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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
A globe is the most popular model of the earth.
उत्तर
As our earth is spherical in shape, so it can be best represented by a spherical model like a globe. A globe illustrates the position of continents and oceans, the tilted axis of the earth, its rotation, the sea, and air routes, etc. So a globe is a perfect model of the earth.
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