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Ways with words

1. Read the text above and fill in the blanks with the correct words given below.

surrounded landscape Nepal unification entirely

(a) Nepal is a landlocked country since it is ............ by land.

(b) ………… has not been colonilized.

(c) We have beautiful ………… in Nepal from hill to Himalaya, Terai to valley.

(d) The credit goes to the Bir Gurkhas for the ………… of the nation.

(e) Dadheldhura is …...........… rural with exotic, natural flora and fauna and
cultural heritage.

2. Read the text above and match the words in column 'A' with their meanings
in column 'B'.

A B

(a) modernized (i) central part, the main part that controls the whole

(b) inhabitants (ii) celebration

(c) flora and fauna (iii) residents, dwellers

(d) headquarters (iv) updated, civilized

(e) fair (v) plants and animals
Read and answer

1. Read the text again and write 'True' for the true and 'False' for the
false statements.

(a) Dadeldhura has 21 VDCs.

(b) The area of Dadeldhura is 1,538 km².

(c) Dadeldhura is a major city of Nepal.

(d) Amar Singh ruled in Dadeldhura.

(e) The Dotyal language is the primary spoken language in Dadeldhura.

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