NCERT Solutions for Class 4 The World Around Us Chapter 9 Different Lands Different Lives (PDF) – 2027

— write the places you and your friends really visited. Each place must match its type of region.

I find the mountains most interesting. The peaks are covered with snow and the air is cool and clean. I would like to see tall pine trees and ride a yak, as Nayan did in Sikkim.

I went to Puri and my friend went to Jaisalmer.

• Similarities: in both places people live in villages, sell things in markets and enjoy festivals.
• Differences: Puri has the sea, palm trees and fish to eat. Jaisalmer has sand dunes, cactus and dal-bati-churma.

The land is flat and open. Flat land like this is called the plains. Large green fields spread far away, and there are no hills or slopes.

The people are:

• churning curd to make butter and lassi;
• carrying green fodder for the animals;
• drinking lassi on a charpai;
• driving tractors, riding a motorcycle with milk cans and riding a bicycle;
• sowing seeds, planting and watering the fields;
• combing a girl’s hair, and children playing a dholak.

A white cow and black buffaloes. The cow is eating at a feeding trough near the house (page 132). Three buffaloes are eating green fodder near the fields (page 133).

Yes. The clothes are loose, made of cotton and brightly coloured. Men wear a turban (pagri) with a kurta and pyjama or a lungi. Women wear a salwar-kameez with a dupatta over the head.

Name of the food item: Makki di roti and sarson da saag
Ingredients: maize (corn) flour, mustard leaves, spinach, garlic, ginger, salt, ghee and water

Write the popular food of your own region.

The land is dry and sandy, with big heaps of sand called dunes. Such land is a desert. There is very little green, and water is seen only in one small pond.

Plants in the picture: cactus, a big leafy tree (like the khejri) and palm trees near the pond. The book also names babool.

They are different from the plants in most places: many have thorns and few leaves, some store water in thick stems, and they live on very little water.

Yes. The clothes are long, loose and very colourful. Women wear wide ghaghras, a dupatta (odhni) over the head and many bangles. Men wear bright turbans with a kurta and dhoti.

People travel on camels and in camel carts. In the picture a camel is pulling a cart loaded with bags. The camel is called the ship of the desert.

I like the camel cart the most. The camel walks easily on the soft sand and pulls a cart full of bags. It is like a bus that does not need a road.

(for Rajasthan, the state Ritika visited). Write the dances and songs of your own region.

Water is scarce in the desert because very little rain falls there. The hot sun dries up water quickly, the sandy soil soaks it in, and there are very few rivers or ponds.

The people are:

• catching fish with a net from a boat;
• building sand castles and making sand art (a big sand elephant);
• swimming with float rings and flying kites;
• selling and buying shell craft and cashew nuts;
• resting under a beach umbrella.

Coconut and other palm trees grow near the sea. They are tall, with a thin straight trunk and long leaves only at the top. Desert plants are short and thorny, and trees in the plains spread out and give shade.

• Build a sand castle.
• Collect sea shells.
• Fly a kite in the sea breeze.
• Walk on the wet sand and let the waves touch my feet.
• Watch the fishermen bring in their nets.
• Try some sand art, like the artists at Puri.

The clothes are light, thin and made of cotton. Women wear cotton sarees, like the famous Sambalpuri saree of Odisha. Men wear a lungi or dhoti with a shirt.

Sample answer — a shell photo frame: I cut a square frame from thick cardboard, painted it sea-blue and glued sea shells all around it. I put my photo inside and wrote “Puri Beach” on the back.

The coast has plenty of water; the desert has very little. So life is very different.

We must keep our beaches clean because:

• turtles, dolphins and fish can swallow plastic and die;
• rubbish and broken glass can hurt people and spread illness;
• the waves carry waste into the sea;
• clean beaches bring visitors, so local people can earn.

Top row: sea turtle, crab, starfish.
Bottom row: dolphin, corals, seaweed.

A cyclone brings very strong winds and heavy rain. It blows off roofs and breaks houses, uproots trees, floods fields, breaks boats and nets, and knocks down electric poles. People and animals lose their homes and food.

Communities can get ready before the storm comes:

• listen to early warnings and tell neighbours;
• move to a cyclone shelter in time, helping old people and children first;
• keep an emergency bag with water, dry food, a torch and medicines;
• tie down roofs and pull boats up the shore;
• practise safety drills.

Yaks, goats, a sheep, deer and birds. A yak with long black hair wears a bright saddle cloth. Brown goats rest on the grass, a sheep with curled horns grazes on the slope and two deer stand on a rocky ledge.

Mountain clothes are thick, warm and full-sleeved, and they cover most of the body. People wear traditional dresses like the bakhu, dumdyam and Gunyo cholo, with caps and shoes. In my warm region we wear thin cotton clothes.

The trees are tall and grow close together on the slopes. The pine tree is cone-shaped, with thin needle-like leaves. Oak, walnut and chestnut trees also grow in Sikkim. Walnut and chestnut trees give nuts that people eat.

Because it is cold, people wear thick, warm clothes like the bakhu, with caps and shawls. They live in wooden houses with sloping roofs, eat hot food like thukpa, and keep animals with thick hair, like the yak.

In my region people traditionally wear a cotton dhoti or saree with a light gamchha. Our summers are long and hot, so thin cotton clothes suit us — they let air pass and dry quickly.

Pine and oak are suited to cold weather and steep, rocky slopes. They can bear cold and snow. Snow slides off the pine’s cone shape and thin needle-like leaves, and the strong roots of these trees hold on to rocky soil.

The yak has thick, long hair that keeps it warm like a blanket. It has strong legs and hard hooves, so it can walk safely on rocks, ice and steep paths.

Wood is used because many trees grow nearby, so wood is easy to get, and wooden houses stay warm. The roofs slant so that rain water and snow slide off and do not collect on top.

Yes. My house has a sloping tin roof, like the mountain houses, because it rains a lot in my town and the water must run off quickly. But my walls are made of brick, not wood.

Mountain slopes are steep. Heavy rain makes the soil soft, loose and heavy, so soil and rocks slide down the slope. Where trees have been cut, there are no roots to hold the soil, so it slips easily.

• Plant trees and grass on bare slopes so the roots hold the soil.
• Build strong walls and drains beside hill roads.
• Do not build houses below loose, steep slopes.
• Listen to warnings and do not travel on hill roads in heavy rain.
• Move to a safe place away from steep slopes.

• Give shelter in a school or community hall.
• Give drinking water, food, clothes and blankets.
• Take injured people to hospital.
• Help to rebuild houses together.
• Collect books and school bags so children can study again.
• Sit with people and comfort them.

(for a village in the plains). Draw your own place and write these labels around it.

Sample answer — “Chaar-Rang Desh”: draw one favourite feature from each region and label it.

• I chose the snowy peak because I have never seen snow.
• I chose the flat fields because crops grow well there, so there will be food.
• I chose the beach because I love collecting sea shells.
• I chose the sand dunes and camel because a camel ride looks exciting.

People find ways to live with these difficulties: tankas to store water in the desert, sloping roofs in the mountains, and cyclone shelters and early warnings on the coast.