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numerous such as letter, telegram, telephone, fax, people in a short time. Newspaper, periodicals,
email etc. radio, television, cinema etc. are important means
of mass communication.

Telegram Telephone Email
Newspaper Radio Television
Mass Communication
Mass communication or mass media has assumed F ind Outind Out
a significant role in the present times. Message Why is the press called the ‘lighthouse of the
can be communicated to a large number of democracy’?

v A primitive settlement came into being when Early Man settled down at one place.
v A temporary settlement is meant for a limited period while a permanent settlement is meant for lifelong.
v A rural area lacks in many facilities while an urban area is equipped with different types of facilities.

v A scattered settlement is distinct from an urban settlement by the density of population.
v The wheel has played a vital role in the development of transport.
v Means of transport are classified as surface transport, water transport and air transport.
v The two types of surface transport are roadways and railways.
v Different types of roads are used for transport, such as unmetalled roads, metalled roads, highways etc.

v The means of communication can be private or mass.

A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. A pucca house is part of a ______________ settlement.
(a) temporary (b) permanent (c) none of these
2. The houses are built here and there in a ______________ settlement.
(a) scattered (b) compact (c) both of these

3. The government should pay attention to the problems of a ______________ area.
(a) urban (b) rural (c) both of these
4. The Grand Trunk Road was built in the ______________ period.
(a) ancient (b) medieval (c) modern
5. The other name for metro rail is ______________ train.
(a) bullet (b) tube (c) none of these

6. In Kashmir valley, a railway line functions between ______________ and Baramulla.
(a) Jammu (b) Srinagar (c) both of these
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