STANDARD 4
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CHAPTER: 12 IMPORTANT CITIES
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DELHI
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:- ●Location of Cities ●Places of Tourist Interest ●Important Cities ●Religious Places
ꙮINTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DELHI 1. Delhi is the second most populated city in the world 2. The Delhi metro system was voted the second best in the world. 3. New Delhi was designed by British Architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. 4. Indira Gandhi International Airport of Delhi was voted 4th best in the world. 5. Delhi and New Delhi are technically two different places.
PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST:-
RED FORT
LOTUS TEMPLE Lotus temple is built in the shape of Lotus flower with pure white marble and is surrounded by lush green gardens.
JAMA MASJID Jama Masjid built by the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is a famous old mosque in Delhi.
QUTUB MINAR
Qutub Minar is 73 m-high tower built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din-Aibak. The tower has five storeys.
JANTAR MANTAR JANTAR MANTAR IS AN OBSERVATORY.
DELHI’S METRO
KOLKATA
֍AMAZING FACTS ABOUT KOLKATA
HOWRAH BRIDGE
VICTORIA MEMORIAL
It is a building with beautiful painting and statues.
PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST:-
DID YOU KNOW?
Howrah bridge is the
world’s busiest
bridge. About 60,000
vehicles cross it
every-day.
DURGA PUJA
It is the most important festival of Kolkata.
MUMBAI
DID YOU KNOW?
Rabindranath Tagore(1861-1941), one of the
greatest poets of modern India belonged to
Kolkata, British India. He received Nobel
Prize for literature in 1913.
Our National Anthem ‘Jana-gana-mana’ was
composed by him.
AMAZING FACTS OF MUMBAI
PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST
MARINE DRIVE
It is called the ‘Queen’s necklace’.
HAJI ALI DARGAH
The Haji Ali Dargah is a tomb and a mosque that is named after Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, one of the greatest saint of his time.
DO YOU KNOW?
The erstwhile ‘Bombay’ which is actually a set of seven islands,
took 60 years to merge the seven islands of Bombay into one
landmass between 1784 and 1845.
HANGING GARDEN These gardens are also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens were first built in 1881. One of the attraction of hanging garden is the ‘Old woman shoe house’.
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS
It is one of the busiest railway station of India.
BANDRA-WORLI SEA LINK
It is also called
Rajiv Gandhi
sea link. It links
Bandra in the
west Mumbai
to Worli in
South Mumbai.
FILM CITY
Mumbai is a
centre of Film
industry. It is
called Bollywood.
CHENNAI
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT CHENNAI
PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST
GUINDY SNAKE PARK
It is a place where
you can see
variety of exotic
reptiles.
MARINA BEACH AND GOLDEN BEACH
FORT ST. GEORGE
PARTHSARTHY TEMPLE
It is famous for its
beautiful cravings on
walls.
DID YOU KNOW?
CHENNAI is the birth place
of South Indian Cinema.
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
{A} QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:-
Q1Who was the first one to build Delhi and what was it
called?
ANS: A Pandava king built Delhi and was known as
Indraprastha.
Q2Why was India Gate built?
ANS: India Gate is an important landmark of Delhi. It was
built in the memory of Indian soldiers who lost their lives in
the World War.
Q3List any four places of tourist interest in Kolkata.
ANS: Four tourist places in Kolkata are:
1) Victoria Memorial
2) Fort William
3) Alipore Zoo
4) Birla Planetarium
Q4 Name two neighboring states of West Bengal.
ANS: Two neighboring states of Bengal are:
1) Jharkhand
2) Odisha
Q5What do you know about the climate of Mumbai?
ANS: Mumbai has warm and humid summers. Winter is not
very cold. There is heavy rainfall from June to September.
Q6List any four industries of Mumbai.
ANS: Four industries of Mumbai are:
1) Textile mills
2) Chemical industry
3) Electronic goods
4) Fertilizer industry
Q7 Name five places of tourist interest in Chennai.
ANS: Five places of tourist interest in Chennai are:
1) Fort Saint George
2) Chennai Museum
3) Gandhi Mandapam
4) Guindy Snake Park
5) Marina Beach
Q8 In which state of India is Chennai located?
ANS: Chennai is located in the state of Tamil Nadu.
{B} FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. Chennai is located on the east coast of India.
2. Pongal is the main festival of Chennai.
3. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra.
4. Popular festival of Mumbai is Ganesh Chaturthi.
5. Howrah Bridge is built on the Hooghly River.
6. People of Kolkata speak Bangla.
7. Red Fort was built by Shah Jahan.
8. The hot dry winds blowing in the summers are called Loo.
{C} MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
1. C
2. D
3. E
4. B
5. A
6. G
7. F
[D] OMIT
[E] EXTRA NOTES:-
1. Lotus temple is built in the shape of a Lotus flower with
pure white marble.
2. Rajghat is the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi.
3. Kolkata is known as City of Joy
4. The spells of thunder showers with heavy rain are known
as Kalbaisakhi in Kolkata.
5. Banyan is the world’s largest tree found in botanical
garden of Kolkata.
6. Chennai is the birth place of south Indian cinema.
7. Mumbai is a group of seven islands.
8. Rabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest poets of
India who belonged to Bengal.
9. Howrah Bridge is one of the world’s busiest bridge of
India.
ON THE OUTLINE MAP OF INDIA
LOCATE THE STATES IN WHICH THESE CITIES BELONG:
1. Mumbai → Maharashtra
2. Kolkata → West Bengal
3. Dispur → Assam
4. Chennai → Tamil Nadu
5. Lucknow → Uttar Pradesh
6. Chandigarh → Punjab
