(i) The four means of transport are such as:
- Roadways
- Airways
- Waterways
- Railways
(ii) Settlements are the places where people build their own homes which may be permanent or temporary.
(iii) Activities practiced by the rural are as given below:
- Hunting
- Gathering
- Shifting cultivation
- Agricultures
- Fishing, forestry
- Crafts work
- Transhumance (second migration)
(iv) Two merits of railways are as follows:
- Railways carry people over the long distance very rapidly and cheaply.
- They also carry heavy goods, a raw material in bulk, transported from mines to the industrial areas and from there to the markets or ports.
(v) Communication is the process of conveying messages from one to other.
(vi) The modes of communication by which we can communicate with a large number of people such as newspaper, radio and television, are known as mass media.
(i) (c) table
(ii) (c) subways
(iii) (a) ship
(iv) (a) cycle
(i) Internet (e) a means of communication
(ii) Canal route (d) inland waterway
(iii) Urban areas (a) Areas where people are engaged in manufacturing trade and services.
(iv) Compact settlement (b) Closely built area of houses
(i) modern technology has engaged the whole world in its fist. Modern world is shrinking because of factors like globalization and improved means of transportation and communication. Due to the improved communication system, we can talk or able to get connected with each other in the world at any time by digital phone etc. also the news from all over the world can be known by sitting at one place. We can reach opposite corners of the world in no time through the improved system of transportation. Globalization of markets added more flavor to this system. That's why the world has now became small villa or get shrink.
(i) (a) on foot, rickshaw and metro.
(b) On foot, rickshaw, metro, auto rickshaw
(c) On foot
(ii) (a) I will inform the doctor through phone call.
(b)she will spread this news through newspapers.
(c) I will send a leave application to the teacher.
(d) I will keep in touch through telephone or internet.