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Jules Verne was a Frenchman who was born in 1828.

He was not an inventor and hew was not a scientist, but


he read a great many books on science. He had very strong imagination and he loved adventures although he
did not have many great adventures himself. He wrote a number of electing books about the things which he
thought that scientists and inventors would one day be able to do, At that time his stories seemed like fairy tales.
Many of Jules Jerne’s attempts to look into the future, however, were surprisingly. One of his look was called
‘From Earth to Moon’, In this three men and a dog made a journey around his moon they did this in a hollow
‘Ship’ fired from a gun. After going around the Moon, they returned to earth and splashed down into the sea not
far from where the first real Moon travelers landed in July, 1969 about a hundred years later.
Jules Verne’s most famous book is ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea’. Jules Verne died in 1905. When
he was seventy seven. Many years later, explores really did go it the Moon and one part of the Moon was given
Jules Verne’s name.
Answer the following questions:-
Q 1.Who was Jules Vern
a) inventor (b) scientist (c) writer
Q2. Three men and a dog made a journey around the Moon in a book.
(a) From earth to Moon
b) Around the world in eighty days
(c) Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea
Q3. Verne’s stories were like
(a) adventure (b) fairy tales (c) imagination
Q4: How did the three men and a dog made journey around the moon.(a) Through a sea (b) Space Ship (c) In
a hollow ‘ship’
Q5. When did the first real Moon travelers landed on Moon.
(a) 1828 (b) 1905 (c) 1969
Q6. Who given the name of Jules Verne
(a) one part of Moon (b) book (c) A dog
Q7. When did Verne die ?
(a) 1905 (b) 1969 (c) 1905

Unseen Passage for Class 4 | Atmosphere


There are four major domains of the Earth- Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Biosphere. The solid
portion
of the earth is called Lithosphere. The large land masses are known as continents. All continents lie in
lithosphere.
There are seven continents. Asia is the largest continent and Australia is the smallest continent. Australia is
called an island continent. The part of the earth which is covered with water is called Hydrosphere- The Pacific
Ocean, The
Atlantic Ocean, The Indian Ocean, The Southern Ocean and The Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest
ocean.
The earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called the atmosphere. There are five layers in the atmosphere. The
Biosphere is the narrow zone of contact between the land, water and air.
Answer the following questions:-
1)How many domains of the earth are there?
2)What is Lithosphere?
3)Which continent is called island continent?
4)What is Hydrosphere?
5)Which ocean is the largest ocean of the world?
6)What is Atmosphere?

Unseen Passage for Class 4 | Food Chain


Animals eat plants and other animals. Animals can be grouped under four categories depending on the kind of
food habits. Animals that eat plants are called Herbivores. Cow, sheep Giraffe are some herbivores animals.
Carnivores are animals that eat flesh of other animals. Animals like lion, tiger e.t.c. are carnivore’s animals.
Some birds eat flash are called scavengers. Eagle and vulture are scavengers. Animals that eat plants and
flesh of other animals both are called omnivores. Bear, crow cockroach are omnivores. Parasites are small
insects or animals. Fleas, leeches and bugs are some parasites.
Answer the following questions:-
1.What are herbivores?
2.What are carnivores?
3.What are parasites?
4. Name some carnivores animals?
5. Name some omnivores?

Unseen Passage for Class 4 | Bears


Bears are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and America they are massively built, with short tails and thick legs.
Bears are not really carnivore. They eat almost anything the chief exception in the polar bear which in its natural
state lives on fish and seals. However, in captivity, they seem to enjoy meat, vegetables, fruits, milk, rice and
porridge.
Bears are not quite as dangerous as people imagine them it be like most animals, they will do their best to avoid
human being. However bears are by no means cowardly animals. Many hunters have been killed by bears for
they can be extremely dangerous and cunning.
Bears have a strong sense of smell but they have very poor eye-sight. They are also dull of hearing but they are
very intelligent.
Q.1) Where are bears found ?
(a) America (b) Australia (c) None of the above
Q.2) What does a bear eat in captivity ?
(a) Milk (b) Fish (c) Seal (d) trees
Q.3) What does bear avoid like most animal ?
(a) Hunters (b) Human being (c) fish (d) none of the above
Q.4) What kind of animal is bear ?
(a) coward (b) cunning (c) helpful (d) quiet
Q.5) What is the strongest sense of a bear ?
(a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) hearing
Q.6) Who have been killed by bears ?
(a) Humans (b) animals (c) hunters (d) birds
Q.7) The bear are massively built with short tail and thin legs.
(write true of false)
Q.8) Bears are not carnivore animal.

Unseen Passage for Class 4 | Solar System


The sun, eight planets, satellites and some other celestial bodies form the solar system. The sun is in the
centre of the solar system. The sun is ultimate source of heat and light for the solar system. There are eight
planets in our solar system. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.
Venus is considered as “earth’s-twin” because its size and shape are very much similar to that of earth. Earth is
the third nearest planet to the sun. The earth is a unique planet in the solar system because only this planet has
life on it. It is also known as blue planet. Our earth has only one satellite, that is the Moon.
Answer the following questions:-

1. What is solar system?


2. How many planets are there in solar system?
3. Which planet is nearest to the sun?
4. Which planet is known as “earth’s twin”?
5. How many satellites does our earth have? Write the names of that satellite?

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