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प्रश्न
- Can you see India?
- Can you recognize any other place?
- Where is the sea?
- Do you find anything similar between the globe and this picture of the earth? In what ways are they different?
- Do you think Sunita could make out Pakistan, Nepal, and Burma separately when she saw the earth from space?
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उत्तर
- Yes, I can see India.
- Yes, I can recognize Sri Lanka.
- The blue colour on the globe indicates water.
- Similarities between the globe and the earth are that we can identify which part is land and which part is the sea. But it is difficult to identify a particular country or a city on the globe.
- No, it is difficult to identify these countries, since no particular country can be visible from space.
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- Where all do you find the sea?
- Which countries can you see?
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| Today’s Date | Date after a week | Date after 15 days |
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