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Class: IV Sub: Social Science, CW, Chapter 4. The Northern Plains., A. Fill in the blanks., 1. The silt that rivers bring with them to the plains is also called, Alluvium., 2. The Bhakra Nangal Dam is built on the river Satluj., 3. The Northern Plains can be divided into three river Basins., 4. Bhangra and Gidda are folk dances of Punjab., 5. Chhatt is a traditional festival of Bihar., 6. The Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for the onehorned Rhinoceros., B. Write T for true and F for false sentences, 1. The soil that rivers bring with them make the Northern Plains, very fertile. T, 2. Punjab has rich deposits of coal and iron ore F, 3. The Hooghly and Padma are tributaries of the Ganga F, 4 Durga Puja is an important festival of West Bengal. T, 5. Brahmaputra is also called Tsangpo in Tibet. T, C. Answer the following questions., 1. Why do the important rivers of the Northern Plains have, water even in summer?

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Answer:,  Many rivers that originate in the Himalayas, such as Ganga,, Brahmaputra, Indus and Satluj, flow through the Northern, Plains.,  These rivers are mainly fed by the melting snow in the, Himalayas, they have water throughout the year, so the, Northern plains have water even in the summer., 2. What makes the Northern Plains so fertile?, Answer:,  The rivers bring with them fine soil called silt or alluvium., Alluvial soil is very fertile. It makes the Northern Plains, one of the most fertile regions of the world., 3. What do you mean by a river basin? Which river basins make, up the Northern Plains?, Meaning of Basin,  An area watered by a river and its tributaries is called a, basin., The Northern Plains can be divided into three basins., 1. The Satluj Basin in the west, 2. The Ganga Basin in the middle, 3. The Brahmaputra Basin in the east, 4. Name the main states that lie in the three river basins in the, Northern Plains., Answer:

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Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,, West Bengal and Assam are the main states lie in the three, river basins in the Northern Plains., 5. Name two major cities each in the three river basins in the, Northern Plains., Answer:,  Chandigarh and Amritsar cities are in the satluj basin.,  Allahabad and Agra in the Ganga basin.,  Dispur and Guwahati in the Brahmaputra basin., 6. What are the main languages spoken in the following states?,  a. West Bengal: Bengali is their main language,  b. Assam: Assamese is their main language.,  c Uttar Pradesh: Main languages spoken are Hindi and, Urdu., 7. List three important industries of Punjab., Answer:, Industries such as textile, garments, sports goods and motor, parts are well developed in Punjab., 8. Name four major occupations of the people living in the, Northern Plains., , , The four major occupations of the people living in the, northern plains are:-, , , , 1.) Agriculture., , , , 2.) Water transportation.

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, , 3.) Craft making., , , , 4.) Fishing., , , , 5.) Sericulture, , Multiple choice questions, 1. Which of these states does not lie in the Northern Plains?, a. Uttar Pradesh, b. Rajasthan, c. Bihar, d. Assam, 2. Which of these is a, distributary of the Ganga?, a. Alaknanda, b. Kosi, c. Gomti, d. Hooghly, 3. Which of these towns in the Northern Plains lies on the, banks of a river?, a. Allahabad, b. Delhi, c. Kolkata, d. All of these

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4. Which of these states has huge deposits of petroleum?, a. Jharkhand, b. West Bengal, c. Uttar Pradesh, d. Assam