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The water-clock made by Newton was a wonderment to all the people.

Isaac went to the windmill frequently to examine its various parts.

Newton made a clock which nobody had ever heard of before. It was set going, not by wheels and weights, like other clocks, but by the dropping of water. It was an object of wonderment to all the people around.

After Newton’s stepfather died, his mother made him leave school and assist her in managing the farm at Woolsthorpe. Newton tried to put his attention on farming but couldn’t, as his mind was bent on becoming a scholar. So his mother sent him back to school.

Newton’s old grandmother was kind and good to him. She sent him to school and never weary of talking pride words about him. She always believed that Issac would be a capital workman, do well in the world and be a rich man before he died. Grandma lived near a windmill. She used the sun- dial and water-dock made by Newton to know the time.

The water-clock told the time in the shade and the sun-dial in the sunlight.

1. because 

2. so 

3. where 

4. whether 

5. as

1. after 

2. although 

3. because 

4. and 

5. unless

1. Alexander Fleming.

2. He discovered Penicillin

3. Two journalists approached the scientist

4. The journalist asked what Alexander Fleming was thinking then while getting ready for breakfast.

5. They met the scientist when he was about to have his breakfast.

1. In the year 2015

2. He was regarded as the fastest “seven summiteer” in the world.

3. Malli was caught in a bad weather and died.

4. The rescue team

5. Uncrushable

1. Andhra Pradesh

2. His father was a farmer.

3. At Korukonda Sainik School in Vizianagaram

4. He was interested in trekking and climbing high-altitude mountains.

5. In the year 2006

Aunt asked Ram where he was going. Ram replied that he was going to market. Aunt requested him to bring her some vegetables. Ram responded positively and asked her which vegetables she wanted. She asked him to bring potatoes and brinjals. Ram replied that he would bring them.

Malli Masthan Babu was regarded as the fastest ‘seven summiteer’. He successfully climbed and reached the highest peaks in all the seven continents in the year 2006.

1. Dr. Sindhu

2. Dr. Govind

3. C) eyes

4. A) Dr. Ramesh

5. C) There is only one physician in the hospital

1. a) uncertain 

b) death

2. a) erasable 

b) tough

3. a) lower 

b) introduce

4. a) last 

b) follower

5. a) doubt 

b) failure

1. a) gather 

b) great

2. a) absence 

b) partiality

3. a) elevate 

b) distressed

4. a) bought 

b) ancient

5. a) designated 

b) earliest

1. 1 – B 

2 – C 

3 – A 

4 – D

2. 1 – B 

2 – B 

3 – B 

4 – A

3. 1 – B 

2 – D 

3 – B 

4 – A

1. 1) got

2) with 

3) great 

4) are

2. 1) a 

2) on 

3) release 

4) around

3. 1) It 

2) houses 

3) in 

4) live

Correct option is (D) Son-in-law

Rivulets: Small rivers or streams Continuous

Tributary: A stream or a river that joins a larger river is said to be the tributary of the larger river.

Contour Trenches: Number of horizontal trenches made on the hill slopes to arrest the erosion of soil, harvest water, and encourage the growth of grass.

The Brahmaputra (also known as Tsangpo in Tibet) rises from the snout of the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near Manasarovar.

The Indus originates in the northern slopes of the Kailash range in Tibet near Lake Manasarovar.

A majority of the tributaries of Ganga originate in the Himalayas but some of them have their source in the peninsular plateau like the Chambal, the Sindh, the Betwa, the Ken, and the Son.

‘V’ shaped valleys: The valleys that are ‘V’ shaped in cross-section generally are the product of cutting – down by a river.

Yes, I want to be a scientist. I am very fond of the science subject. I want to do research in physics and discover something new.

Meanders: A curve In the course of a river that continually swings from side to side in wide loops as it progresses in a flat area.

R.K. Narayan.

While increased industrialization and growth of urban areas have improved standards of living for some, the same activities have caused pollution, especially by industrial units

The major river systems of the peninsular drainage are the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, and the Cauveri.

Precipitation includes snow, dew, hail, etc.

Physiographic units: Physiography refers to the study of physical feature or landforms of the earth and their relation to one another-sophysical features

France (not from the soviet bloc)

A rich merchant.

Continuous contour trenches were dug on hill slopes to arrest the erosion of soil, harvest water, and encourage the growth of grass in Hiware Bazar of Maharashtra.

A number of water harvesting structures were also built in the village-check dams, percolation tanks, and loose boulder structures in Hiware Bazar.

Surface flow includes rivers, streams, canals, and other flows on the surface of the water.

Percolation: The process of moving gradually through a surface that has very small holes or spaces in It.

Flow resource: Water is a flow resource

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4) a 

5) the 

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7) a 

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10) the

Subbiah had spent all his days with his father in his rice shop. Thus he knew all about rice, and the rice business. It could be said that rice was in his blood.

Correct answer is True

Catebment area: The area from which rain flows into a particular river or lake

Of the six scientists shown in the pictures, C.V. Raman, Albert Einstein and Har Gobind Khorana received the Nobel Prize.

Groundwater: Underground water that is held in the soil and rocks

Raman was born on November 7, 1888 at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. He finished his M.A. course at Presidency College in Chennai. He became a member of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. He took up an administrative job in the Finance Ministry in Calcutta. He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924 and the British Government made him a knight of the British Empire in 1929. He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India and received the Nobel Prize.

1) shock 

2) relief 

3) excitement 

4) honesty

Subbiah tried to take out some rice from a heap of bags. While he was doing so, the bags fell on him. He was buried under the bags and killed.

Subbiah was then a young boy. Like other boys, he longed to go and enjoy life in the open. But his father would not allow him to leave the shop. Naturally, Subbiah loathed the rice bags.

1. (a) water

2. (c) Hormones, enzymes and other proteins constitute 2/5 of the human body.

3. 20 Kgs

4. 50 Kgs

5. No, they are not. Water constitutes 65 per cent of our weight.