Page 31 - GK 3
P. 31

GRADE 3                                                                                                Start Up G.K



 19  Also known as  20   Fame of India



 Given below are some sobriquets. A sobriquet is a nickname or a   Guess the names of these famous Indians. Choose the correct letters

 familiar name.  of the names from the clue box.

 Fill in the crossword puzzle to figure out the real name.
               1                                   2                                  3
 Across:


 1.  City of Seven Hills

 3.  Land of the Rising Sun

 5.  Sugar Bowl of the World

 7.  Gift of the Nile
               4                                   5                                  6
 9.  The Dark Continent


 Info-bites

 The Nile is the longest river
 in the world. It runs south
 to north, beginning in the
 mountains in the south and
 ending at the Mediterranean     7                                  8
 Sea. Each spring, the snow
 on the mountains would
 melt. The Nile river would
 flood. When the flood
 waters went back, they left
 behind fertile soil. Crops   Down:
 would easily be grown in   2.  Land of the Midnight Sun
 this black, rich soil. The
 Egyptians called this soil the   4.  Land of the Maple Leaf  a. Chetan Bhagat b. Pt. Ravi Shankar   c. Kapil Dev
 ‘Gift of the Nile.’  d. Dalai Lama     e. Mukesh Ambani                        f. Swami Vivekanand
 6.  Land of the Thunderbolt
              g. M.F.Husain             h. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
 8.  Queen of the Arabian Sea



 Why is Norway called the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun?’     Find out to which field is each of them related to.
 Norway is different from other countries. During the
 summer months, it does not get dark at night. In other   Info-bites
 words, if the weather is fair , you can see the Sun for a   Kapil Dev was the first Indian cricket captain who led India to win
 continuous period of 24 hours!   the cricket World Cup in the year 1983.

 28                                                                                                            29
   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36