Question Before Reading
What places, languages, foods, and traditions make India special to you?
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Give a few examples from your life or region.
Answer
India is special for its many languages, foods, festivals, landscapes, and traditions.
CLASS 6 · POORVI · CHAPTER 5
Culture and Tradition
Student-friendly answers for Incredible India, The Kites, Ila Sachani, and the National War Memorial.
22 worked answersOriginal sample responses
22 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Hamara Bharat—Incredible India!
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 6, Unit 5
Question Let us Discuss
What did the children share about their states and traditions?
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Mention the states and traditions the children introduced.
Answer
They introduced their states and shared local customs and traditions.
Question Let us Discuss: table
Complete the table with each speaker's state, art form, and materials.
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Match each name with the art form and materials described.
Answer
Aakansha: Uttarakhand/Aipan; Priyaranjan: Odisha/Dhokra; Chitra: Kerala/coconut-shell craft; Balamurali: Andhra Pradesh/Kondapalli toys.
Question Let us Think and Reflect 1–4
Complete the facts about the art forms and explain why the steps and materials are used.
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Use the passage facts: traditions and nature; 4,000 years; stability; makku paste.
Answer
Aipan is inspired by tradition and nature; Dhokra is about 4,000 years old; the base keeps the shell craft stable; makku joins toy parts. Wax melts out to leave a mould.
Question Let us Learn 1
Fill the school-morning paragraph with sequence words in the correct order.
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Use time words from first to last.
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First; then; after that; next; finally.
Question Let us Learn 2
Make sentences from the pronoun, verb, and phrase table, using -s or -es where needed.
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Use the correct verb form, especially with he, she, and it.
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Examples: He tells a story. She draws paintings. We practise spellings.
Question Let us Write
Write five sentences explaining which art form you liked most and why.
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Name one art form and give a reason for liking it.
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Sample: I like Aipan because its careful patterns make homes look beautiful during festivals.
The Kites
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 6, Unit 5
Question Before Reading 1–4
Describe the kite picture and say what you would do if you were the child or the kite.
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Describe the visible objects and give your own imagined details.
Answer
A child is looking at a kite flying in the windy sky. The kite has a ribbon tail.
Question Let us Discuss 1
Mark the statements about the poem True or False.
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The child imagines flying and looking down from the kite.
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T, T, F, T, T, F, T, T, F, T, T.
Question Let us Discuss 2
Complete the words and ideas about the kites and the child's wish.
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Look for the bird comparison and the word describing weight.
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Birds, because they fly; light as air; climb on a kite.
Question Let us Discuss 2 and 4
Describe the kites, explain the imagined journey, and say what the child hears and sees.
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The child imagines a high flight, the wind's song, and people looking up.
Answer
The kites look like coloured birds. The child hears the wind and sees the park and rooftops below.
Question Let us Learn 1
Complete the conversation using the names of kite parts.
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Use the kite-part words shown in the diagram.
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tail, centre, shape, line, reel, spine.
Question Let us Learn 2
Write a five-line poem about a kite using the given pattern.
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Use the one-two-three-two-one word pattern.
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Kite / bright, graceful / flying, turning, soaring / swiftly, freely / paper-bird.
Question Let us Write
Write your own short poem about flying a kite.
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Write a few lines describing the kite and the wind.
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Sample: My kite flies up high / And dances across the sky.
Ila Sachani: Embroidering Dreams with Her Feet
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 6, Unit 5
Question Let us Discuss
Write the main idea of each part of Ila Sachani's story and add details that support it.
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Track the story from challenge to learning, recognition, and independence.
Answer
Ila faced a physical challenge, learned embroidery with family support, became recognised, and gained independence.
Question Let us Think and Reflect 1–7
Explain Ila's feelings and challenges, her family's help, her independence, and what her story teaches us.
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Ila kept practising with support and turned a difficult challenge into a skill.
Answer
Her family helped her learn embroidery with her feet. Her talent brought income, joy, and recognition; her story teaches persistence and inclusion.
Question Let us Learn 1–2
Match the words with synonyms, then unscramble their antonyms.
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Pair similar meanings, then find opposites.
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Synonyms: small, fantastic, silent, work, difficult. Antonyms: huge, terrible, noisy, pastime, easy.
Question Let us Learn 3
Identify whether quantity words show a large or an unmentioned amount, then complete the examples.
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Use many/several with countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns.
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Many buses; much milk; some milk; several examples; some energy; many flowers; some rice.
Question Let us Write
Write a short paragraph about a person who worked hard to learn a skill.
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Describe the challenge, practice, and result.
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Write about a person who kept practising and learned a skill.
National War Memorial
Textbook pages NCERT Poorvi, Class 6, Unit 5
Question Read and Respond
What does the poem honour, and how should visitors remember the soldiers?
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The poem remembers soldiers' courage and sacrifice.
Answer
It honours brave soldiers; visitors should remember them with respect.
Question Let us Explore
Explain the images of the engraved names, eternal flame, and the soldiers who serve on land, in the air, and at sea.
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Names preserve memory; the flame shows remembrance; land, sky, and sea represent different services.
Answer
The poem remembers soldiers in all services and honours their sacrifice.
Question Class discussion
Write a few sentences about why a national memorial is important.
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Say whom the memorial remembers and why remembrance matters.
Answer
It gives people a place to honour soldiers and remember their service.