Textual Questions & Answers of 'Buildings to Remember' of Class-V

 

Buildings to Remember

Textual Questions & Answers

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Answer the following questions:
 
i. Where is the Charminar located?
Ans: The Charminar is located at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.
 
ii. Which famous palace is located in Murshidabad? 
Ans: The Hazarduari is a famous place located in Murshidabad.
 
iii. Where is the Golden Temple located? 
Ans: The Golden Temple is located at Amritsar, Punjab.
 
iv. Which famous monument is situated in Delhi? 
Ans: The famous monument Qutub Minar is situated in Delhi.
 
v. Where is the Victoria Memorial situated?
Ans: The Victoria Memorial is situated in Kolkata.
 
vi. Where is the Konark Sun Temple situated? 
Ans: The Konark Sun Temple is situated in Odisha.
 
vii. Do you know the name of any other famous monument?
Ans: Yes, Shahid Minar is a famous monument situated in Kolkata.
 

Activity - 1

Complete the table with the information from the text. Work with your partners. One is done for you:
 

Name of the monument visited	The Bandel Church.
Location of the monuments	Bandel, Hooghly.
Number of team members	Twenty Five
Means of transport	Bus
The Mughal Emperor mentioned here	Akbar and Shah Jahan
The year the church was built	1599

 

 

Activity - 2

Find out with similar meanings from the text:
i. answered → explained
ii. staring → looking at
iii. told → said
iv. started → began
v. establish → build
vi. carried on → continued
 
 

Activity - 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:
 
i. Last Sunday, Reba visited (visit/visited) the zoo.
 
ii. They drink (drink/drank) coffee everyday.
 
iii. Farmers grow (grow/grew) crops in the field.
 
iv. The boys enjoyed (enjoy/enjoyed) the football match yesterday.
 
v. Subir sang ( sings/ sang) patriotic song yesterday.
 
vi. We go (go/went) to school everyday by bus. 
 
 

Activity - 4

Answer the following questions:
 
1. Where did the bus stop?
Ans: The bus stopped in front of the church.
 
2. What were the names of the two friends of Mita?
Ans: The names of the two friends of Mita were Amina and  Sunita.
 
3. How many Christians were taken to Agra fort?
Ans: A few thousand Christians were taken to Agra fort.
 
4. Who were made the stand before the ferocious elephants?
Ans: The priest, Father Joan da Cruz and a few thousand Christians were made to stand before the ferocious elephant.
 
5. What did the elephant do with Father Joan da Cruz?
Ans: The elephant carried father Joan da Cruz right up to the emperor Shah Jahan and knelt before him, as if asked for mercy.
 
6. Where was the fort of Shah Jahan located?
Ans: The fort of Shah Jahan located at Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
 
 

Activity - 5

Make a list of what Mita and her friends saw at the Bandel Church. One is done for you:
 
(1) A huge clock with four faces.
(2) The mast.
(3) Many wall paintings of Christ.
(4) The statue of Mother Mary.
(5) The Cemetery.
(6) The Prayer Hall.
 

 

Activity - 6

Fill in the blanks with proper words from the help box:
 

(huge, happy, loud, historical, excited, ferocious)

 
(1) We have many historical places in our country.
 
(2) Kaberi was very excited when she saw the museum in Kolkata.
 
(3) There are many huge buildings in our town.
 
(4) They were happy when they returned to their home town.
 
(5) Keep away from the ferocious animals.
 
(6) There was a loud noise in the classroom just before the teacher entered.
 
 

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