ans. 9. Write short notes:
⧝/ āĻুāĻি āĻোāĻা āϞিāĻা: (a) Pangaea (b) Arctic Ocean
(āĻ) āĻĒেংāĻেāϝ়া (āĻ) āĻā§°্āĻāĻিāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (c) The Continent of Oceania (d) The rivers of Asia
(āĻ) āĻāĻেāύিāϝ়া āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļ (āĻ) āĻāĻিāϝ়াā§° āύāĻĻীāϏāĻŽূāĻš
(e) The lakes of Africa (f) The rivers of Europe
(āĻ) āĻāĻĢ্ā§°িāĻাā§° āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ (āĻ) āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒā§° āύāĻĻী (g) The Appalachian Highland Region (h) The lakes of North America
(āĻ) āĻāĻĒ্āϞাāĻিāϝ়াāύ āĻšাāĻāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ (āĻ) āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻাā§° āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš 10. Write the differences between:
ā§§ā§Ļ) āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āϞিāĻা: (a) Continental shelf and Continental slope
(āĻ) āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻļ্āĻŦেāϞ্āĻĢ āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻĸাāϞ
Ans. (b) Everest Peak and Godwin Austin Peak
(āĻ) āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻ āĻļৃংāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĄāĻāĻāύ āĻ āώ্āĻিāύ āĻļৃংāĻ
Ans. (c) The Continent of Oceania and the Continent of Antarctica (d) Gobi desert and Atacama desert
(āĻ) āĻāĻেāύিāϝ়া āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ্āĻাā§°্āĻāĻিāĻা āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļ (āĻ) āĻোāĻŦি āĻŽā§°ুāĻূāĻŽি āĻā§°ু āĻāĻাāĻাāĻŽা āĻŽā§°ুāĻূāĻŽি
Ans. 11. Choose the correct answer:
ā§§ā§§) āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ: (a) Which is the world's second largest ocean?
(āĻ) āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻŦৃāĻšāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° āĻোāύāĻāύ? (1) Pacific Ocean (2) Indian Ocean
(ā§§) āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (⧍) āĻাā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (3) Atlantic Ocean (4) Southern Ocean
(ā§Š) āĻāĻāϞাāĻŖ্āĻিāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (ā§Ē) āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§°
Ans. (b) Which is smallest continent of the world?
(āĻ) āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļ āĻোāύāĻāύ?
(1) North America (2) Europe
(ā§§) āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻা (⧍) āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒ (3) Antarctica (4) Oceania
(ā§Š) āĻāύ্āĻাā§°্āĻāĻিāĻা (ā§Ē) āĻāĻেāύিāϝ়া
Ans. (c) In which ocean Falkland island is located?
(āĻ) āĻোāύ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻĢāĻāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ? (1) Atlantic Ocean (2) Arctic Ocean
(ā§§) āĻāĻāϞাāĻŖ্āĻিāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (⧍) āĻā§°্āĻāĻিāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (3) Pacific Ocean (4) Indian Ocean
(ā§Š) āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§° (ā§Ē) āĻাā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻā§°
Ans. (d) Which sea has separated the continents of Asia and Africa?
(āĻ) āĻোāύāĻāύ āϏাāĻā§°ে āĻāĻিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĢ্ā§°িāĻা āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে? (1) Mediterranean Sea (2) Red Sea
(ā§§) āĻূāĻŽāϧ্āϝ āϏাāĻā§° (⧍) āϞোāĻšিāϤ āϏাāĻā§° (3) Caspian Sea (4) Arabian Sea
(ā§Š) āĻেāĻāĻĒিāϝ়াāύ āϏাāĻā§° (ā§Ē) āĻā§°āĻŦ āϏাāĻā§°
Ans. (e) What has naturally separated Asia from Europe?
(āĻ) āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻāϤে āĻিāĻšে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻে? (1) Ural mountain range (2) Caucasus mountain
(ā§§) āĻā§°াāϞ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞা (⧍) āĻāĻেāĻাāĻ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤ (3) Caspian Sea (4) Volga river
(ā§Š) āĻেāĻāĻĒিāϝ়াāύ āϏাāĻā§° (ā§Ē) āĻāϞāĻা āύāĻĻী
Ans. (f) In which continent is Ecuador located?
(āĻ) āĻāĻুā§ąেāĻĄā§° āĻোāύāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ? (1) North America (2) South America
(ā§§) āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻা (⧍) āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻা (3) Africa (4) Asia
(ā§Š) āĻāĻĢ্ā§°িāĻা (ā§Ē) āĻāĻিāϝ়া
Ans. (g) What is the capital of Brazil?
(āĻ) āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻিāϞ⧰ ā§°াāĻāϧাāύী āĻিāĻŽাāύ?
(1) Rio de Janeiro (2) Sao Paulo
(ā§§) ā§°িāĻ ’ āĻĄি āĻেāύেāĻā§°’ (⧍) āĻাāĻ āĻĒাāĻāϞো (3) Brasilia (4) Lima
(ā§Š) āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻিāϞিāϝ়া (ā§Ē) āϞিāĻŽা
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