Answer the following in short-
1. How did our country get its names?
2. Explain archaeological sources of history with examples.
3. Why can the earth not be compared to other planets of the Solar System?
4. How does a planet differ from a star?
5. What did Nehru say about the unity in diversity in his book?
6. How is India a country of diversities?
Answers
Answer:
1. The name India is of Greek origin and By definition, a star is a celestial object that emits its own light due to a chemical reaction at its core. ... A planet is a celestial body that orbits around the star in its solar system and gets its glow from the suns light reflecting from the planets face.comes from the river Indus (Sindhu in Sanskrit, Hindu in Persian). Greeks who invaded India from the north-west had to cross the river Indus, and with time, the area to the river's south was named India. ... And later, the whole country was named after them
2. Archaeological sources include buildings, houses, pottery, seals , coins, monuments , writings and paintings on stones or walls , tools, jewellery, bones, leftovers, pieces of metals and other artefacts.
3. Earth is a little more than 12,000 kilometers in diameter. It differs from the other planets because it has liquid water on its surface, maintains life, and has active plate movement. It rotates on its axis every 24 hours (a day) and revolves around the Sun every 365 days (a year). The Earth has one moon
4. By definition, a star is a celestial object that emits its own light due to a chemical reaction at its core. ... A planet is a celestial body that orbits around the star in its solar system and gets its glow from the suns light reflecting from the planets face
5. In his book The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru says that Indian unity is not something imposed from the outside but rather, "It was something deeper and within its fold, the widest tolerance of belief and custom was practised and every variety acknowledged and even encouraged." It was Nehru, who coined the phrase,
6. The large number of different cultures, knitted together in such a close and perfect manner, make India's diversity one of the wonders of the world. ... India is also known by the name of land of many religions. It is the birthplace of four major religions- Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism