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Class 4 The World Around Us — Different lands, different lives

Tell plains, desert, coast and mountains apart from their plants, houses and weather, and place a dish, a festival or a landmark in the land it belongs to.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.What do many people in the coastal regions depend on for their livelihood?

    • a) Weaving
    • b) Fishing
    • c) Mining
    • d) Herding cattle

  2. 2.Where does a cactus keep the water it needs to survive?

    • a) In its stems
    • b) In its flowers
    • c) In its thorns
    • d) In its roots, deep underground

  3. 3.One of these four lands is dry, and rain hardly ever falls on it. Tap that one.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  4. 4.Sort each dish into the land the chapter meets it in.

    Groups: The plains · The desert · The coast · The mountains

    • Sarson da saag
    • Chhena poda
    • Pakhala
    • Thukpa
    • Ker sangri
    • Sel roti
    • Makki di roti
    • Dal-bati-churma

  5. 5.Cyclones hit the coast of Odisha quite often. What has the Government of Odisha won awards for?

    • a) Building a wall along the coast to keep the sea out
    • b) Planting forests that stop the winds completely
    • c) Saving people during cyclones through early warnings, advance preparation and good management
    • d) Moving whole villages away from the coast

  6. 6.What does the chapter say about the land and the people around Amritsar?

    • a) Small fields on terraces cut into hillsides
    • b) Large fields with rich, fertile soil, and many people engaged in farming
    • c) Dry fields that are farmed for one season a year
    • d) Fields that are flooded by the sea each summer

  7. 7.In Sikkim, one animal is commonly used to travel about in the mountains, and Nayan had a ride on one. Which animal?

  8. 8.The camel has a nickname in the chapter. What is it?

    • a) The ship of the desert
    • b) The wanderer of the sands
    • c) The horse of the sand
    • d) The king of the dunes

Answer key — Class 4 The World Around Us — Different lands, different lives

  1. 1. b) Fishing
  2. 2. a) In its stems
  3. 3. 3 — The desert
  4. 4. Makki di roti → The plains; Sarson da saag → The plains; Dal-bati-churma → The desert; Ker sangri → The desert; Pakhala → The coast; Chhena poda → The coast; Thukpa → The mountains; Sel roti → The mountains
  5. 5. c) Saving people during cyclones through early warnings, advance preparation and good management
  6. 6. b) Large fields with rich, fertile soil, and many people engaged in farming
  7. 7.
    • yak
    • a yak
    • yaks
  8. 8. a) The ship of the desert