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CLASS 6 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 8

Unity in Diversity, or ‘Many in the One’

Simple model answers to all six discussion, writing, and research activities. Students can use their own region’s examples for open activities.

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Questions, activities and projects

Textbook pages 139–140

Question 1

Conduct a class discussion on the two quotations at the start of the chapter.

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Both quotations ask us to notice connections and shared culture within India’s many traditions.

Answer

This is a discussion activity; support your view with examples.

Question 2

Read the National Anthem and its translation. Where do you see diversity and where do you see unity? Write two or three paragraphs.

Steps only

The named regions show India’s diversity; one shared anthem expresses a common bond.

Answer

Discuss both the different regions and the unity created by a common national song.

Question 3

Choose a few Panchatantra stories and discuss how their messages remain useful today. Add a similar story from your region if you know one.

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Choose a tale, explain its lesson, and connect that lesson to life today or to a local story.

Answer

Answers vary by the stories selected.

Question 4

Collect a few folk tales from your region and discuss their messages.

Steps only

Collect local tales, name their sources, and explain what each story teaches.

Answer

Answers depend on the folk tales found in your region.

Question 5

Have you seen an ancient story shown through art, such as sculpture, painting, dance, or a film? Discuss it with your classmates.

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Name an ancient story, the art form that showed it, and details that helped you recognise it.

Answer

Answers vary; compare different artistic versions respectfully.

Question 6

Discuss Jawaharlal Nehru’s observation that the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and other stories were widely known and shaped people’s lives across India.

Steps only

Shared epics connected people across regions, while local retellings kept the stories diverse.

Answer

Nehru’s observation is an example of unity in diversity through shared stories.

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