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statement. Write True' or 'False' against each 1. Jawaharlal Nehru always wore a lotus flower on his coat. 2. The First War of Indian Independence started from Meerut in 1947 fala 3. The National Anthem of India begins with Jana Gana Mana'. 4. Indian Peacock the National Bird of India cannot fly high. Tu QuiK Facts5. The mascot of 2010 Commonwealth Games The State in New Delhi was knouwn as Bhaloo. Government of Tamil 6. Indian currency notes are issued by the Nadu has announced that the birthday of State Bank of India. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 7. The first Governor General of independent 15 October will be India was Lord Mountbatten. observed across the state as Youth 8. Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead on 1 January Renaissance Day. 1948. Fabe Wheeler Island, a national missile test 9. National Sports Day is celebrated in India site in Odisha, has on August 29, the birth anniversary of the been renamed Abdul Indian hockey player, Dhyan Chand. Kalam Island in great September 2015. 10. Lachhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj are Kathak dancers. Uu MORE The Government of India has declared 25 December, the birth day of our former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as 'Good About Governance Day' to be celebrated every year all over India. The day would be a full working day. 17 Places of Interest

Match the names of thetourist places given in Column A with the facts given in Columns B and C.

Column A Column B Column C 1. Golden Temple a. Mosque i. Maharashtra 2 2. Ajanta Ellora Caues b. Church i. Rajasthan 2, 3. Dilwara Temples C. Mumbai ii.Kanyakumari 4. Vivekananda Rock d. Amritsar iu. Maharashtra 5. Haji Ali Dargah e. Mt. Abu U. Near Agra 6. Basilica of f.Mughal Structure ui. Sikh Bom Jesus QUEx Fasts IndiaGate was 7. Gateway of India 9. Aurangabad vi. Tamil Nadu designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It is built in 8. Fatehpur Sikri h. Nilgiri Mountains uii. Goa 6 red sandstone and granite. Amar Jawan 9. Ooty i. War Memorial 1ix. Rajpath, Jyoti is an eternal New Delhi flame that keeps on burning at this spot 10. India Gate j. Southern x. Middle of S in the honour of the tip Sea, brave soldiers. of India Mumbai

Saint MORE Haji Ali Dargah, a mosque built over the tomb of Haji About Ali,is situated 500 yards into the sea. During high tide,the path leading to the dargah is submerged in water and the dargah appears to float on the sea.

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Read the clues and complete the names of the following National Parks. 1. Home to Asiatic lions in GIR Gujarat 2. Largest mangroue forest in SUN 2A R BANS the world 3. Home to Indian rhinos in KA ZLR NGA Assam 4. National Park under cOR CPIT Project Tiger 5. White tigers of Rewa in Madhya Pradesh BAND H AVG£ M 6. Home to wild elephants in Uttaranchal AAI 7. Botanical garden, zoo and a sanctuary in Odisha NAN 2 A N KAN N Facts Ogiex 8. Tiger Reserve in South India Gir forest in between Mysore and BANDL PUR Gujarat is the Ooty only home to the 9. Bird Sanctuary in endangered Asiatic Bharatpur, Rajasthan KEQLAQ EO GHANA lion. There are only 10. 300 lions left there. Hunting ground of Jaipur Maharajas RANAT HA MB QEE

MORE Keoladeo National Park iin Rajasthan attracts About thousands of migratory birds like Siberian cranescranes, painted storks, egrets,parakeets and many more It is a World Heritage Site

18 Y 19 Indian Sobriquets

Write the correct name for each of the following from the help box.

1. Blue Mountain Nilsini 14il

2. City of the Golden Temple

3. Garden City Censalwe

4. Land of the Five Rivers Puanbb OUISR Fagts Punjab is a Persian 5. Pink City word which also mean five rivers. It refers to the following rivers- 6. Gateway of India Mwheas Jhelum, Chenab, RaVi Sutlej and Beas 7. Paradise on Earth Kash

8. Silicon Valley of India CHelp Ce1alu Bengaluru, Jaipur, River Cauvery, 9. Sorrow of Assam Pabepubn Amritsar, Mumbai, River Brahmaputra, Kashmir, Bengaluru, 10. Dakshin Ganga Punjab, Nilgiri Hills

called MORE Sri Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is commonly It is a the Golden Temple because of its golden coating. About is a unique place of worship for Sikhs. Its architecture of combination of Hindu and Muslim styles construction It was built in the 16th century 20 Festivals ECH

Column B. Match Column A with Column B Mat Column A

a. Portuguese 1. Prophet lbrahim sacrificed Heritog 1 his son Ismail b. Baisakhi (6) 2. Kumbh Mela is celebrated once in 3. Worship of Snake God by c.Bakr-ld ( Hindus

4. Birth of Lord Mahauira d. Nag Panchami

5. Goa carnival has roots from e. Good Friday OUEK Facts 6. Haruest festival of Punjab f. Mahauir Jayanti eMaharashtra 7. Persian New Year g. Dussehra( celebrates a ten-day Ganesha festival 8. Resurrection of Jesus Christ h. Gurupurab Pandals are erected for Ganesha idols. On 9. Birth of ten Sikh Gurus i. 12 years Anant Chaturdashi, ( Ganpati idols are 10. Nine-day festival of dolls in j. Jamshed-e-Nayroz immersed in the sea. South India siss MORE Onam is a festival of Kerala. People decorate their houses About with rangoli, wear traditional clothes and jewellery, offer prayers and have an elaborate feast.