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CLASS 6 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 3

Landforms and Life

Simple answers to all five end-of-chapter activities, with local examples clearly marked as adaptable.

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Textbook pages 56–57

Question 1

In what type of landform is your town, village or city located? Which features from the chapter do you see around you?

Steps only

Name your local landform and describe two features you can see nearby.

Answer

Answers vary; describe your own town, village, or city.

Question 2

On the journey from Chhota Nagpur to Prayagraj and Almora, describe the three landforms encountered.

Steps only

Chhota Nagpur: plateau; Prayagraj: plain; Almora: Himalayan mountain region.

Answer

The route shows a plateau, a plain, and mountains.

Question 3

List a few famous pilgrimage spots in India along with the landforms in which they are found.

Steps only

Kedarnath—mountains; Vaishno Devi—hills; Varanasi—river plain; Rameswaram—coastal island.

Answer

Any suitable pilgrimage sites with correctly matched landforms are acceptable.

Question 4

State whether each statement is true or false: (a) The Himalayas are young mountains with rounded tops. (b) Plateaus usually rise sharply on at least one side. (c) Mountains and hills belong to the same landform type. (d) Mountains, plateaus and rivers have the same flora and fauna. (e) Ganga is a tributary of the Yamuna. (f) Deserts have unique flora and fauna. (g) Melting snow feeds rivers. (h) River sediments make plains fertile. (i) All deserts are hot.

Steps only

(a) F · (b) T · (c) T · (d) F · (e) F · (f) T · (g) T · (h) T · (i) F

Answer

Use the explanations in the steps to check why each statement is true or false.

Question 5

Match the words: Mount Everest, rafting, camels, plateau, Gangetic plains, waterway, Mount Kilimanjaro, Yamuna with climbing, river, desert, roof of the world, rice fields, Ganga, Africa, tributary.

Steps only

Everest—climbing; rafting—river; camels—desert; plateau—Roof of the World; Gangetic plains—rice fields; waterway—Ganga; Kilimanjaro—Africa; Yamuna—tributary.

Answer

These are the matching pairs.

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