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Questions:

Generic 2

17 x 2 = 34

Name the city centred industries.

What is Savings?

Sandhai – Define.

Renewable resources.

When you arrange the continents in ascending order according to their size, which ranks third?

When you are walking on the Marina beach in Chennai, which order of landform are you on?

Complete the given table with the help of an atlas. Follow the example

S.No	Continent	Plateau	Plains
1.	Asia	Tibetan Plateau	Yangtze Plain
2.	North America
3.	South America
4.	Australia
5.	Europe
6.	Africa

Name the oceans which surround North America and South America.

What is a continent?

10.

Write the names of three major festivals celebrated in India.

11.

Define diversity.

12.

Name the scholars who were born at Kancheepuram.

13.

Discuss the sources available to know about Tamil cities.

14.

Indus Civilisation is called urban civilisation. Give reasons.

15.

Describe the ancient methods of hunting?

16.

Name any two artefacts?

17.

Mention the places from where we got pre-historic tools.

Give Reason

1 x 1 = 1

18.

Why is Uranus called as the somersaulting planet?

Generic 5

7 x 5 = 35

19.

Differentiate universal and localized resources.

20.

Observe the following features of Indus Civilisation and compare that with the present day.
a. Lamp post
b. Burnt bricks
c. Underground drainage system
d. Weights and measurement
e. Dockyard

21.

Various discrimination in India. Discuss.

22.

List out the various festivals celebrated in different states.

23.

City of temples. Give short notes.

24.

Importance of invention of wheel from the ancient period to the modern period.

25.

Compare the lifestyle of Old Stone Age man with present day lifestyle.

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Answers Key:

Generic 2

17 x 2 = 34

(i) Automobile industry
(ii) Manufacturing industry
(iii) Iron and steel industry
(iv) Textile industry
(v) Banking, etc.

The amount from the income which is left for future needs after consumption is called savings.

(i) In villages, once in a week or month, all things are sold in a particular place at a specific time to meet the needs of the people.
(ii) That is called "Sandhai".

Resources once consumed can be renewed with the passage of time are called renewable resources. (e.g) Air, Water, Sunlight.

Antarctica.

Third order of land form.

S.No	Continent	Plateau	Plains
1.	Asia	Tibetan Plateau	Yangtze Plain
2.	North America	Colorado Plateau	Great Plains
3.	South America	Altiplano Plateau	Pampas
4.	Australia	Western Plateau known as Australian shield	Nullarbor
5.	Europe	Hardangervidda	North European Plain
6.	Africa	East African Plateau	Serengeti Plains

1. Pacific Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean

The vast land masses on Earth are called Continents.

10.

(i) Pongal
(ii) Deepavali
(iii) Holi

11.

People speak different languages, eat different kinds of food, celebrate their own festivals and different cultures, worship in different ways, yet we live together. This is known as diversity.

12.

Scholars like Dharmabalar, Jothibalar, Sumathi and Bodhi Dharamar where born in Kanchi.

13.

(i) Tamil Literature
(ii) Accounts of foreign travellers
(iii) Archaeological finds provide us information about the ancient town of Tamilagam.

14.

Indus Civilisation is called urban civilisation because
(i) There was well-conceived town planning.
(ii) Astonishing masonry and architecture were found.
(iii) Priority was given for hygiene and public health.
(iv) They used Standardised weights and measures.
(v) They had solid agricultural and artisanal base.

15.

(i) Go as a group and hunt the prey.
(ii) Dig a pit and trap the animals and hunt.

16.

(i) Potteries
(ii) Toys
(iii) Tools
(iv) Ornaments

17.

(i) Tamil Nadu - Athirampakkam, Adichanallur, Paiyampalli
(ii) Karnataka - Hunasagi Valley
(iii) Mathya Pradesh - Bimbetka
(iv) Andra Pradesh - Brahmagiri

Give Reason

1 x 1 = 1

18.

(i) Uranus is called as the somersaulting planet.
(ii) Because its axis is tilted so much that, it appears to orbit the sun on its sides like a rolling ball.

Generic 5

7 x 5 = 35

19.

S.No	Universal resources	Localised resources
1.	When resources are present in specific regions they are called localized resources.	Some resources are present everywhere such resources are called universal resources.
2.	Eg: Minerals	Eg: Sunlight and air

20.

(a) Lamp post
(i) Each house and street had a lamp post in Indus civilisation.
(ii) Now a days there is no electric lamp post in deep rural area.
(b) Burnt bricks
(i) The houses were built using baked bricks and mortar.
(ii) Present days we built varity of houses like concrete house, thatch house, etc....
(c) Underground drainage system
(i) Many of these cities in Indus has covered drains. The drains were covered with slabs or bricks.
(ii) Now a days underground drainage system is functioning only major cities.
(d) Weights and measurement
(i) Indus people had developed a systern of standardised weights and measures.
(ii) Present day we used electronic weighing machine also.
(e) Dockyard
(i) A naval dockyard has been discovered in Lothal in Gujarath. It shows the manitime activities of the Indus people.
(ii) Now a days there are so many seaports spread in all over India.

21.

(i) The different forms of inequalities such as caste inequality, religious inequality, race inequality or gender inequality give rise to discrimination.
(ii) Discrimination can happen on the basis of colour, class, religion gender etc.
(iii) Treating dark-skinned people differently from fair-skinned people, giving more importance to people of higher than to those of lower caste and thinking boys are smarter than girls are all thoughts of discrimination.
(iv) Article 15(1) of the constitution states that the State not to discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.

22.

1. Andhra Pradesh - Brahmotsavam
2. Arunachal Pradesh - Losar festival
3. Assam - Bohag Bihu
4. Bihar - Chhath Puja
5. Chhattisgarh - Bastar Dussehra
6. Goa - Carnival
7. Gujarat - Janmashtami, Diwali
8. Haryana - Baisaki
9. Himachal Pradesh - Maha Sivarathiri
10. Jammu and Kashmir - Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha
11. Jharkhand - Holi
12. Karnataka - Vgadi
13. Kerala - Onam
14. Madhya Predesh - Diwali
15. Maharastra - Ganesh Chaturthi
16. Manipur - Yaoshang
17. Meghalaya - Nongkrem Dance Festival
18. Mizoram - Chapachar kut Festival
19. Nagaland - Hombill Festival
20. Odisha - Raja Parba
21. Punjab - Lohri
22. Rajasthan - Gangaur Festival
23. Sikkim - Saga Dawa
24. Tamil Nadu - Pongal
25. Telangana - Bonalu
26. Tripura - Kashi puja
27. Uttra Pradesh - Navaratri
28. Uttarkhand - Ganga Dusshera
29. West Bengal - Durga Pooja

23.

(i) Kanchi is also known as the temple city.
(ii) The famous temple of great architectural beauty, Kailasanathar temple, was built by later pallava king Rajasimha II at Kanchi.
(iii) During the Pallava period, a large number of cave temples were built.
(iv) Some temples are situated at Kancheepuram like Ekambaranather Temple, Ulaganath Perumal Temple, Varatharaja Perumal Temple.

24.

(i) The invention of wheel by human is considered to be the foremost invention,
(ii) The invention of wheel made pot making easier.
(iii) The wheel helps to man one place to another place.
(iv) It is used to transportation in trading goods.
(v) In modern days the wheel is most significance in Transport facilities.
(vi) It also used in function of machine in several factories

25.

S.No	OLD STONE AGE LIFE STYLE	PRESENT DAY LIFE STYLE
1.	The old stone Age people were went from place to place in searching food.	Present day man built houses and began to Iive in permanent place
2.	They wore dresses made out of leaves, barks and skins of animals	Now a days people dresses wear made out of cotton, silk, wool and artificial rays.
3.	They ate vegetables, fruits roots and meat of the animals	Present day these kind of foods are cooked and eaten by people.
4.	They lived in caves.	Storeys houses are built by him.
5.	They live depended in nature	We live in uses of modern technologis