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Now I Know :

• India is a land of variety–we have a number of language, traditional
clothes, dance and music, architecture styles, and festivals.

• There are 22 schedule languages in India. Hindi is the main official
language of the government of India, and English is the second.

• The two main types of dance and music are folk and classical.

• Indian architecture has been insurance by Turks, Mughals and the
British.

• We celebrate several national, religious and harvest festivals.

A. Oral Questions:

1. When do Independence Day celebrated?

2. How many schedule languages in India?

B. Tick (3) the correct option:

1. One of the 22 schedule languages of India is:

(i) Maithili (ii) Bihari (iii) English

2. The classical dance form of Assam is:

(i) Bihu (ii) Satriya (iii) Manipur

3. A language that is written from right to left is:

(i) Nepali (ii) Konkani (iii) Sindhi

4. The Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi was built by the:

(i) Mughals (ii) French (iii) British

5. The wall paintings in the Ajanta caves in Maharashtra show the life of:

(i) Krishna (ii) Buddha (iii) Mahavira

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