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Question
- Can you find the state in which you live? Write its name on the map.
- Which are the states next to the state you live in?
- Have you been to any other state?
- Shahmir thinks that there are lines drawn on the ground between the states. What do you think?
Solution
- Yes, I can find Karnataka the place I live in.
- The states next to Karnataka are Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Goa.
- Yes, I had been to Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu states.
- I think these lines are just on the map and not reality.
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