Life in India

India is the ____________ largest country in the world.

• second

• fourth

• seventh

• eighth

The population of India is about _____________.

• 1.17 million

• 1.20 billion

• 1.27 million

• 1.27 billion

Many of India's largest cities including the capital, ______________ are on the Northern Plains.

• Bangalore

• New Delhi

• Delhi

• Kolkata

The Deccan Plateau has land that is good for ______________ and ________________.

• farming crops and grazing animals

• selling plants and buying animals

• farming trees and gathering water

• watering crops and seeding plants

People of India speak ______ main languages. Children often speak ___ language at home and learn ____ more at school.

• 18; 5, 3

• 16; 2, 1

• 16; 1, 2

• 18; 3, 5

From December to March, it is _________ in India. It is ______ and _______ everywhere except in the far south and west.

• summer; hot and humid

• winter; cool and dry

• spring; warm and dry

• autumn; cool and humid

In summer, _________________, Much of India is then ________________.

• April to July; hot and humid

• April to May; hot and dry

• April to June; hot and dry

• April to June; hot and humid

__________________ is the monsoon or rainy season in India. It usually rains heavily for the next ______ months.

• June to August; two

• July to September; two

• July to October; three

• June to October; four

If the monsoon rains fail to arrive, as sometimes happens, then there is ___________ and ___________.

• dry; famine

• drought; fulled

• dry; fulled

• drought; famine

In autumn, ___________________, India is cool and dry and temperatures start to ______.

• October to December; raise

• October to November; remain

• October and November; fall

• October and November; lift