Lesson 4
The Narmada: The Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh
Word Power
(A) Make words by adding suffixes as given in the example.
(i) grace – gracefully
furious – furiously
anxious – anxiously
(ii) pure – purity
serene – serenity
rare – rarity
(iii) meditate – meditation
create – creation
generate – generation
(iv) consider – consideration
specific – specification
limit – limitation
(b) Rearrange the jumbled letters to form words:
dorna a _ _ _ _
slebs _ _ _ _
hylo _ _ _ _
wob _ _ _ _
girion _ _ _ _
Answers:
adorn
bless
holy
bow
origin.
Comprehension
(A) Answer the following questions :
(B) Match the columns :
Note: - Look at the table from Textbook)
Answers:
1.c
2. d
3. b
4. e
5. a.
Let’s Learn
(A) See the use of ‘among’ and ‘between’ in the following sentences:
1. I am one among the main rivers of Madhya Pradesh.
2. I flow between the Vindhyachal and the Satpura mountains.
● among is used when three or more people or things are involved.
● between is used for: two on either side of something.
● when two people or things are involved.
Now fill in the blanks with between or among:
1. We distributed sweets ________ the children.
2. Rani is standing ________ Shreya and Sonal.
3. Everest is one ________ the mountains of the Himalayas.
4. Nepal lies ________ India and China.
5. Wild animals live ________ the words.
Answer:
1. among
2. between
3. among
4. between
5. among.
(B) See the picture given below carefully and fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below with appropriate prepositions given in the box. Some prepositions may need to be repeated.
into, in, on, for, from, of, to, with
This is the scene ____ 1 ____ a bus station. There is a dustbin ____ 2 ____ the corner ____ 3 ____ the bus station. The passengers who went to go ____ 4 ____ Mhow ____ 5 ____ Pithampur can catch the bus ____ 6 ____ here. The passengers are waiting ____ 7 ____ their turn to board the bus. Some passengers are already ____ 8 ____ the bus. There is some luggage ____ 9 ____the roof ____ 10 ____ the bus Some Passengers are carrying small bags, lunch boxes tec. ___ 11 ___ their hands. No one should break the queue to get ___ 12 ___ the bus. Travelling ____ 13 ____ a lot of luggage may cause trouble.
Answer:
1. of
2. in
3. to
4. of
5. from
6. from
7. for
8. in
9. on
10. of
11. in
12. into
13. with
Let’s Talk
Choose any one river and talk about it in your group, with the help of the following clues :
Name of the river of your choice
The ______
It originates from ______
It is about kms long. ______
It flows through ______
There are ______
(important places on its banks)
There are ______
dams built across it.
It flows/does not flow ______
It’s ________
Answer:
The Ganga
It originates from Gangotri.
It is about 1560 miles long
It flows through Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and Kolkata.
There are places like Haridwar, Varanasi, etc. on its banks.
There are two major (e.g. Farakka) dams built across it.
It flows into the Bay of Bengal.
It’s a holy river. 31/08/2020
Let’s Read
Read the passage carefully.
According to Indian mythology, King Sagar, an ancestor of Lord Ram decided to perform a hundred Ashwamedha Yagnas. He completed ninety nine Yagnas and it was the hundredth when the horse of the Yagna got stolen by Devraja Indra. A great search for the horse was made. Ultimately Indra left the horse in the ashram of Kapil Muni. It was found by the sons of King Sagar. They insulted the Muni, thinking that it was he who had brought the horse there. Kapil Muni rose from his deep meditation and his anger soon turned down the sons of Sagar into ashes.
King Sagar had one more son Anshuman from his second queen. After his father, King Anshuman decided to make the Ganga descend on earth and immerse in it the ashes of his brothers so that their souls could rest in heaven. He started great Tapa, (severe penance) for this. After his death, his son King Dilip did similar Tapa to please the Ganga but could not succeed. After king Dilip his son King Bhagirath continued the Tapa. Thus it was the third generation underwent penance to please the Ganga.
The fierce penance of King Bhagirath pleased the Ganga. She appeared before him, and, blessing him, asked who would bear her force and current. King Bhagirath prayed to Lord Shiva to come for his help. Lord Shiva caught the powerful current of the Ganga in the locks of hair on his head. He tied her too tight to come out Again Bhagirath prayed to him to release the holy current. When she was released, she violently flowed after the chariot of Bhagirath. On her way came the ashram of Janhu Muni, and it too was swept away in the strong current. The Muni got furious and drank the whole of its water and dried the river up. Once again King Bhagirath had to pray to the Muni, and he released the Ganga from his thigh. Thus she was called Janhavi, the daughter of Janhu Muni.
Onward she continued her journey to the Gangasagar and ultimately reached the ashes of the sons of King Sagar.
Answer the following questions.
Let’s Write
You know that the rivers are very much polluted these days. Even the Ganga needs to be cleaned. Suggest how we can keep the rivers clean. Use the following clues :
At times idols of clay and plaster of paris are immersed in the river, which make the water dirty.
Let’s Do It
Question.
See the map of Madhya Pradesh. Find out the names of the rivers shown in it and list them below.
Answer:
Narmada, Tapti
Chambal Pench
Shipra. Sone
Wainganga Tawa
Betwa Ken
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