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GRADE 6                                                                                                Start Up G.K



 32  Choice of words   33  Gems of India



 The words that we use in our conversation depends upon our vocabulary.   These famous people have made India proud in different fields of work. They

 Vocabulary means all the words known and used by a person. Check your   are the true gems of India! Can you identify them?
 vocabulary by doing this simple exercise.
 Circle the word in bracket that best completes each sentence.


 1.   As the Sun rose, the dark outline of the mountain peak became (patriotic/

 erratic/visible).


 2.   We must find a way to make drivers (comply/break/propel) with the    1.  Indian Economist and   2.  Famous Indian   3.  Indian business tycoon
 speed limits.  Nobel Prize winner.                 tabla player and                 who founded the

                                                    music composer.                  Reliance Industries.
 3.   You will have to improve your (burden/diction/motive) if you want people
 to understand what you are saying.


 4.   After the fight, neighbours became (hostile/polite/lazy) towards each
 other.


 5.   The vitamins in fruits and vegetables are (beneficial/fatal/insufficient) to
 your health.
            4.  Famous Indian film              5.  Famous Indian Kathak  6.  ‘Metro Man of India’.
 6.  A (rude/modest/aggressive) hero would never boasts of his achievements.  maker. Won the Academy   dancer who performs   Made metro railway
               Honorary Award and                   the world over.                  plan a success in
 7.   The coffin of my late aunt Ginny was lowered into the open (cave/grave/  Bharat Ratna in 1992.     India.

 mine).


 8.  Mobility refers to the ability to (talk/eat/move).
                                                                                       Kailash Satyarthi
 9.   Mom’s blue jug can hold (efficient/sufficient/                                     Zakir Hussain

 ancient) milk to fill large glasses.  Info-bites
 Lexicography is the                                                                   Dhirubhai Ambani
 10.  Have you decided which seashells to (divulge/  process of writing,                  Amartya Sen

 emerge/exhibit) in the showcase?  editing or compiling                                   Satyajit Ray
 a dictionary. An   7.  Indian child right’s   8.  Known as the ‘Father
 author or editor of a   advocate and activist   of White Revolution                     Birju Maharaj
 dictionary is called a   against child labour.   in India’. He turned                  Verghese Kurien
 Lexicographer. Noah   Won the Nobel Peace      India into the world’s                   E.Sreedharan
 Webster was a famous   Prize for 2014.         largest milk producer.
 lexicographer. Find
 out more about him.

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