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  PAPER BOATS ~Rabindranath Tagore Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream. In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live. I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am. I load my little boats with  shiuli  flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night. I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails. I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats! When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.

Geography (Exploring Society: India and Beyond | Grade 8 - Part 2) Chapter: Land and the People: Glimpses of the World  SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs) 1. How has the Earth long been revered in India as a living deity?   A) As Earth Mata or Vasudha   B) As Bhumi or Prakriti   C) As Ganga or Dharti   D) As Varuna or Samudra  Answer: A) As Earth Mata or Vasudha 2. The shape of the Earth is best described as an:   A) Perfect sphere   B) Oblate spheroid   C) Ellipsoid cylinder   D) Flat disc  Answer: B) Oblate spheroid 3. Why is the Earth an oblate spheroid?   A) It bulges at the poles and is flat at the equator   B) It bulges at the equator and is slightly flattened at the poles due to its rotation   C) Due to gravitational pull from the moon alone   D) Because of intense tectonic collisions  Answer: B) bulges at the equator and is slightly...