Class 5 SST CHAPTER 19

Ans. 1. The reformers felt that social ills like the caste system, child marriage and the killing of female babies kept Indian society divided and backward. Ans.2. The reformers felt educating the public would remove outdated customs and superstitious beliefs and would bring progress to India. Ans 4. The moderates wanted reforms so that Indians could live a better life under the Britishrule. But the extremists wanted the British to leave India and demanded self- rule.

Class5 chapter18

Ans 1. The Portuguese were the first to trade with India. Ans 2. Three other European countries that started trading with India were Denmark, France and Britain. Ans3. Each of the countries trading with India wanted a larger share of the trade so they fought among themselves . In the end , Britain won the fight and took the major share rights to trade with India. Ans 8. The British had superior weapons and greater military strength , so they were able to contain the Revolt of 1857.

Class 6. EUREKA

EUREKA Ans 1. Hiero was the king of Syracuse. He wanted the biggest crown in the world. Ans 2. He called the goldsmith to fashion a crown that would make every other king want to possess it. For this he gave ten pounds of pure gold to the goldsmith. Ans3. The king instructed the goldsmith to put every grain of gold and not to use any other metal with it . Ans 4. Archimedes was a very wise man in the king's court . Though he found the workmanship of the crown exquisite, he was suspicious of the quality of the gold.It was a brilliant yellow . It did not have the same rich colour as the lump of gold given to him by the king. Ans 5.The challange before him was to invent a method to measure the purity of the gold used to make the crown without causing the crown any damage.