New Longman Vistas Class- 4 chapter 1(India- Our Country) solutions

Class: IV      

          Ch 1: India- Our Country
          Exercise Solutions 

                                             

A.      Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:-

1.      Land surrounded by water on three sides is called___________.

2.      ______________ lies to the south of India.

3.      India is the _____________largest country in the world in terms of area.

4.      India is divided into _____________ states and _____________union territories.

5.      The Great Indian Desert is also called the ____________ Desert.

Answers

   1.   A peninsula   2. Sri Lanka       3. Seventh        4.  28/9        5. Thar

            

B. Answer these questions.

1.      Name two neighbouring countries of India in the north. 

Answer:  The two neigbouring countries of India in the north are- China and  Bhutan.

2.      Name the six physical divisions of India.Answer: The Six physical divisions of India are-a)      The  Northern Mountainsb)      The Northern Plainsc)      The Great Indian Desertd)      The southern Plateause)      The Eastern and Western coastal Plainsf)       The Island 

3.      Name the north-eastern states along with their capitals.

Answer:   The north-eastern states are also called seven sisters state. These are           States                                       Capital

1.      Assam                                            Dispur

          2.      Arunachal Pradesh                        Itanagar

          3.      Nagaland                                       Kohima

          4.      Manipur                                        Imphal

          5.      Mizoram                                       Aizawal

          6.      Tripura                                          Agartala

          7.      Meghalaya                                    Shilong    

          C.      State whether these statements are true or False.

 1.      Afghanistan is a state of India.     False

           2.      Sri Lanka and Maldives are the northern neighbours of our country.  False
          3.      The Southern Coastal Plains is an important physical division of India. False
          4.      Agartala is the capital of Rajasthan.        False
           5.      Dispur is the capital of Assam.     True 

D.     Match the columns.

Column A	Column B
1.      Kerala	f. Thiruvananthpuram
2.      Punjab	e. Chandigarh
3.      Sikkim	a.   Gangtok
4.      Uttarakhand	b.   Dehradun
5.      Jharkhand	d. Ranchi
6.      Tripura	c. Agartala

  

E.      Think and answer.

What are the important physical features according to which India is divided into six physical divisions? 

Answer: India is a land of mountains, plateaus, plains, deserts coastal plains and Islands. They form the physical features of India. Based on these physical features, India is divided into six physical divisions.