BBC Compacta Class 6 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 91

The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. 

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Ans: Owls spend most of their time in the dark and have an acute sense of hearing. They can detect their prey just by hearing them move in complete darkness. Owls have two ears, one on either side of their head. They also have a dish-like structure on the face which is made up of feathers.

2.

Ans: India is home to many great men and women. Sardar Patel was one amongst them. Known as the Iron Man of India, Vallabh was born on 21st October 1875 in a farmer's family in Nadiad, Gujarat. He inherited patriotism from his father who had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi and fought against the British.

3.

Ans: A small town named Pahalgam is located in the valley of Kashmir about a hundred kilometres from Srinagar. The town is about 7000 ft above sea level. It appears as an earthly paradise for tourists but not travelers.

4.

Ans: Mother Teresa came to Kolkata in 1929 when she was hardly 19 years old. When she first arrived in Kolkata, she just had five rupees in her pocket. A priest helped her in the new and strange city. She lived in a small room for nine years while she nursed sick people back to health.

5.

Ans:  Anne Frank was a German-Jewish girl who fled from Germany when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. She and her family took refuge in Amsterdam, Holland. Unfortunately, they had not run far enough. In 1940, Hitler's armies invaded and captured the Netherlands.

6.

Ans: Kalpana Chawla was born in the town of Karnal in Haryana on 1 July 1961. As a young girl, Kalpana used to sit out in her garden to watch the stars. Not only did she watch them, she dreamed of reaching out to touch them. In school, young Kalpana was fascinated by airplanes and flying.

7.

Ans:  Kinnow is prominently grown in two regions of Punjab where the natural climatic conditions are suitable for its cultivation. Not only is this fruit a complete package of qualities, it is also a rich source of income for the farmers of Punjab. The best-managed orchard gives earnings up to Rs. 1.50 lac or even more per acre.

8.

Ans: The Atacama Desert in Chile, South America, is the driest desert in the world. Ironically, it is located on the coast of the Pacific, the world's largest ocean. Most of the moisture that the Atacama gets, about 1 cm per year, is from the fog that sometimes blows in from the ocean.