INDIA: Our Motherland
1.
Fill
in the blanks:-
a)
The name of our country is …………….…………………
b)
………………………….….. is the capital of our
country.
c)
The currency of our country is …………………….……...
d)
Total number of states in our country is
……………….….
e)
Total number of union territories in our
country is ………..
f)
…………………….…… is the largest state of our
country.
g)
………………..……is most populated state of our
country.
h)
The smallest state of country is
……………………………
i)
The least populated state of our country
is ………………..
j)
Our national language is …………………………………..
Answer:-1-India,
2-New Delhi, 3-Rupee, 4-Twenty eight, 5-Eight
6-Madhya
Pradesh, 7-Uttar Pradesh, 8-Goa, 9-Sikkim, 10-Hindi.
2.
Answer
the following questions?
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a |
Witch
country do you belong to? |
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b |
What
is the area of our country? |
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c |
What
is the boundary of your country? |
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d |
What
is the population of India? |
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e |
When
did India become free? |
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f |
How
many states are there in India? |
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g |
How
many union territories in India? |
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h |
Who
is the called the father of nation? |
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i |
What
is the national anthem of your country? |
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j |
What
do we call our national flag? |
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k |
How
many colours are there in our national flag? |
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l |
What
is the arrangement of the colours in national flag? |
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m |
What
dose saffron/white/green stand for? |
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n |
When
do we unfurl the flag? |
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o |
What
is our duty towards the national flag? |
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Answer;
- [a] I belong to India. [b] The area of our country is 32, 87,263 sq.km. [c]
In the north are Himalayas, China, Bhutan and Nepal; in the south are the
Indian Ocean and Shrilanka; in the west are the Arabian Sea and Pakistan and in
the east are the bay of Bengal, Bangala desh and Burma. [d] The population of
India in 2023 is 1,428,627,663. [e] India became free on the 15th
August 1947. [f] There 28 states in India. [g] There are 8 union territories in
India. [h] Mahatma Gandhi is called the father of the Nation. [i] ‘Jana Gana
Mana’ is our national anthem. [j] We call our national flag the tiranga. [k]
There are three colours in our national flag. [l] Saffron stands at top, white
in middle and green at the bottom. [m] Saffron stands for sacrifice; White
stands for peace, purity and truth; Green
tands for prosperity. [n] We unfurl the national flag on Republic Day
and Independence Day. [o] It’s our duty to keep it high and honour it.
3.
Some of the states are given in column “A” and
their capital is given in column “B” match them:-
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1. |
Andhra
Pradesh |
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a |
Itanagar |
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1. |
C |
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2. |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
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b |
Dispur |
2. |
A |
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3. |
Assam |
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c |
Hyderabad |
3. |
B |
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4. |
Bihar |
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d |
Raipur |
4. |
E |
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5. |
Chhattisgarh |
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e |
Patna |
5. |
D |
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6. |
Goa |
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f |
Gandhinagar |
6. |
G |
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7. |
Gujarat |
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g |
Panaji |
7. |
F |
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8. |
Haryana |
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h |
Shimla |
8. |
I |
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9. |
Himachal
Pradesh |
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i |
Chandigarh |
9. |
H |
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10. |
Jharkhand |
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j |
Ranchi |
10. |
J |
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11. |
Karnataka |
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k |
Thiruvananthapuram |
11. |
L |
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12. |
Kerala |
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l |
Bengaluru |
12. |
K |
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13. |
Madhya
Pradesh |
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m |
Aizawal |
13. |
P |
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14. |
Maharashtra |
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n |
Imphal |
14. |
O |
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15. |
Manipur |
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o |
Mumbai |
15. |
N |
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16. |
Meghalaya |
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p |
Bhopal |
16. |
Q |
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17. |
Mizoram |
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q |
Shillong |
17. |
M |
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18. |
Nagaland |
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r |
Bhubaneswar |
18. |
S |
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19. |
Odisha |
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s |
Kohima |
19. |
R |
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20. |
Punjab |
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t |
Gangtok |
20. |
U |
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21. |
Rajasthan |
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u |
Chandigarh |
21. |
V |
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22. |
Sikkim |
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v |
Jaipur |
22. |
T |
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23. |
Tamilnadu |
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w |
Hyderabad |
23. |
Y |
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24. |
Telangana |
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x |
Agartala |
24. |
W |
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25. |
Tripura |
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y |
Chennai |
25. |
X |
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26. |
Uttar
Pradesh |
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z |
Dehradun |
26. |
Bb |
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27. |
Uttarakhand |
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aa |
Kolkata |
27. |
Z |
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28. |
West
Bengal |
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bb |
Lucknow |
28. |
Aa |
4. Solar system : -The sun with all its planets together makes a family.
This family is called as the solar system. The solar system has eight planets.
1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4.
Mars
5. Jupiter 6. Saturn 7. Uranus 8.
Neptune
5. The huge expand of water on
the earth is called ocean.
They are five in numbers: -
1. Pacific Ocean, 2.Atlantic Ocean, 3.Indian Ocean,
4. Southern ocean (Antarctic
Ocean), 5.Arctic Ocean.
[Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean & Arctic Ocean is
the smallest ocean in the world]
6. The land on the earth is
divided into many big parts. The very big parts of land are called continent.
They are seven:-
Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, and
Australia.
[Asia is the biggest continent & Australia is the
smallest continent in the world]