Chapter 3 What is Government
Chapter 3 What is Government 1. What do you understand by the word ‘government’? List five ways in which you think the government effects your daily life. Ans: By the word, ‘government’ we understand that the organisation which takes decisions and makes laws for the citizens of a country is the government. The five ways in […]
Chapter 2 Diversity and Discrimination
Chapter 2 Diversity and Discrimination 1. Match the following statements in a way that challenges stereotypes: Ans: (a).3.Remark. Many people have formed a stereotype that people living in cities or having influential jobs like surgeon are busy and do not give time to their family. But this example proves that feelings for the family are universal […]
Chapter 1 Understanding Diversity
Chapter 1 Understanding Diversity 1. Draw up a list of the different festivals celebrated in your locality. Which of these celebrations are shared by members of different regional and religious communities? Ans: Festivals shared by different regional and religious communities are: Independence Day Republic Day Gandhi Jayanti These are our national festivals, so every Indian celebrates […]
Unseen Passages Type II 6
Unseen Passages Type II 6 Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow : Passage 1 1 Soon the drum made of tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers as¬sembled outside the king’s door and the royal musician began to play. But instead of the thum thum thum that everyone expected, the Tamarind […]
Passages Type I 6
Unseen Passages Type I 6 Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow each of them : Passage 1 You never saw such a commotion up and down a house in all your life, as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job. A picture would have come home from the […]
Telegram Writing 6
Telegram Writing 6 1. Robin wrote the following letter to his father. Then he decided to send a telegram instead of the letter. Using relevant information from the letter, write this telegram using not more than 20 words. St. Jude School Hostel Dalhousie Himachal Pradesh 10 March 2007 Dear Papa I hope everything is right […]
Postcard Writing 6
Postcard Writing 6 1. Puran Singh is to board the Shatabdi Express on way to Calcutta. At New Delhi railway station just before the train is going to leave the station he remembers that he has put the keys of the almirah among his books. He decides to write a postcard to his sister Sonu […]
Paragraph Writing 6
Paragraph Writing 6 1. A Day That I Can’t Forget There are many days in my life that I can’t forget. Of these is the day when the result of my class V examination was declared. I had done all my papers well. I expected a good result. But I had stood first in the […]
Notice Writing 6
Notice Writing 6 1. Tapan Ghosh of class IX A is the Secretary of the Holy aarist School Geography Forum. The geography teacher has asked Tapan to put up a notice to invite the students of geography to participate in the Geography Quiz Contest to be held after a fortnight in St Anthony’s School. The […]
Message Writing 6
Message Writing 6 1. Read the following telephonic conversation between Rahul and Sonu. Sonu is about to leave for school and will not be able to meet her brother Mohit. She leaves a message for him. Write the message in about 50 words. Rahul: Hello! Can I speak to Mohit, please? Sonu: He is not […]