A geography teacher takes her students to the ruins at Hampi. Standing near the old city walls, she asks them to note how the land near the old city is shaped, which way the big river runs, and where the small streams come from. She tells them that these features explain why the rulers built so many waterworks, which the class will visit after lunch.
Which feature of the landscape near the city would the teacher point out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Granite hills that seem to form a girdle around it
Option (1) Thick forests that hide it from the river — Incorrect. The setting is marked by granite hills and streams running down to the river, with no hiding forest.
Option (2) Flat black-soil plains on most of its sides — Incorrect. Flat plains cannot fit a city ringed by hills.
Option (3) Granite hills that seem to form a girdle around it — Correct. The landscape around Vijayanagara has stunning granite hills that seem to form a girdle around the city. Streams flow down from these rocks to the river.
Option (4) Low sandstone ridges along the river bank — Incorrect. The hills are granite and they ring the whole city; they are more than low ridges along the bank.
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