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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

LESSONS IN THE SKY
Makar Sankranti, a festival dedicated to the sun god, is one of the most ancient Hindu festivals celebrated across India with much fanfare. The festival marks the beginning of the auspicious period of Uttarayan.People fly kites and prepare traditional sweets like gazak for this festival that marks the arrival of spring.
Kite flying is an intrinsic part of Makar Sankranti celebrations. A cotton string or thread called manjha is used to fly kites. Recently, a new material made of nylon has been released. The new ones are more dangerous as they are coated with glass to make them razor sharp. Colourful kites adorn the sky from the morning of Makar Sankranti. According to some beliefs, the tradition of kite flying on Makar Sankranti is being carried out so that people are exposed to the sun rays. Sunning is believed to get rid of the skin infections and illnesses associated with winter. The exposure to initial rays of the sun is considered beneficial to health as it is a good source of Vitamin D. Besides, people also believe that kite flying is a way of thanking the gods, as it is considered that gods awake from their sleep on Makar Sankranti after a period of six months.
Kite flying can be witnessed across different parts of the country, but it is mostly done with great enthusiasm in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Months before Makar Sankranti, people start making kites at their homes in Gujarat. The event is celebrated in Gujarat as the International Kite Festival. Ahmedabad has been hosting the International Kite Festival since 1989. Tourists from across India and other countries flock to Gujarat for this joyous occasion.

QUESTION 1) Kite flying is considered an activity of social gathering , but nowadays there has been a decrease in people flying kites. What do you think is the reason behind this change?
QUESTION 2) Why do you think the new threads made up of nylon are more dangerous?
QUESTION 3) A kite as shown is a geometrical figure. Look at the figure and answer the following questions:
(a)write the adjacent sides
(b)write the opposite sides
(c)name the perpendicular lines formed
(d)Is kite a polygon? Justify.
(e)Is kite a square? Justify.

QUESTION 4)List down the properties of a kite and create your own kite using the properties .

QUESTION 5)Do we have the kites made only in the shape of KITE? Or in any other geometrical shapes? Name them and draw one such shape of kite
SOURCE OF PASSAGE: HINDUSTAN TIMES

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In Euclidean geometry, a kite is a quadrilateral whose four sides can be grouped into two pairs of equal-length sides that are adjacent to each other. In contrast, a parallelogram also has two pairs of equal-length sides, but they are opposite to each other instead of being adjacent. Kite quadrilaterals are named for the wind-blown, flying kites, which often have this shape and which are in turn named for a bird. Kites are also known as deltoids, but the word "deltoid" may also refer to a deltoid curve, an unrelated geometric object