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Standard IX
Geography
Agents of Gradation-Waves
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Below are some incomplete sentences about the story. Complete each sentence appropriately, according to the story.

1. Slava Kurilov was in the water because he...

Evidence for this is...

2. His biggest mistake was when he...

3. He decided to die because…

4. He was carried towards the lagoon when he decided to...

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1. Slava Kurilov was in the water because he... Although nothing much has been provided in the story of how Salva fell in the water, we can assume that he must have slipped off from the liner he was travelling in.

Evidence for this is... No concrete evidence has been provided. However, we can assume so as it has been said that Salva saw hat the liner had vanished over the horizon.

2. His biggest mistake was when he decided to change the course and headed for the south-west before the second night.

3. He decided to die because the third night had already begun and he had no hope of surviving till the dawn,

4. He was carried towards the lagoon when he decided to keep his body horizontally on the crest of the waves.


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