Read the following passage and answer the questions:
The Ganga is a holy river to the Hindus. The Hindus call it ‘Mother Ganga’. Every Hindu wishes to die on the banks of the holy Ganga so that he/she may reach heaven. It is one of the biggest rivers in India. It rises in the Gangotri mountains in the Himalayas. At Haridwar, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains. After flowing through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, it flows into the Bay of Bengal.
The Ganga is very useful for our country. It brings with it rich soil from the mountains and spreads it on the land to make it very fertile. The fields in this area produce two crops a year.
(i) The Ganga rises from:
(a) Yamnotri mountains
(b) Kailash mountain
(c) Gangotri mountain
(d) all of these
(ii) It flows through:
(a) Punjab and Haryana
(b) Rajasthan and MP
(c) Uttarakhand and Haryana
(d) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
(iii) According to Hindu myth the path to……………..go through the Ganga.
(a) hell
(b) world
(c) river
(d) heaven
(iv) Fill in the blank:
After a long journey the Ganga mingles into ……………… (West Bengal/the Bay of Bengal)
(v) Write the answer of the following:
(a) What do the Hindus call the Ganga ?
(b) How is the Ganga useful for our country ?
