Understanding Diversity Social Science - Understanding Diversity

What made Kerala an attractive place for trade?

Who composed our National Anthem

In Ladakh, for drinking water, people depend on the melting snow during the:

Which is the product of Ladakh?

The boat race is an important part of the ______ festival, which is celebrated in ______.
 

Kerala has ______ land, they produce best quality of ______.

Thomas, the Apostle found ________ Churches in Kerala.

The name of the Tibetan national epic is the ________.

The other name of 'dzos’ is ________.

Storywriters get their ideas from different places like books, real life and from their own imagination. True/ False

Manufacturing and selling of Pashmina shawl is the main source of income for Shimla people. True/ False

India’s diversity has been counted as a source of its strength when the British ruled India. True/ False

General Dyer ordered troops to open fire without warning or any order to disperse, and to direct fire towards the crowd. True/ False

How many official languages are recognised by the Constitution of India?

Name the British General who was responsible for the Jalia wala Bagh massacre.

How does historical and geographical factors influence the diversity of a region?

What is the nature of people in the cities?

What are the different kinds of religions in Kerala?

Examine the religious composition of Ladakh.

What is diversity?

Why is sheep domesticated in Ladakh?

How does Ladakh attract tourists?

Do you think the term ‘unity in diversity’ is an appropriate term to describe India? What do you think Nehru is trying to say about Indian unity in the sentence quoted above from his book The Discovery of India?

How are history and geography tied in the cultural life of a region? Clarify with examples from Ladakh and Kerala.

How did foreigners settle in Kerala?

Why Kerala is called as the 'land of coconuts'? What products are made out of coir in Kerala?

Draw up a list of the different festivals celebrated in your locality. Which of these celebrations are shared by members of different regional and religious communities?

Imagine if all the story-tellers and writers that you have heard and read so far were forced to live in a place where all people wore the same two colours red and white, ate the same food (may be potatoes!), took care of the same two animals, for example, the deer and the cat, and to entertain themselves played snakes and ladders. What kind of stories do you think they would write?

How was unity in diversity seen during the British rule in India?

Let us try to understand what we mean when we say that historical and geographical factors influence the diversity of a region. We can do this by reading about life in two different parts of the country, Kerala and Ladakh. Now do this exercise.

From where people who write stories get their ideas?

Perhaps you have not noticed that there are several people in the locality where you live who are poor and who do not have enough to eat or wear and sometimes not even a place to live. This difference is not the same as the one we have seen earlier.
This is not a difference but it is the question of inequality. How does inequality come?

How is the influence of diverse cultures still in vogue?