Ch-1.

Understanding Diversity

1. Give an example of unity in diversity among Indians.

Ans: All Indians share the same national pride of having India as their
motherland.
2. Why was Samir tense?
Ans: Samir was tense because of riots had broken out in Meerut, where his
family lived.
3. Give one way in which Kerala and Ladakh are different.
Ans: Kerala is famous for cultivation of spices. Ladakh is famous for growing
wool.
4. What is known as Little Tibet?
Ans: Ladakh is known as Little Tibet.
5. How do we feel in the company of the people who are very much like us?
Ans: We feel safe and secure in the company of such people who like us.
6. How do parents often console boys when they fall and hurt themselves?
Ans: Parents say, “Boys are brave, they don’t cry”.
7. Mention one drawback of stereotypes.
Ans: Stereotypes prevent us from doing certain things that we might
otherwise be good at.
8. Who was Bhim Rao Ambedkar?
Ans: He was a noted Dalit leader. He himself was a Dalit and fought for the
rights of the Dalits.
9. What is it that can unite all Indians?
Ans: It is equality of all persons that can unite all Indians.
10. Where is Ladakh situated?
Ans: Eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir
11. Name the two great mountain ranges that surround Ladakh.
Ans: Great Himalaya and the Karakoram
12. Who is our father of constitution?
Ans: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
13. What does diversity adds to our lives?
Ans: Diversity adds to our lives with the knowledge about the following: i)
different ways of living ii) different languages, dialects, iii) different customs
and traditions etc.
14. What does Nehru tried to said about India's unity in his book ''The Discovery
of India?''
Ans: unity in diversity.
15. Give an example of unity in diversity among Indians.
 Ans: All Indians share the same national pride of having India as their
motherland.
16. What does the term cheena-vala means?
Ans: Chinese fishing nets at Kochi.
17. What is the famous festival of Kerala?
Ans: Onam
18. Which language is our national language?
Ans: Hindi
19. Who wrote the famous book’ ‘The Discovery of India?''
Ans: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
20. The boat race is an important part of the Onam festival, which is celebrated
in?
Ans: Kerala
21. What makes Kerala an attractive place for traders?
Ans – Spices
22. Who wrote the book ‘The Discovery of India’??
Ans – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
23. Who composed the Indian National Anthem?
Ans – Rabindranath Tagore
24. Name the city where JallianwalaBagh massacre occurred.?
Ans – Amritsar
25. How was the Indian flag used during the freedom struggle?
Ans – As a symbol of protest against the British.
26. What is Ladakh known as?
Ans – Little Tibet
27. What makes Ladakh an attractive place for traders?
Ans – Wool
28. The cast system is a form of________?
Ans – Inequality
29. What was the special produce of the people of Ladakh?
Ans – Pashmina Shawls
30. Which cast does Sameer EK belong?
Ans:-Hindu
31. Which language does Saneer Dos speak?
Ans:- Hindi
32. What does Sameer do?
Ans:- Sells the newspapers
33. From which caste does Sameer do belong?
Ans:- Muslim
34. On which source do the people of Ladakh depend for drinking water?
 Ans:- Melting of snow
35. Which region/state produces the Pushmina wool?
Ans:- Ladakh
36. Where the Pushmina are shawls woven?
Ans:- In Kashmir
37. What is dzos?
Ans:- A type of yal- cow
38. Name the religion which reached Tibet via Ladakh?
Ans:- Buddhism