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Class - 5 Subject - General Knowledge Class - 5 Subject - General Knowledge Note: - Dear students, kindly go through the lessons and answers given below after each lesson. Complete the same in your books once you have them. Lesson no 9 will be sent later as there needs to be some correction in the lesson. Indian Industrial Towns (Answer Key) Lesson – 10 City Industry 1. Ludhiana Hosiery Items 2. Ahmedabad Textiles 3. Meerut Scissors 4. Srinagar Carpets 5. Kancheepuram Silk Sarees 6. Kolkata Jute Items 7. Jaipur Jewellery 8. Aligarh Locks 9. Bengaluru Software 10. Gurugram Automobiles 11. Darjeeling Tea 12. Kanpur Leather Goods 13. Jalandhar Sports Goods 14. Moradabad Brass Goods 15. Jamshedpur Iron & Steel 16. Firozabad Glass Items (bangles) Regional Dishes and Desserts (Answer Key) Lesson - 11 Dish/Dessert Place 1. Thepla Gujarat 2. Alu Kachori Uttar Pradesh 3. Sandesh West Bengal 4. Mysore Pak Karnataka 5. Chole Bhature Punjab 6. Vada Pao Maharashtra 7. Khaja Odisha 8. Jalebi Uttar Pradesh 9. Dal-Bati Churma Rajasthan 10. Gushtaba Jammu & Kashmir 11. Rasabali Odisha 12. Shrikhand Gujarat 13. Litichokha Bihar 14. Bisi Bele Bath Karnataka 15. Rasogulla West Bengal 16. Ghevar Rajasthan Cultural Legends of India (Answer Key) Lesson - 12 Personality Art 1. Sanjukta Panigrahi Odissi 2. Mallika Sarabhai Bharatnatyam 3. Pt. Birju Maharaj Kathak 4. Anita Ratnam Kathakali 5. Mrinalini Sudananda Kuchipudi 6. Dr. M Balamurali Krishna Carnatic Music 7. Pt. Ravi Shankar Sitar 8. Bismillah Khan Shehnai 9. Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla 10. Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute 11. M F Hussain Painting 12. M S Subbulakshmi Singer Indian Painting Styles (Answer Key) Lesson - 13 Painting Place 1. Madhubani Bihar 2. Kalamkari Andhra Pradesh 3. Batik Rajasthan 4. Tanjore Tamil Nadu 5. Patua West Bengal 6. Pithora Gujarat 7. Patachitra Odisha 8. Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh 9. Warli Maharashtra Regional Newspaper (Answer Key) Lesson - 14 Newspaper Language 1. Jag Bani Punjabi 2. Asomiya Pratidin Assamese 3. Anandabazar Patrika Bengali 4. Kannada Prabha Kannada 5. Dharitri Odiya 6. Sandesh Gujarati 7. Malayala Manorama Malayalam 8. Inquilab Urdu 9. Dinamani Tamil 10. Ajit Punjabi 11. Eenadu Telugu 12. Loksatta Marathi Superlatives of India (Answer Key) Lesson - 15 Answer 1. Longest River Ganga 2. Highest Dam Tehri Dam 3. Longest Road Grand Trunk Road 4. Biggest Hotel Oberai Sheraton Mumbai 5. Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium Kolkata 6. Largest Stadium Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata 7. Largest Port Mumbai 8. Longest Dam Hirakud Dam 9. Highest Civilian Award Bharat Ratna 10. Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple Amritsar 11. Largest Church St. Cathedral Goa 12. Largest Epic Mahabharata Languages of the World (Answer Key) Lesson – 16 Answers: - 1. Linguistic 2. Sanskrit 3. USA 4. Persian 5. Spanish 6. Mandarin 7. Asia 8. French 9. Bible 10. Khmer 11. English 12. Taki Taki Airports Of Repute (Answer Key) Lesson - 17 Airport Country 1. Tokyo International Japan 2. London Heathrow UK 3. Shanghai Pudong Int. China 4. Los Angeles Int. USA 5. Frankfurt Main Int. Germany 6. Suvarnabhumi Thailand 7. Madrid Barajas Int. Spain 8. Lester B Pearson Int. Canada 9. Sydney Kingsford Smith Int. Australia 10. Ninoy Aquino Int. Philippines 11. Leonardo Da Vinci Int. Italy 12. Indira Gandhi Int. India River City Pairs (Answer Key) Lesson - 18 City River 1. Rome Tiber 2. Cairo Nile 3. London Thames 4. Lahore Ravi 5. Paris Seine 6. Lucknow Gomti 7. St. Petersburg Neva 8. Vienna Danube 9. Washington DC Potomac 10. Perth Swan 11. Sydney Darling 12. Moscow Moskva Peace Ambassadors (Answer Key) Lesson - 19 Award Personality 1. Social Reformer & Peace Activist Mother Teresa 2. Shehnai Player Ustad Bismillah Khan 3. Founder Gramin Bank Muhammad Yunus 4. Singer Lata Mangeshkar 5. Fonder SOS Children’s Village Jagan Nath Kaul 6. Actor Peace Activist Sunil Dutt 7. Scholar Kapila Vatsyayan 8. Peace Activist Wahiduddin Khan 9. Founder of SPIC MACAY Kiran Seth 10. Former President of India K R Narayanan 11. Musician Amjad Ali Khan 12. Film Maker Muzaffar Ali Who Am I (Answer Key) Lesson – 20 1. I treat the diseases related to bones. Orthopaedic Surgeon 2. I treat skin diseases. Dermatologist 3. I construct buildings, roads and dams. Civil Engineer 4. I fly aeroplanes. Pilot 5. I treat cancers. Oncologist 6. I treat infants/new born children. Pediatrician 7. I prepare medicine. Pharmacist 8. I travel in the space. Astronaut 9. I analyse the samples of blood, urine, etc. Pathologist 10. I analyse chemicals and medicines. Chemist 11. I write books. Author 12. I prepare drawings and sketches. Artist 13. I compose music. Musician .
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