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Chapter 13 India's Neighbours
A. Tick the correct option:
1. India does not share borders with --
(a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan (c ) Bangladesh
2. Which of the following is our southern neighbour at sea ?
(a) China (b) Russia (c) Sri Lanka
3. Urdu script is known as ----
(a) Devanagri (b) Nastaliq (c) Ordu
4. Which cuisine influences the Nepalese cuisine ?
(a) Indo - American (b) Indian - Pakistan (c) Tibetian - Chinese
5. Hanfu is a traditional dress of men in ---
(a) China (b) Bangladesh (c) Myanmar
B. Fill in the blanks:
1. India shares boundaries with Pakistan in the north - west.
2. India believes in the policy of peace.
3. Lungi - blouse is worn in south India and Sri Lanka.
4. Dosa is an important part of Sri Lankan cuisine.
5. Salwar - kameez is the traditional dress of Pakistani men.
C. Match the following:
1. Hindi (e) Devanagari
2. Urdu (c) Nastaliq
3. Longyi (b) Myanmar
4. Mekhla - chaddar (a) North- east India
5. Hanfu (d) China
D. Answer briefly:
1. Name India's southern neighbour in the sea.
Ans. Sri Lanka is the India's Southern neighbour in the sea.
Ans. Sanskrit is known as the mother of all languages.
3. How do you know that India believed in the policy of peace since olden times?
Ans. We believe in solving mutual differences through peaceful means that India believed in the policy of peace since olden times.
4. Mention two cities of India where Urdu is widely spoken .
Ans. The two cities of India where Urdu is widely spoken - Hyderabad and Lucknow.
5. Draw out one similarity and one difference between Hindi and Urdu.
Ans.One similarity between Hindi and Urdu--
Urdu and Hindi involved from Sanskrit.
One differences between Hindi and Urdu--
Hindi is written from left to right in Devanagari script.
Urdu is written from right to left in Persian- Arabic script called Nastaliq.
E. Answer the following Questions:
Q. 1.List India's immediate neighbours and
the direction of their location in respect to India.
Ans. The immediate neighbours and the direction of their location in respect to India.
1. Pakistan -- North- West
2. China, Bhutan, Nepal -- North
3. Myanmar, Bangladesh -- East
4. Sri Lanka -- South in the sea
Q. 2. Highlight the similarities of
dress between India and her neighbours.
Ans. There is a great similarities of dress between India and her neighbours--
1. Saree and Salwar- Kameez are the traditional dresses in India which are worn in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
2. Mekhla Chadar of North- East India is similar to Nepal, Myanmar and China.
3. Longyi and Eingyi of Myanmar are similar to Lungi and blouse in South India and Sri Lanka.
4. The Hanfu of China is the traditional dress of Bhutan and Ladakh.
Q. 3. What does the cultural bond with
our neighbours indicate?
Ans. History proves that India has a policy to share culture and trade relations with our neighbouring countries. This highlighted cultural bond with our neighbours that can be shown in similarities of language, food and dress with our neighbours.
Q. 4. Give two suggestions that can improve
our relations with our neighbouring countries.
Ans. Our country should we improve our relations with our neighbours by following ways--
1. We should always be ready to help our neighbours at the time of natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc.
2. India should provide defence facilities at the time of internal and external wars.
Q.5. In our opinion, which are the two
main issues of conflict between any two
countries who share their borders.
Ans. 1. Water security-- China control the source of Brahmaputra river (East) Indus river and Sutlej river (West)
2. A map of China is released by China claiming parts of Sikkim and Doklam.
Territorial conflict between the India ( Kashmir) between the Pakistan.
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