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  • 1. 
    Why was Tishani Doshi filled with relief and wonder when she first set his foot on the continent?

  • to see its white expanse
  • to see its vastness and immense white expanse
  • to see the isolation from the rest of the world
  • All these

  • 2. 
    What was the objective of the Students on the Ice program?

  • to make them travel
  • to make them see snow
  • to make them see white expanse in the form of ice
  • to enable them to think differently to save the planet

  • 3. 
    What was Gondwana?

  • An ancient tourist place
  • an ancient city in Antarctica
  • An ancient super continent
  • None

  • 4. 
    Who was Geoff Green?

  • Geoff was a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.
  • A scientist
  • A traveller
  • A tourist guide

  • 5. 
    Why has the author called her journey as Journey to the End of the Earth’?

  • because it was too far
  • because no human race or plants exist
  • crosses nine time zones, six checkpoints, three water bodies and many ecospheres to reach there.
  • All these

  • 6. 
    Why is the Antarctica the right place to understand the past, present and future?

  • because half million-year-old carbon records are trapped in its layers of ice.
  • because of layers of ice
  • because of cold
  • none

  • 7. 
    Which programme aimed to take high school students to the end of the world?

  • The author’s delight
  • Teachers delight
  • School program
  • Geoff Green’s ‘Students on Ice’ programme

  • 8. 
    Why is a visit to Antartica important to understand the effect of global warming?

  • because here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves
  • because it is filled with snow
  • because it is away from urban rush
  • None

  • 9. 
    What is the purpose of The Journey to the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica?

  • to tour the world
  • to see the beauty of the earth
  • to know the geography more closely
  • to sensitize the young minds towards climatic change

  • 10. 
    Who is the author of the lesson?

  • Tishani Doshi
  • Kamla Das
  • Jane Austen
  • Chitra Das
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