Answer Key - Class 4 (Social Studies)

Table 1.1 Distribution of 80-Marks

Chapter Name Marks

Great Personalities 9

The Constitution of India 10

The Northern Mountains 12

The Northern Plains 12

Our National Symbols 12

India's Soil and Forest

12
Wealth

The Southern Plateaus 13

Total Marks 80

Answerable 80

Table 1.2. Distribution Questions Based on Question Type and Chapter Name

Sec. Q. Chapter
Q. Type Marks Correct Answer/Keywords Cognitive
No. No. Name

Multiple Great
I 1 1.0 A Remembering
Choice Personalities

The
Multiple
I 2 1.0 B Constitution Applying
Choice
of India

The
Multiple
I 3 1.0 B Northern Analyzing
Choice
Mountains

The
Multiple
I 4 1.0 A Northern Analyzing
Choice
Plains
 Our
Multiple
I 5 1.0 B National Remembering
Choice
Flag

Fill In India's Soil

II 6 The 1.0 lava rocks and Forest Remembering
Blanks Wealth

Fill In India's Soil

II 7 The 1.0 tea (Answer may vary) and Forest Remembering
Blanks Wealth

Fill In The
II 8 The 1.0 Damodar Southern Understanding
Blanks Plateaus

Fill In India's Soil

II 9 The 1.0 deciduous and Forest Remembering
Blanks Wealth

Fill In
Great
II 10 The 1.0 Hyderabad Remembering
Personalities
Blanks

The
Short The body of laws which helps to govern a
III 11 1.0 country is called the constitution.
Constitution Understanding
Answer
of India

A mountain range that is running parallel The

Short
III 12 1.0 along the side of an ocean or river. Southern Understanding
Answer Example: Eastern and Western Ghats Plateaus

Soil is the top layer of the Earth’s surface India's Soil

Long
III 13 1.0 in which plants and trees grow. and Forest Understanding
Answer
Wealth

Kavya can use the national anthem or Our

Short
III 14 1.0 national song of our country to verbally National Analyzing
Answer represent our national symbol. Symbol

cotton, wheat, rice, millets, pulses

India's Soil
Short
III 15 1.0 and Forest Remembering
Answer (Students may write any one)
Wealth
 i. Raman won the Nobel Prize for his
discovery which was known as the Raman
Effect.
ii. He became the first Indian to win the
Short Nobel Prize in science in 1930. Great
IV 16 2.0 Understanding
Answer Personalities
iii. He founded the Indian Academy of
Sciences and the Raman Research Institute
in Bengaluru.
(Student can write any two)

The Great Himalayan National Park, Jim The

Short Corbett National Park, Kaziranga
IV 17 2.0 Northern Analyzing
Answer
National Park and Hemis National Park. Mountains

Sundarbans are located in the lower parts The

Short of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta.They are
IV 18 2.0 marshy swamps, famous for mangrove
Northern Understanding
Answer
forests and the Royal Bengal tiger. Plains

(a) Fertile soil is good for growing crops

and plants. India's Soil
Short
IV 19 2.0 (b) Earthworm, spiders, beetles, ants, and Forest Understanding
Answer rabbits and snakes are the kind of animals Wealth
that live in soil.

As a great scientist, Kalam worked for the

development of missiles and space rocket
technology. For his significant
contribution, he came to be known as the '
Missile Man of india'.
Short Great
IV 20 2.0 Analyzing
Answer Personalities
His achievements were- During his
lifetime, he received many awards for his
hard work. He was also awarded the
Bharat Ratna for his contribution to the
society. (Answer may vary)

a) It lies to the south of River Narmada.

b) The Eastern and Western Ghats border
the plateau. Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna The
Long
V 21 3.0 and Kaveri rivers drain the Deccan Southern Remembering
Answer Plateau. Plateaus
c) Major agricultural products are: Cotton,
cereals, oilseeds, sugarcane.
 • Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem
of India. It was written by Rabindranath
Tagore. Our
Long • It takes about 52 seconds to sing it in the
V 22 3.0 proper tune.
National Remembering
Answer
• Whenever the national anthem is playing, Symbols
we should stand in attention with our
hands on the sides.

a) The Ganga Basin:

The tributaries of the river Ganga
including Gandak, Gomti, Ghaghara, Kosi
and Chambal run through the Ganga basin.
The basin spreads mainly across the states
of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
The basin is very fertile and crops like
sugarcane, rice, jute, wheat and millets are
grown.
Major industries like sugar mills, cotton
textiles, fishery and power generation are
found here.
(Students may write any one)

b) The Brahmaputra Basin:

The river from Tibet enters India through
Arunachal Pradesh, passes Assam and
Bangladesh before flowing into Bay of
Bengal. The
Long
V 23 3.0 The basin receives heavy rainfall, more Northern Understanding
Answer
than Ganga or Indus basin. Plains
Crops like tea, jute and rice are grown in
the floodplains of this basin.

(Students may write any one)

c) The Indus Basin:

The river Indus flows through a small part

of India and its longest tributary River
Sutlej forms a large basin in the Northern
Plains.
The river enters India through the Shipki
La pass and then passes through the states
of Punjab and Haryana.
The two states are known for its
agricultural production of wheat, rice,
cotton, sugarcane, millets and maize.
 (Students may write any one)

(a)Rabindranath Tagore was born in West

Bengal.

(b) Tagore won the Noble Prize in

Long Great
V 24 3.0 Literature for his collection of poems, Remembering
Answer Gitanjali. Personalities

(c) Rabindra Sangeet consists of about two

thousand songs written by Tagore.

(a) These are set of guidelines which need

to be followed by the government for
peoples welfare. The
Long (b) Two important Directive principle are
V 25 3.0 (i) The government must protect wildlife
Constitution Remembering
Answer
and plant life. of India
(ii) Equal payment to men and women for
the same kind and amount of work.

1. Himadri The
Long
V 26 3.0 2. Himachal Northern Applying
Answer
3. Shiwalik Mountains

Pine, oak, poplar, walnut, cypress and

birch are six trees that grow in the Middle
Himalayas. (Answers may vary.)
The
Long b. A route through a mountain range is
VI 27 5.0 called a mountain pass.
Northern Remembering
Answer
Mountains
Examples: Zoji La, Khardung La, Chang
La, Nathu La, Bara Lacha La, Rohtang
Pass, Shipki La.

The rivers that form the Norther Plains

bring along minerals, rocks and silt from
the mountains and deposit them on their
banks and the surrounding areas. These
deposits are rich in alluvial soil. Alluvial
soil is the most fertile soil in the world. As The
Long
VI 28 5.0 a result, the Northern Plains are very Northern Understanding
Answer
fertile. Plains

Some of the major cities of the plains

include Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana,
Chandigarh, Delhi, Mathura, Haridwar,
 Agra, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna,
Lucknow, Kolkata, Dibrugarh, Tezpur and
Guwahati.

The Deccan trap is the area with black soil

located on the Deccan plateau. They were
formed as a result of volcanic activities The
Long many years ago.
VI 29 5.0 Southern Understanding
Answer
Plateaus
The Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and
Kaveri rivers drain the Deccan Plateau.

Sandy soil is dry and light grey in colour

and cannot hold water. It is also not as
fertile as other soils. This soil is commonly India's Soil
Long found in deserts and nearby areas. In India,
VI 30 5.0 it is found in areas of Rajasthan and
and Forest Understanding
Answer
Gujarat. With the use of fertilisers, farmers Wealth
can grow barley, sesame, millets and date
palm in it.

Some important terms used in the

Preamble are as follows: Sovereign
Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
The
Long
VI 31 5.0 Constitution Understanding
Answer Republic means that India is a country of India
where the power rests in a government
which has been elected by the people of
the country.

a. Truth alone triumphs

b. Our national emblem has four lions
standing back to back facing all the four
directions—east, west, north, south.
However, in the emblem only three lions Our
Long are visible.
VI 32 5.0 National Remembering
Answer c. At the base on which the lions are Symbol
standing, an elephant, bull, lion and horse
are carved.
d. The emblem represents courage and
confidence.

The
Short Great Indian hornbill
VII 33 1.0 Southern Remembering
Answer
Plateaus
 The
Short Red panda
VII 34 1.0 Northern Remembering
Answer
Mountains

Royal Bengal tiger. It is significant to Our

Short India because it is the national animal of
VII 35 1.0 National Understanding
Answer India.
Symbol

The
Short
VIII 36 2.0 Southern Applying
Answer
Plateaus

The
Short
IX 37 1.0 Northern Applying
Answer
Plains