Page 120 - Social Studies 5

Climate

The climate in the northern mountainous regions is cold throughout the
year. The climate becomes warmer as one travels to the south. The coastal
regions have almost similar climate throughout the year. India receives

the monsoon rains in summer.

Socio-Economic life

India is a secular democratic republic. The majority of the people are
Hindus. Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Christians, etc. also live in India. Many
languages are spoken here including Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telgu,
Urdu, Malayalam, etc. The people celebrate different festivals. Agriculture
is the main occupation of the people. Rice, wheat, sugarcane, jute, cotton,
etc. are grown here. There are also many industries employing many
people in them.

Maldives

Maldives is the smallest member
country in SAARC. It consists of islands
and is located to the south of India.
It lies in the Indian Ocean. Male is its
capital.

Size Maldives
Male
Maldives has an area of 300 sq km
and a population of about 200,000.

Physical feature

Maldives is an island nation. It is
made up of more than 2000 small
islands. The biggest island is about 6
kms long. The land is flat with no hills

or mountains.

116 Megha's Integrated Social Studies - 5