Landforms and Life Class 6 Question Answer Social Science Chapter 3
NCERT Class 6 Social Science SST Chapter 3 Landforms and Life Questions and Answers Solutions
Landforms and Life Class 6 Questions and Answers (InText)
Lets’s Explore (Page 42)
Question 1.
As a class activity, form groups of four or five students and observe the school’s surroundings. What kind of landscape do you see? Will the landscape change a few kilometres away? Or within some 50 kilometres? Compared with other groups.
Answer:
The following landscape can be observed in the surroundings
(a) Plains
(b) Plateaus
(c) Mountains
Landscape may or may not be changed within 50 kilometres.
Question 2.
In the same groups, discuss a journey that any of you has made through a region of India. List the different landscapes seen on the way. Compare it with other groups.
Answer:
The following landscapes can be observed during the journey in India
(a) Mountains
(b) Plains
(c) Plateaus
(d) Deserts
(e) Coastal region
Lets’s Explore (Page 46)
Question 1.
Here are two verses from a long poem by Kalidasa, who lived at least 1,500 years ago and is often considered to be the greatest poet of ancient India. The poem, Kumarasambhava, begins with an invocation to the Himalayas. (This is a simplified translation from Sanskrit.)
In the North rises Himalaya, the Lord of mountains, like a living god, who measures the Earth and stretches from the Western to the Eastern oceans.
…… From it the wind comes down, carrying spray from descending Ganga, shaking the deodar trees, opening the peacocks’ tail feathers and cooling the mountain people after they hunt deer. Discuss the verses and the following questions in class.
(a) What are the ‘Western to the Eastern oceans’? Can you locate them as well as the ‘Lord of mountains’ on given figure?
Answer:
The Western ocean is Arabian sea and Eastern ocean is Bay of Bengal. ‘Lord of mountains’ is the Himalayas.
(b) Why is Ganga river mentioned?
(Hint: There could be several reasons.)
Answer:
Ganga river is mentioned because
- Most of the population lives in the Ganga plains.
- It is most important in terms of agriculture.
- It is the sacred river in India.
Lets’s Explore (Page 49)
Question 1.
The images given below depict a few challenges that people living in the mountains may face.. Discuss them in groups in the class and write one paragraph on each. Also discuss why, despite many such challenges, people still choose to live in the mountains.
Answer:
The above given pictures depict the problems for people living in mountains. These are discussed below
(i) Flash Flood Flash flood is the sudden flood in a local region due to cloud burst. Sudden heavy rain can quickly turn mountain streams into dangerous floods. It can damage homes and roads.
(ii) Uncontrolled Tourism Too many visitors can put pressure on local resources and disturb mountain ecosystems, harming both the environment and local communities.
(iii) Landslide Soil and rocks sliding down slopes can destroy homes and block roads in mountain areas.
(iv) Avalanches It is a landslide due to heavy snowfall. Large snow slides can damage villages and disrupt travel in snowy mountain regions.
(v) Heavy Snowfall Excessive snow can block roads, limit access, and cause damage to houses in mountain areas.
(vi) Cloudburst Intense, short bursts of rain can lead to sudden floods and erosion in mountainous regions.
(vii) Cold Weather Extremely cold temperatures can make daily life and travel very difficult in the mountains.
People still prefer to live in mountainous regions because they are sacred to them. Mountains are a great source of tourism activity and many more natural resources.
Let’s Explore (Page 53)
Question 1.
Use the colour code in the map given below to add a landform to each name. For instance, ‘Tibetan Plateau’, ‘Rocky range’, ‘Nile plain’. (You do not have to remember the names in this map.)
Answer:
Do it yourself
Let’s Explore (Page 54)
Question 1.
The picture given below has been taken from a satellite. It captures a portion of North India from a high altitude. Observe and discuss the image as a class activity.
(a) Which colour is the Ganga plain?
(b) What does the white expanse represent?
(c) What does the brown expanse at the bottom left of the image represent?
Answer:
(a) The Ganga plain is represented through green colour.
(b) The white expanse represents the Himalayan range.
(c) The brown expanse in the bottom left corner represents the Deccan plateau.
Let’s Explore (Page 55)
Question 1.
Can you give examples of river sources or confluences from your region that are regarded as sacred by any community?
Answer:
Following are some examples of places that are sacred because they are source of river or confluence of river:
(a) Gangotri origin place of river Ganga
(b) Yamunotri origin place of river Yamuna
(c) Allahabad confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
(d) Devprayag confluence of river Alaknanda and Bhagirathi
Question 2.
Visit a nearby river and observe all activities there, whether economic or cultural. Note them down and discuss with your classmates.
Answer:
The common economic and cultural activities near rivers are as follows
(a) Agriculture
(b) Pilgrimages
(c) Sacred celebrations
(d) Industries
Let’s Explore (Page 56)
Question 1.
Name some popular tourist destinations in India and identify the category of landform they are associated with.
Answer:
Some popular tourist destinations in India and their landforms are as follows
(a) Leh-cold desert
(b) Mussoorie-mountains
(c) Thar safari-hot desert
(d) Kochi-sea coast
(e) Varanasi-plains
Class 6 SST Landforms and Life Question Answer (Exercise)
Question 1.
In what type of landform is your town / village / city located? Which features mentioned in this chapter do you see around you?
Answer:
Do it yourself
Question 2.
Let us go back to our initial trip from Chhota Nagpur to Prayagraj and Almora. Describe the three landforms you came across on the way.
Answer:
The three landforms from Chhota Nagpur to Prayagraj and Almora were plateaus, plains and mountains. These are described as follows
(a) Plateaus A plateau is a landform that rises from the surrounding land and has a more or less flat surface; some of its sides are often steep slopes. The height of plateaus can vary from a few hundred metres to several thousand metres.
(b) Plains Plains are landforms that have an extensive flat or gently undulating surface. They do not have any large hills or deep valleys. They are generally not more than 300 metres above sea level.
(c) Mountains Mountains are landforms that are much higher than the surrounding landscape. A broad base, steep slopes and a narrow summit can recognise them. Depending on their height, some mountains are covered with snow.
Question 3.
List a few famous pilgrimage spots in India along with the landforms in which they are found.
Answer:
Some of the famous pilgrimage site in India with their landforms type are as follows
(a) Vaishno Devi : mountains
(b) Amarnath Cave Temple : mountains
(c) Gangotri Temple: mountains
(d) Badrinath Temple: mountains
(e) Rameswaram : coastal region
(f) Tirupati: hills
(g) Shirdi : plains
(h) Haridwar: plains
Question 4.
State whether true or false.
(a) The Himalayas are young mountains with rounded tops.
(b) Plateaus usually rise sharply at least on one side.
(c) Mountains and hills belong to the same type of landform.
(d) Mountains, plateaus and rivers in India have the same types of flora and fauna.
(e) Ganga is a tributary to the Yamuna.
(f) Deserts have unique flora and fauna.
(g) Melting snow feeds rivers.
(h) Sediments from rivers deposited in the plains make the land fertile.
(i) All deserts are hot.
Answer:
(a) False
(b) True
(c) True
(d) False
(e) False
(f) True
(g) True
(h) True
(i) False
Question 5.
Match words in pairs
| Mount Everest | Africa |
| Rafting | Roof of the world |
| Camels | Rice fields |
| Plateau | Desert |
| Gangetic plains | River |
| Waterway | Ganga |
| Mount Kilimanjaro | Tributary |
| Yamuna | Climbing |
Answer:
| Mount Everest | climbing |
| Rafting | River |
| Camels | Desert |
| Plateau | Roof of the world |
| Gangetic plains | Rice fields |
| Waterway | Ganga |
| Mount Kilimanjaro | Africa |
| Yamuna | Tributary |