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Study the pictures below and note down the differences.

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Study the pictures below and note down the differences.

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Solution

  1. In the first panel, the boy is going to school, while the girl of the same age is carrying a pot to fetch water.
  2. In the second panel, both the boy and the girl are going to school together.
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Chapter 2.2: Nature Created Man and Woman as Equals - Warming up [Page 30]

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Chapter 2.2 Nature Created Man and Woman as Equals
Warming up | Q 1. (A) | Page 30
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Chapter 2.2 Nature Created Man and Woman as Equals
WARMING UP | Q (A) i. | Page 5

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