NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 9 In the Mountains, with Nayan — In-text Questions
Book page 145 Updated on2026-09-19
Q1.
Look at the picture above and write your observations. What type of animals do you see in the picture?Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145 of the textbook. Look carefully at the land, the trees, the animals and the clothes people are wearing.
Answer
Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145: snow-capped peaks, steep green slopes with terraced fields, a village high on the hillside, pine trees, a wooden house with a sloping roof, a solar panel, a yak with a bright saddle cloth, a cow on the slope, a woman carrying a basket on her back, a man in a long red robe, school children with backpacks and a bird on the path. The book’s picture also shows a cable car, a paraglider, a Buddha statue with prayer flags, a stream with a raft, a woman weaving on a loom and a man weaving a bamboo basket.
The animals in the picture are:
a yak with long black hair and a bright cloth on its back;
cows and calves resting on the green slope;
sheep and goats grazing higher up the hill;
deer standing on a rocky ledge;
small birds on the path and a dog near the houses.
Why these animals: mountain animals need to keep warm and to walk on steep, rocky ground. The yak has thick long hair; sheep and goats have hard hooves that grip the rocks.
Q2.
Look at the picture above and write your observations. How are the dresses worn by people living in the mountains different from those worn in your region?Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145 of the textbook. Look carefully at the land, the trees, the animals and the clothes people are wearing.
Answer
Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145: snow-capped peaks, steep green slopes with terraced fields, a village high on the hillside, pine trees, a wooden house with a sloping roof, a solar panel, a yak with a bright saddle cloth, a cow on the slope, a woman carrying a basket on her back, a man in a long red robe, school children with backpacks and a bird on the path. The book’s picture also shows a cable car, a paraglider, a Buddha statue with prayer flags, a stream with a raft, a woman weaving on a loom and a man weaving a bamboo basket.
Mountain clothes are thick, warm and full-sleeved, and they cover most of the body.
People wear long robes tied at the waist. Nayan names three of them in his diary — the bakhu, the dumdyam and the Gunyo cholo.
Many wear a woollen cap, a shawl and covered shoes.
In the warm plains, most of us wear thin cotton clothes with short sleeves and open sandals.
Why it happens: the mountains are usually cold, and many peaks stay covered in snow. Thick woollen clothes trap the body’s warmth and keep the cold air out. Where the weather is hot, thin clothes let the heat escape.
Tip: name the traditional dress of your own region too, and say what weather it suits.
Q3.
Look at the picture above and write your observations. Describe the trees found in the mountains.Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145 of the textbook. Look carefully at the land, the trees, the animals and the clothes people are wearing.
Answer
Redrawn from the picture on pages 144–145: snow-capped peaks, steep green slopes with terraced fields, a village high on the hillside, pine trees, a wooden house with a sloping roof, a solar panel, a yak with a bright saddle cloth, a cow on the slope, a woman carrying a basket on her back, a man in a long red robe, school children with backpacks and a bird on the path. The book’s picture also shows a cable car, a paraglider, a Buddha statue with prayer flags, a stream with a raft, a woman weaving on a loom and a man weaving a bamboo basket.
The trees in the mountains are tall and straight with pointed tops. They stand close together on the steep slopes.
Their leaves are small, thin and needle-like, not broad.
They stay green even when it is very cold.
The chapter names the trees found in Sikkim — oak, pine, walnut and chestnut.
Walnut and chestnut trees give nuts that people gather and eat.
Why this shape: a pointed tree with thin needle-like leaves lets snow slide off instead of piling up. Heavy snow would break wide flat branches.